Shannon Spotting Trip ( 5/2/08 )

Steyr

Hey all i took a trip with Roger ( Vulcan57 ) to a very quiet and windy EINN to do some spotting on what turned out to be a very dull and rainy day, heres the best of a really bad bunch!!! and i took loads!

Anyway enjoy, oh and yes they are not all the same Aer Lingus















St Mella actually stayed for a bit on the Active wondering about was he going to go or hold for weather before requesting a right hand departure after roll to avoid some very nasty weather inbound from the West.



Spray!


Hope someone likes them,


Enjoy,

David.

ImDave

Nice pics, thanks for posting

*Kol*

Good photos for such a crappy day. Fair play for braving the elements!

vulcan57

Was a good day even if it was wet, cold and windy. Some really nice pictures Dave well done. Thought I would post a few here rather than start a seperate thread on exactly the same subject. Hope you don't mind. Anyway here a few of mine.















Must do it again some time when its warmer and drier!

ian_m

There will be more carriers during the Summer. I've been tempted to go there to spot. I've only ever collected passengers there.

I've been put off by the security around the place. I wouldn't want to drive all the way down to be disappointed (I'm in Wicklow).

highlydebased

Usually I find thursdays and Saturdays during the Summer (Mid June is best) to be the best.

Some nice visitors. Pity the Air France 747 service is moving to Dublin. Highlight of a Saturday...

for further info on spotting locations etc www.shannonairportenthusiasts.net

Fabio

Some very nice shots there lads, fair play for posting them up.

Can someone tell me is that Ryanair 737 taking-off or landing? I think it's taking off cos of the angle but can someone say for sure...

jackofalltrades

Steyr and Vulcan57, nice pics, espeically the Norwegian 737, didn't even know they flew to Ireland.

Can someone tell me is that Ryanair 737 taking-off or landing?

AFAIK Taking-off.

Bob the Builder

Well done lads...

jackofalltrades wrote: »

AFAIK Taking-off.

Yah, looks like it's taking off, but I dunno...

vulcan57

nevf wrote: »

Well done lads...Yah, looks like it's taking off, but I dunno...

Yep, taking off.

Steyr

jackofalltrades wrote: »

Steyr and Vulcan57, nice pics, espeically the Norwegian 737

You should have seen his Departure, all il say is he must have been an EX Fast jet pilot, if you have ever seen an F16 Depart its gear up and a steep angle up and the Norwegian crew did it, even Roger was amazed and he's seen it all at RIAT!

*Kol*

Steyr wrote: »

You should have seen his Departure, all il say is he must have been an EX Fast jet pilot, if you have ever seen an F16 Depart its gear up and a steep angle up and the Norwegian crew did it, even Roger was amazed and he's seen it all at RIAT!

NAS were getting some paint jobs done in LTPS. That aircraft would have been empty leaving SNN hence the exuberant take off.

backdraft102

Horrible fog over Shannon this morning. Our EI110 from JFK aborted landing due to fog rolling in this morning at 5:45am. Even when we landed it was still pretty bad.Fair dues to the crew.

RoundyMooney

Nice work Steyr.

What camera set up do you use for those, purely as an aside?

Steyr

RoundyMooney wrote: »

Nice work Steyr.

What camera set up do you use for those, purely as an aside?

Hi RM and thanks, for those shots i used a Fuji Finepix s5700

highlydebased

Empty 737's are mad. The payware 737's in flight sim give an incredibly realistic interpretation....I have flown hte B736 SNN-DUB with minimum fuel- takeoff run of 800metres, climb rate of in excess of 5000fpm without even breaking a sweat! :O

Biro

Good shots lads, feel free to include equipment used and settings!

St. Aoife used to be a Shorts 360.

Steyr

Biro wrote: »

Good shots lads, feel free to include equipment used and settings!

St. Aoife used to be a Shorts 360.

Here you go Sir, Aerlingus:

First One is EI DUZ A330-301 Saint Aoife
Second One is EI DAA A330-202 Saint Keeva
Third one is EI LAX A330-202 Saint Mella


First Biz Jet is G150 N150GA

Second Biz Jet is apparently US Mil.


Camera used is a Fuji Finepix s5700.

Biro

Steyr wrote: »

Here you go Sir, Aerlingus:

First One is EI DUZ A330-301 Saint Aoife
Second One is EI DAA A330-202 Saint Keeva
Third one is EI LAX A330-202 Saint Mella


First Biz Jet is G150 N150GA

Second Biz Jet is apparently US Mil.


Camera used is a Fuji Finepix s5700.

Cool, ta. The s5700 is an excellent value camera! Probably the best out there. Very good quality shots for an excellent price.

I must dig out my old aircraft pics and scan them in.

Steyr

Biro wrote: »

I must dig out my old aircraft pics and scan them in.

Jeez il post you mine to Scan too if you like as i have Tons id love to share!