SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicles.

[andygolfer]

This is the SPOTM (Special Photo Of The Month) competition for April 2017 and the subject is 'aircraft with airfield/airport vehicles'

The subject of your entry should be a photo of one or more civil registered aircaft which also has any type of airport/airfield vehicle in the photo - this can include fire trucks (anybody got a water salute?), towing vehicles or other servicing vehicles. it does not have to be specifically designed for airfield work but must be used for serving aircraft in some way. The aircraft subject(s) must be registered as a civilian operated aircraft (or retired as such) when the photograph was taken. That's about as broad as I can make it for you.

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 1st May 2017, 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. The decision of the moderating team is final.

7. 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.

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

9. 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.

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

11. 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

[pagodaswan]

OK...first time at this, apologies if I have got it wrong

This is my favourite airport, Brussels Zaventem, on a decidedly horrible day, April 29th 2014. Sleeting & windy & freezing cold, I was waiting for my Brussels Airlines flight back to Manchester and took this in a hurry on my extremely basic digtal camera. The Qatari 787 Dreamliner caught my eye, first one I had seen relatively up close so snapped a picture of it before it left just as my flight was called for boarding so I was not able to get the registration unfortunately. There are a few service vehicles and other airliners there too including Austrian Dash 8 just completed baggage loading and the tug used to get the Qatari 787 off the gate

[TheMightyOz]

Luton Airport ops truck challenges easyJet A320 to a drag race!

[waghorn41]

I'll go with this one

In the twilight years of empire the world weary vehicles of the Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company attend to the dawn of a new age of air travel. Concorde demonstrator F-BTSC at (RAF) Kai Tak, 1976.

[talldan76]

A7-HHH being chased by one of the Stansted Fire appliances following a landing at Stansted in September 2013.



Cheers, and good luck!

Dan

[EGNH1909]

This one is from back in 1984 from an August bank holiday trip to Manchester Airport (Saturday 25 August 1984).
G-AVMY (BAC 1-11 BA) had just landed, and was taxiing in when it stopped suddenly and was surrounded by the fire vehicles. A quick inspection by the fire crews, and it continued to its stand. Never did find out the reason for this.
Just over a year later (12 November 1985) this same aircraft suffered a collapse of the right main landing gear at Kastrup (Copenhagen) airport in Denmark, while taxiing to the runway for a scheduled flight to Manchester.

AS1225 by Peter Rowe,
on Flickr

Good Luck everyone
Best Wishes
Pete

[keithnewsome]

My attempt ... Photo taken from the control tower at Milan/Malpensa July 2012 showing Blue Panoroma Boeing 767 EI-CZH surrounded by smaller baggage handling equipment larger pallet handling equipment and fuel transfer rig below port wing ....

[Mike s]

G-LGNG,Edinburgh airport,13.5.2008 by Mike stanners, on Flickr

[acw367]

F-BMKS Sud SE210 Caravelle 10B3 Super B
Air Toulouse International
Bristol Lulsgate 4 May 1992
With a cute little airstairs tug
note the tail airstairs are also open.

F-BMKS Bristol Lulsgate 4 May 1992 by ACW367, on Flickr

Enjoy ACW367

[F6MAN]

Tenders welcome the inaugural commercial A380 flight at Manchester

A 380 1 by F6MAN, on Flickr

Regards

PeteW

[mbo570]

Submitting this from 2015 of Medavia 9H-AFI being towed to the hangar

[willmurray]

KLM 737 Turnaround at Amsterdam.
Amsterdam Schiphol by William Murray, on Flickr

[Paultojo]

Concord out of Belfast for the last time by Paul Harvey, on Flickr

Concord out of Belfast for the last time with all the ground trucks lined up on taxiway Bravo watching

[LondonEye]

A DHC2 Beaver, Whistler Air towed by custom truck. Taken at Vancouver South back in 2015.
Pete.


DHC2 Beaver Whistler Air C-FJBP 1 Vancouver

[Wallie]

Most sophisticated "follow me" at Koksijde Fly In 2015

[andygolfer]

I've been trying to decide what to go with this month, several to choose from and picked this in the end, Stearman N43YP being towed out of a hangar at North Weald in April 2016

4393 N43YP Stearman North Weald 14-4-2016 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

good luck everybody and lots of entries please

Andy

[Bat 21]

HC9A3268 by https://www.flickr.com/photos/128650091@N02/, on Flickr

Cheeriest 'set brakes' signal ever
US Airways CRJ tug crew Phoenix Sky Harbor December 2015

[hairrig]

Dimonim Air Twin Otter PK-HVN at Sultan Babullah Airport, Ternate 10 March 2016

4Z3A0014 by Tara and Andy, on Flickr

[niallsaviation]

TF-FIA by Niall Moran, on Flickr

TF-FIA 757-256 Icelandair
Sits On Stand & Getting Alot Of Attention In Amsterdam 7/03/2016

[yunglee]

IL-62 on stand at Doncaster, November 2016, with tow truck and Swissport service vehicle.

IL62 on stand by Lee Adcock, on Flickr