SPOTM September 2021 - 40 years of the BAe 146

[andygolfer]

This is the SPOTM (Special Photo Of The Month) competition for September2021 and the subject is the Bae.146, - celebrating the 40th anniversary of it's first flight on ‎3rd September 1981

The subject of your entry should be a photo of one or more civil registered Bae.146 or the RJ series derivative of the last British 4 engined airliner.

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 October 2021 - please note the extended closing date to enable anyone with a last minute photo plenty of time to prepare their entry.

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 (but note the opening comment in that I may not have internet access for the next few days)
Andy

[EGNH1909]

I'll start with one from the very early days of this type.
G-SSCH Bae146 Dan-Air displaying at the Farnborough Air Show on 11 Sept 1982.
G-SSCH by Peter Rowe, on Flickr
Best Wishes
Pete

[acw367]

OO-DWA Sabena - Golden hour in Brussels

OO-DWA British Aerospace AVRO 146-RJ100 Delta Air Transport/Sabena World Airlines Brussels Autumn 2001

OO-DWA Brussels Autumn 2001 by ACW367, on Flickr

Enjoy ACW367

[Mike s]

BAE 146-200
G-ZAPN,EDI 24.7.10 by Mike stanners, on Flickr

[Bob UK]

taken at Southend one hot August night in 2019.

G-JOTE by Bob Everett, on Flickr

[tomcat14]

IMG_3374a by wokinghampaul, on Flickr

Cityjet BAe146 landing at London City airport on 19 September 2019.

[andygolfer]

Here's my entry, taken at London City in March 2014, Swiss Airlines RJ100 HB-IYS in a special scheme about to touch down on runway 27 with the university buildings as a background

HB-IYS BAe RJ100 Swiss Airlines special scheme London City 06-03-2014 9729 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

good luck everybody
Andy

[prefontaine72]

Here is mine from late 90's at Prestwick XP Bae146 G-TNTR
XP BAe146 by DOUGLAS CONNERY, on Flickr
Dougie

[Rainton20]

PSA 146 N348PS at Hatfield in July 1984.

N348PS BAe 146-200 by Ian Tate, on Flickr

[niallsaviation]

G-TYPH by Niall Moran, on Flickr

BAE 146-200 (E2200)

Built in 1991 to become I-FLRZ for Meridiana but NTU.Re Reg G-BTVT before going to Germany in 1994 as D-ACFA were it spent most its flying life.
Returned to BAE systems on Aug 2010 and used for their corporate work before being WFU & going to Cranfield for storage in August 2019.It was broken up there in November 2019

[Nighthawke]

EI-RJI of Air France/Cityjet departing Norwich 19/02/2010:

EI-RJI_5 by Nighthawke117, on Flickr

[Gloria Finis]

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Scanned from a 6" x 4" pre-digital print.

BAe 146, G-BLRA, BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd @ RAF Leuchars, 21 July 2000 by Phillip Hapka, on Flickr

[Paultojo]

G-JEAM 146 April 1994 by Paul Harvey, on Flickr

1994 at Belfast City

[PorkScratching]

Dealing with a gust at London City in 2015:


Swiss Global Avro RJ100 by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

[Mike]

G-JEBD arriving at Inverness from Gatwick 12/02/08

[wiggy]

Arriving at Cranfield in August Air Libya RJ100

Air Libya BAe Avro RJ100 by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Denis.

[LondonEye]

Lufthansa Regional taken in 2009 Manchester.
Pete.



BAe146 Lufthansa D-AVRP 3 Manchester

[BringBackEGDG]

BAe 146-100 G-XIAN at Farnborough 2nd September 1986.
1986-09-02-019FN G-XIAN by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

[andygolfer]

entries for this competition are now closed, thank you to everybody who has entered.

the voting poll is now open here: viewtopic.php?f=110&t=41074
Andy