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SPOTM February 2019 - Jumbo Jubilee - 50 years of the mighty Boeing 747

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SPOTM February 2019 - Jumbo Jubilee - 50 years of the mighty Boeing 747

Post by andygolfer » Sat Feb 09, 2019 8:34 am

This is the SPOTM (Special Photo Of The Month) competition for February 2019 and the subject is ‘Jumbo Jubilee - 50 years of the Boeing 747'

This month (actually today) marks 50 years since the maiden flight of the mighty Boeing 747 one of the most iconic airliners ever built so this month we offer you the chance to share your favourite 747 photo in our competition and see who com,es up with the most popular - lets have a JUMBO sized entry for the mighty Jumbo please!

The subject of your entry should be a photo of one or more civil registered Boeing 747s (any mark) including any preserved ex military with a civilian registration, aircraft carrying a military registration at the time of the photo are excluded BUT a photo of a civilian registered 747 which also contains other military registered aircraft is permissable (for instance performing a flypast with the Red Arrows - I think that happened at Fairford amongst other places).

Photography Competition Rules :-

1. Only one entry per user, unless posting on behalf of another person who is unable to do so themselves (children for example). If this is the case, please state so on your entry..

2. The photo may have been taken on any date, it does not have to be taken in the month of the competition

3. The image can be photo-shopped to some extent, levels changes, cropping, sharpening etc. are all acceptable. The photograph must retain it’s initial subject though, don’t make it something it’s not. HDR images are not acceptable. If you are unsure, please PM a moderator.

4. The competition will remain open until 23.59 (UK time) on the 7th March 2019 - please note new extended closing date to enable anyone with a last minute entry some breathing space.

5. Voting will be conducted by a poll open to all the membership shortly after the closure of the competition.

6. 'Rule 6...' There's no rule 6 Bruce'

7. The decision of the moderating team is final.

8. All images must be posted in line with the usual CA posting rules (size etc.), please read them if you're not sure how to post.

9. The rules may be subject to change, and these will be posted on this thread.

10. Please also embed the images and not links to images, if you're not sure how to do it then shout up and someone will sort it out. It is permissible to change your entry before the closing date.

11. Do not comment on other member's photos.

12. A brief description of where and when the image was taken would be nice too.

If you have any questions please PM me

Good luck everyone.
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Post by Wallie » Sat Feb 09, 2019 10:06 am

KLM B747 Touch down Schiphol

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Post by niallsaviation » Sat Feb 09, 2019 10:58 am

ImageVQ-BSK by Niall Moran, on Flickr

Qatar Amiri Flight Boeing 747-8 VQ-BSK at Shannon

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Re: SPOTM February 2019 - Jumbo Jubilee - 50 years of the mighty Boeing 747

Post by BringBackEGDG » Sat Feb 09, 2019 2:01 pm

Sorry I don't have any suitable images from 50 years ago will have to make do with 1 from 1971 ( 48 years )

Boeing 747-121 N743PA 'Clipper Derby' on short finals runway 28R at Heathrow on 28th August 1971.

Image1971-08-28-016FS N743PA 1800 x 1200 by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr
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Re: SPOTM February 2019 - Jumbo Jubilee - 50 years of the mighty Boeing 747

Post by waghorn41 » Sat Feb 09, 2019 2:40 pm

Decisions, decisons. So many photos of 747s to choose from. But in the end I'll go with this one, just because I like the shot even though it is distant. I think the colours are nice too. :D It was this or a Seaboard World Containership about to touch down at Heathrow.
CP Air departing Kai Tak after starting from the harbour end and dragging itself over the roof tops before turning hard left to climb out. 1976.
ImageKai Tak departure by Ian Pursey, on Flickr
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Re: SPOTM February 2019 - Jumbo Jubilee - 50 years of the mighty Boeing 747

Post by yunglee » Sat Feb 09, 2019 4:18 pm

I'm going to go with this freighter landing at Doncaster, wearing it's old Saudi Airlines colours (half painted over) before being repainted in the Magma Aviation scheme. TF-AMP, 5th November 2017.

ImageCargo 747 by Lee Adcock, on Flickr

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Post by Cessna954 » Sat Feb 09, 2019 6:10 pm

I've been lucky to see several flying dsplays of the Boeing 747 at airshows. This is my favourite, South African Airlines ZS-SAY at Yeovilton Air Day 2005, a truly amazing display.
Image20050917-124621-Yeovilton by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

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Post by Paultojo » Sun Feb 10, 2019 12:50 pm

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Re: SPOTM February 2019 - Jumbo Jubilee - 50 years of the mighty Boeing 747

Post by Mike » Sun Feb 10, 2019 5:59 pm

B-LFC of Oasis Hong Kong in the flying display at RIAT Fairford in 2007.

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Post by Zonan » Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:53 pm

Sadly my JASDF didn't qualify as it is military, so here's my favourite 747 of the civilian side :)

ImageN854GT by Zonan Adolfse, on Flickr
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Post by keithnewsome » Tue Feb 12, 2019 9:20 pm

I will offer the KLM regular landing at St Maarten a few years ago !!
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Re: SPOTM February 2019 - Jumbo Jubilee - 50 years of the mighty Boeing 747

Post by andygolfer » Wed Feb 13, 2019 11:49 am

I tried to find something from the early days of 747s but most of my prints / slides from them are pretty poor and I couldn't find one as old as Stephen's Pan Am example, well done Stephen! (maybe we should have a special award for the earliest photo :D). For now I've gone for something far newer, Silkway's B747-8F VQ-BVB touching down at Stansted in August 2015 but if I get time I will go through more of my oldies to see what I can turn up but timee seems short at present.

Image0972 VQ-BVB B747-8F Silkway Stansted 2-8-2015 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

nice to see lots of entries so far and so quickly so lets see if we vcan have an record entry!
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Post by wiggy » Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:11 pm

My shot is of a Rossiya B747 landing at Antalya in the early morning light with the backdrop of the mountains behind.

ImageRossiya B747-400 by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

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Post by acw367 » Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:51 am

Sunset sojourn at Kemble.
TF-AAE Boeing 747-4H6 ex Saudia/Air Atlanta Icelandic Kemble 11 December 2016. Engineless and awaiting to join the scrapline.

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Re: SPOTM February 2019 - Jumbo Jubilee - 50 years of the mighty Boeing 747

Post by MikeWolf » Sun Feb 17, 2019 11:30 pm

Here's a favourite civilian 747 photo, due to it's perspective showing off that unique hump of hers!
Sadly can't get a shot like this at LHR anymore due to the extra fencing. It's also been my avatar since I joined the group, you may observe.
ImageThe Jumbo Hump by Michael Garnett, on Flickr

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Post by Mike s » Mon Feb 18, 2019 3:34 pm

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Post by EGNH1909 » Wed Feb 20, 2019 5:11 pm

I’ve decided to go with this one purely for nostalgic reasons. This was the first Boeing 747 I ever saw, photographed with my first SLR camera, on my first ever trip abroad!
PH-BUB “The Danube” at Amsterdam Schiphol in April 1971 (delivered to KLM on 4 March 1971).
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Post by 1marshn30 » Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:54 pm

ImageVH-EBX 747 RIAT87 by marshn2010, on Flickr

Qantus 747 doing a flyby at Fairford in 1987

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Re: SPOTM February 2019 - Jumbo Jubilee - 50 years of the mighty Boeing 747

Post by Tim R-T-C » Sat Feb 23, 2019 10:46 pm

Not the best shot - through a terminal window, on a bridge camera, but just for fun, a completely white 748f being loaded with asparagus in Lima for Miami.

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Re: SPOTM February 2019 - Jumbo Jubilee - 50 years of the mighty Boeing 747

Post by amisbk196 » Tue Feb 26, 2019 9:38 pm

2 for the price of one!

Image9V-SQO Malaysian Boeing 747-212B by amisbk196, on Flickr

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