The Planespotter's PHOTO Thread...
Jan 6, 2024, 8:24 pm
#1846
Join Date: Dec 2013
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Back to work tomorrow and it means my weekly commute on one of these. Hideously uncomfortable seats and they seek out turbulence, but at least I can fly from my local airport rather than a long drive to our capital.
This is an ATR72-500 - they have all been replace by the -600.
This is an ATR72-500 - they have all been replace by the -600.
Jan 29, 2024, 10:45 pm
#1848
Join Date: Jan 2024
Location: Across the highway from AUH
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Spotting at Changi Beach Park, Singapore. The best time to spot is when the arrival runway is 02R. There's a restaurant in the area, the other spotters in the area are friendly to you, and I never felt unsafe using my equipment there.
The typical late morning/early afternoon cloud buildup.
You can walk along the footpath to get different angles of the arrivals.
Late afternoon golden hour as the sun sets.
The typical late morning/early afternoon cloud buildup.
You can walk along the footpath to get different angles of the arrivals.
Late afternoon golden hour as the sun sets.
Jan 30, 2024, 7:29 pm
#1849
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: WAS
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I stayed at the hotel just barely visible in the top left of your map picture during a vacation some years ago. I enjoyed relaxing in the pool while watching the planes come in!
Feb 15, 2024, 1:44 pm
#1851
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Was up in the US last month and it reminded me of my first trip to JFK. The exotic heavy metal was amazing. RK was perhaps the most striking.
RAM 742 and Viasa in the very background
Feb 17, 2024, 7:11 pm
#1852
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An Egyptair Cargo 330-200F. Taken from my room at the Hampton Inn near the new IST Airport. there are a bunch of off-airport hotels though I believe an on-airport hotel is under construction. I don't like the new airport - it's simply too big and is there to make a statement. My flight from ATH to IST took less time than did the taxi time from landing to getting to the gate.
Feb 19, 2024, 4:03 am
#1853
Join Date: Jun 2016
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An Egyptair Cargo 330-200F. Taken from my room at the Hampton Inn near the new IST Airport. there are a bunch of off-airport hotels though I believe an on-airport hotel is under construction. I don't like the new airport - it's simply too big and is there to make a statement. My flight from ATH to IST took less time than did the taxi time from landing to getting to the gate.
Feb 19, 2024, 1:19 pm
#1854
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Regarding IST, I totally agree! The arrangement of runways and position of terminal is hugely inefficient. And why build 5 runways with two pairs when they will never be able to use them independently? Investment wise, I'm sure 4 runways could have been built and provide a greater number of hourly movements. Anyway, to keep my post on topic, below is an image from Istanbul's other airport, SAW, which I get to use every now and again when timings are favourable! By the way, did you take a taxi to and from the Hampton Inn? I have an overnight stopover connecting onto a TK domestic flight in a few weeks. The Yotel pricing is exorbitant!
Cab to the IST Hampton took no more than ten very fast minutes. On a later trip my ride to the Hilton near the old airport took almost two hours. As there seemed to be a big pit being emptied at the back of the hotel (where the view is best for landing aircraft), I sense in a year or so that view will disappear.
Feb 19, 2024, 1:24 pm
#1855
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H Hotels at LAX has a nice terrace on the 9th (?) floor which permits decent pics using a tele lens of arrivals on the LAX northern runways. It is helpful in the afternoons as you catch the Euro arrivals and have the sun to your back.
Feb 19, 2024, 1:35 pm
#1856
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At the risk of dominating this thread (I take lots of plane pics on my travels), thought you might enjoy the view from the TPE Taoyuan Novotel.
You must get an airport-facing room as the other side affords a view of the China Airlines HQ which is across the road and is no view at all. Top floor is best and you get a good view on the western runway and a peek at the eastern runway depending upon the room you get.
You must get an airport-facing room as the other side affords a view of the China Airlines HQ which is across the road and is no view at all. Top floor is best and you get a good view on the western runway and a peek at the eastern runway depending upon the room you get.
Feb 20, 2024, 2:55 pm
#1858
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Feb 20, 2024, 3:27 pm
#1859
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A BA Budgie at Southampton in the 1980's.
BA ran a milk run using the BAe748 (nee Hawker Siddley) from Southampton to the Shetland Isles. It would do SOU-MAN-EDI-ABZ-LSI. I think the southbound integrated BHX in the routing. Fares were horrendously high and the journey would take all day. I did manage to fly on the BA ATP between MAN and SOU - it was a very lucrative route for the airline
Feb 20, 2024, 3:33 pm
#1860
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