Stansted 1st & 2nd November (2021)

[andygolfer]

I spent Monday morning and most of yesterday at Stansted making the most of the excellent photography weather. There were several interesting movements including some to-ing and fro-ing from Scotland on COP26 related flights.
these were taken on Monday....
A&-MBK A320 Qatar - Amiri Flight Stansted 01-11-2021 9718. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

A6-PFG B787 UAE Royal Flight Stansted 01-11-2021 9337 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

C-GGPM Gulfstream G550 (cn5306) Stansted 01-11-2021 9502. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

EJ-JMMM Bombardier BD-700 Global Express XRS Stansted 01-11-2021 9693. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

PS-TAR Gulfstream G550Stansted 01-11-2021 9730. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-HARG Embraer EMB-550 Legacy 500Stansted 01-11-2021 9670. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

I finally saw a Buzz (Ryanair Sun (Ryanair)) 737-Max or 737 8-200 as they call them
SP-RZB B737M Buzz Stansted 01-11-2021 9204. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

TF-PLA A321N Play Stansted 01-11-2021 9598. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and now on to yesterday (Tuesday).....
A7-AAG Airbus A320 Qatar Airways Stansted 02-11-2021 9933. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

P4-BBJ B737 Stansted 02-11-2021 0148 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

this operated a cargo flight from China
VQ-BFS B737F Atran - Aviatrans Cargo Airlines Stansted 02-11-2021 9736. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Ryanair and a rainbow
EI-EVJ B737 Ryanair Stansted 02-11-2021 0205 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N625FE MD-11F FedEx Stansted 02-11-2021 0402. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

this Royal Thai Air Force A320 carries both civil and military markings, when I walked around the northern fence (about a 20 minute trek) I found it surrounded by snow ploughs and other counter-winter equipment anda clear shot was out of the question - I then amazed some other equally disappointed enthusiasts with my cheek! One of the maintenance guys was walking round and said 'having a good day?' I said 'Yes but it would be far better if you could move that snow plough' , a few cringes from others nearby who decided I had more front than blackpool and then utter surprise when he said 'give me five minutes and I'll get it out of the way' - what a gentleman and what a result! - I put a post on the Stansted google group to say it was fully photographable and within an hour enthusiasts started turning up from all over the south east! Here's the result...
HS-TYT (60203) Airbus A320 Royal Thai Air Force Stansted 02-11-2021 9855. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

about 2 hours later it was towed round to the front of th business terminal so I managed some more angles of it, such as this one:
HS-TYT (60203) Airbus A320 Royal Thai Air Force Stansted 02-11-2021 9903. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

now two pure military ones to finish, a very basic clour scheme on a UAE Air Force A330
1302 A330 UAE Air Force Stansted 02-11-2021 9953c by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and finally an Aussie A330 / KC30 flying off into the sunset
A39-007 A330 - KC30 Royal Australian Air Force Stansted 02-11-2021 0345 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

thanks for looking, C&C welcome, there are more in my flickr album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/125470545 ... 652214613/

Andy

[LN Strike Eagle]

Very nice, that Thai livery is superb and I’m quite keen on all the UAE Royal/Dubai Air Wing stuff.

Whereabouts were you shooting that 787 from - the fields behind the pub?

[andygolfer]

thanks Dan, I like the Thai scheme - it looks a bit retro.

I was further out than the pub , location 2 at Brick End on my guide: viewtopic.php?f=37&t=31518

only problem was a big puddle after the rain that extended onto the road from the field entrance and my car got a dirty drenching, I've already cleaned it 3 times this year!

[Everglades]

What a variable set, great!

[LN Strike Eagle]

Thanks Andy. Haven't tried that spot yet but it looks like they're low enough.

[andygolfer]

Thanks Andy. Haven't tried that spot yet but it looks like they're low enough.

the ATRAN 737 was taken from the road end of the footpath at 350mm focal length, you can walk right down the footpath to reduce the amount of zoom you need, it was a bit wet so I didn't venture down but normally I go about 100 - 150 m

HTH
Andy

[Paultojo]

Very nice Andy