The Planespotter's PHOTO Thread...
Nov 22, 2008, 3:40 pm
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SQ12 744 NRT-LAX, from my rooftop. It's still heading east before making the U-Turn to get down to LAX. Took it the evening before the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival:
Nov 23, 2008, 5:35 pm
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The truth is that I wasn't on the roof planespotting. I was photographing the moon and the lights around the area. More photos in this album:
http://rkkwan.zenfolio.com/p300005227
But I had my 70-200L with a 1.4x converter with me. And when the plane was directly south of me (perpendicular to its path), I could easily recognize it as a SQ 744. I then waited until it was way to the east to get the shot with the full moon.
Nov 23, 2008, 8:07 pm
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I thought SQ12 arrive at LAX & SQ11 depart at LAX during the noon time, how come it looks like an evening to me? Is it because of the bad smog of the day...?
Nov 23, 2008, 8:33 pm
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Thanks for pointing it out.
Nov 24, 2008, 11:21 am
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From ANC? Are you sure? Looks like it's a 747 and the flight number suggests that its a SQ code share flight. I was not aware of any *A flights on a 747 to ANC.
Nov 24, 2008, 12:17 pm
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Nov 24, 2008, 1:39 pm
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Nov 24, 2008, 1:42 pm
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Nov 24, 2008, 1:50 pm
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Right. I should have used a compound sentence. Two disparate thoughts mashed together inappropriately. I meant that ANC is a city not in SQ's pax schedule. Poor choice of words
Nov 24, 2008, 3:48 pm
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Since this thread was on the topic of cargo planes and ANC, I thought I would post this horrible picture I took at ANC this past June with my PDA.
EVA Airways is a Taiwanese carrier. I believe this is one of their MD-11's. As you can see, weather was rainy at about 8:30 PM.
I didn't get a real good picture of it, but my ride out of ANC was the US Airways Phoenix Cardinals A319.
EVA Airways is a Taiwanese carrier. I believe this is one of their MD-11's. As you can see, weather was rainy at about 8:30 PM.
I didn't get a real good picture of it, but my ride out of ANC was the US Airways Phoenix Cardinals A319.
Dec 1, 2008, 7:04 pm
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From the observation deck at BHX:
EK 777-300ER powering out on an April day
(I haven't had time to go back since then - other photo work has taken precedence)
EK 777-300ER powering out on an April day
(I haven't had time to go back since then - other photo work has taken precedence)