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CaptainSkidmark wrote: »

tis only just like a gate going into a normal field.

great spot for spotting, there is a barb wire fence(just a normal 4 foot one for keeping cow's back) right at the end of the parameter fence with a wooden stairs to walk over it, jump on that and ya can see right down the runway!

Bit confusd here,
Not quiet sure where your talking about(not that I'm in a rush to jump fences:p)
Is it down at the threshold of 06 or nearer the actual park viewing spot next to the aerospace??

Neon-Circles wrote: »

AFAIK just before Shannon Aerospace, on the road down towards it on the left...

Any chance of showing it on google maps?

Welcome on Boards Swiss Toni

Thanks steyr.
I was over the moon when I saw these guys approaching it certainly made my day!
Brilliant weather camera in my hand and a live show thrown in, that's what I call a great day at the beach

Can someone tell me what this is... I've a few more shots, but it looked like they came in real low, scooped up loads of water and then lifted off.

*Kol* wrote: »

I think its a Canadair CL-215 (or Bombardier as they are know now) fire fighting plane. They scoop up the water and then dump it on fires.

Steyr wrote: »

Correct, they are extremely common along the beaches of Spain and Italy.

Spot on guys

The Canadair CL-214 and CL-415 "SuperScooper" were were purpose-designed amphibians and were the only aircraft ever designed specifically as water bombers. The CL-415 is a turbo-prop development of the radial engined CL-215 which first flew on 23 October 1967. The first CL-215 delivery was to France, with production continuing in batches through to 1990. In 1989 Canadair tested two CL-215s with turbo-prop engines. The CL-215T was not pursued, beyond offering retro-fit engines for existing CL-215 aircraft. The improved, turbo-prop CL-415 first flew in December 1993, with deliveries beginning in 1994. The aircraft remains primarily a fire-bomber, but can be configured for other purposes, including passenger, passenger/cargo, maritime patrol, or search and rescue.

Armin_Tamzarian, slight typo there mate, I think you meant to say Tristar on the first one.

Nice shots !

I still love the VC10 , great looking aeroplane Vickers knew their stuff

What Davidth88 is sayiing is that Armin_Tamzarian got his 10's a little mixed up. The first photo is a 10 but a Lockheed 1011 Tristar and not a DC10 as named.

At Shannon for a couple of hours yesterday:

Tornado is still hanging around




Antonov taxing back as 737 scurrys out of the way:D


















I'd have photos of the Antonov landing except I was filming it instead;)

Looks like I was there at the same time yesterday Killianator!

I also got into a DC-3 and DC-4 while I was there.

A few more of the DC-3 and DC-4

DC-4 Cockpit





DC-3 Cockpit

Footage of the AN-124 landing yesterday:

Biro wrote: »

I'd love to see the AN225! That's the real machine!
What type of camera do you have Killinator?

The camera is a Sony DSC-H1, old enough now, 5.1 megapixel, 12x optical zoom.

The camcorder is a Samsung D381, cheap but very good quality picture

An oldie but a goodie (the aircraft not the photo)

Later models had savage performance as well.

Biro wrote: »

don't let the megapixel race fool you into parting with the hardearned!

I wont be parting anytime soon anyway,
I have seen that the mega-pixel being huge dosnt mean crystal clear shots, I have a smaller Kodak digital with 8 mega-pixel but oly 2 optical zoom and I couldn't get near shots like this(despit being a good camera), so in future it'll be the optical zoom that I look for