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

[andygolfer]

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.
Andrew
This here's a wattle, the emblem of our land. You can stick it in a bottle, you can hold it in your hand.

[Wallie]

KLM B747 Touch down Schiphol

[niallsaviation]

VQ-BSK by Niall Moran, on Flickr

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

Later gifted to the Turkish Government as TC-TRK

[BringBackEGDG]

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.

1971-08-28-016FS N743PA 1800 x 1200 by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

[waghorn41]

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. 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.
Kai Tak departure by Ian Pursey, on Flickr

[yunglee]

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.

Cargo 747 by Lee Adcock, on Flickr

[Cessna954]

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.
20050917-124621-Yeovilton by Neil D. Brant, on Flickr

Neil

[Paultojo]

EI-BED Aer Lingus 747 23/7/1994 by Paul Harvey, on Flickr

[Mike]

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

[Zonan]

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

N854GT by Zonan Adolfse, on Flickr

[keithnewsome]

I will offer the KLM regular landing at St Maarten a few years ago !!
Keith

[andygolfer]

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 ). 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.

0972 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!
good luck everyone
andy

[wiggy]

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

Rossiya B747-400 by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Denis.

[acw367]

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.

TF-AAE Kemble 11 December 2016 by ACW367, on Flickr

Enjoy ACW367

[MikeWolf]

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.
The Jumbo Hump by Michael Garnett, on Flickr

[Mike s]

G-CIVV ,LHR 13.7.17 by Mike stanners, on Flickr

[EGNH1909]

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).
PH-BUB by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

Best Wishes
Pete

[1marshn30]

VH-EBX 747 RIAT87 by marshn2010, on Flickr

Qantus 747 doing a flyby at Fairford in 1987

[Tim R-T-C]

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.


Atlas Air 747-8F N859GT at Lima by Timothy Young, on Flickr

[amisbk196]

2 for the price of one!

9V-SQO Malaysian Boeing 747-212B by amisbk196, on Flickr