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Aviation & Aircraft Photo Discussion Thread *Mod Warning Post 1*

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  • #802
    Mebuntu
    Registered Users Posts: 911 ✭✭✭Mebuntu


    jucylucy wrote: »
    Looks like £15-40-0.....pounds ,shillings and pence
    That Aer Lingus ticket reveals a lot.

    In 1967 my monthly salary was £51 - that was in what would have been described in those days as good and "secure" employment.
    The airfare is, therefore, 30% of my monthly income then.

    Imagine if you were earning €3,000 a month today that would be the equivalent of €900 for one return trip to London.


  • #803
    Inquitus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    Mebuntu wrote: »
    That Aer Lingus ticket reveals a lot.

    In 1967 my monthly salary was £51 - that was in what would have been described in those days as good and "secure" employment.
    The airfare is, therefore, 30% of my monthly income then.

    Imagine if you were earning €3,000 a month today that would be the equivalent of €900 for one return trip to London.

    No wonder most people took the Ferry back then!


  • #804
    RadioRetro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,090 ✭✭✭RadioRetro


    In 1982 I paid 240 Punts (approx €305) for a return ticket Dublin/Birmingham/Dublin.

    In 2007 I flew Dublin East Midlands return for €70.


  • #805
    WishUWereHere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,468 ✭✭✭WishUWereHere


    RadioRetro wrote: »
    In 1982 I paid 240 Punts (approx €305) for a return ticket Dublin/Birmingham/Dublin.

    In 2007 I flew Dublin East Midlands return for €70.

    In 1984 I paid IR£600 for a return Dub/Fra/Jnb. The Fra/Jnb also stopped in Nairobi on both legs. AFAIK it's still €600 today, though not sure now after the current CV19 fiasco, coupled with the demise of SAA.


  • #806
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,476 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    It's £15/4/- i.e. fiftteen pounds, four shillings and zero pence

    20 shillings to a pound (in 1971 the shilling became the 5p and the florin (2s) the 10p) so in decimal this fare was £15.20, or €19.30

    £277.97 or €352.95 according to the Bank of England inflation calculator

    In terms of a proportion of a month's wages it'd be far higher again.

    Scrap the cap!



  • #807
    Pat Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,005 ✭✭✭Pat Dunne


    IrishPlayer wrote: »
    Wasn't sure where to post this,hope its okay to post.

    Looking through my Grandfathers stuff and found Aer Lingus tickets from February 1967 to from Dublin to London,a flight he went on after getting married.

    DYj4N5Z.jpg

    The price of the ticket is very interesting at £15 and 4 shillings. Bearing in mind that the average weekly wage in 1967 was £12 15shillings and 5pence, that would put it at approximately 125% of the average gross weekly wage.
    If you take the average gross weekly wage for the last quarter of 2019 at €784, that would make the cost of the fare at €980 approx.
    I took these figures from the Central Statics Office

    https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-hes/hes2015/aiw/

    https://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/ep/historicalearningsseries/theaverageindustrialwageandtheirisheconomy1938to2015/P-HES2015TBL1.1.xlsx

    https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/earnings/earningsandlabourcosts/


  • #808
    Stealthirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,589 ✭✭✭Stealthirl


    Must dig out my 1989 Australia ticket, think it was £1200 punts return Dub-London-Thailand-Perth on the way out with 10 days in Singapore replacing Thailand on the way back.


  • #809
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,476 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Economy? Lot of money in those days!

    Scrap the cap!



  • #810
    roundymac
    Registered Users Posts: 2,712 ✭✭✭roundymac


    I remember the early eighties it was approx £250 rtn Cork LHR. Mid noughties I got Stansted rtn for €50 for myself and wifey.:eek:


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  • #811
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,476 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=113846908&postcount=4660

    Waving the flag ever more vigorously as their nation disintegrates around them.

    Scrap the cap!



  • #812
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,283 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    Nforce wrote: »
    One I took a few weeks ago. Fedex Boeing 777, N842FD, as FX5225 from Cologne to Memphis at 34,000ft south of Athlone passing across the face of the Moon, June 1st 2020.
    FDX.jpg

    What a cracker of a photo, deserves to be embedded rather than an attachement (in my view)


  • #813
    Nforce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭Nforce


    Cheers, Dub :)


  • #814
    JohnC.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,465 ✭✭✭JohnC.


    Nforce wrote: »
    Cheers, Dub :)

    Curious as to the circumstances. Were you going for a photo of the moon and got the opportunity to get a plane in front of it?


  • #815
    Nforce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭Nforce


    JohnC. wrote: »
    Curious as to the circumstances. Were you going for a photo of the moon and got the opportunity to get a plane in front of it?

    I've been after that sequence of shots for a loooooong time! Usually, aircraft tend to pass either below of above the moon...that's if the moon is even visible without clouds getting in the way. I was tracking this flight over the UK on FR24 and was hoping it would keep it's current heading as it would pass close to the moon from my perspective. Fortunately it did. All the FedEx crews went mad for that image, including the 2 crews about that particular flight.


  • #816
    JohnC.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,465 ✭✭✭JohnC.


    The patience paid off! Great work.


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  • #817
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,283 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    It certainly does involve patience and an element of being in the right place at the right time. To capture this when there are very few planes in the sky is fantastic. I took a similar shot in 2015 and watched as the aircraft were likely to get close or across the moon. I then waited about 2 hours for the plane that did

    KLM-Boeing-747-PH-BFH-5-September-2015-Toronto-to-Amsterdam-at-39k-ft-2.jpg


  • #818
    Nforce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭Nforce


    A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »
    It certainly does involve patience and an element of being in the right place at the right time. To capture this when there are very few planes in the sky is fantastic. I took a similar shot in 2015 and watched as the aircraft were likely to get close or across the moon. I then waited about 2 hours for the plane that did

    KLM-Boeing-747-PH-BFH-5-September-2015-Toronto-to-Amsterdam-at-39k-ft-2.jpg

    Beautiful shot. TBH, I was hoping to get a passenger B747 in that shot before they're all retired! I've witnessed a few aircraft types pass in front of the moon over the years, but unfortunately didn't have the camera to hand to capture it.


  • #819
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,476 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    What length of lens did you use for that, Nforce?

    Lovely photo. A Dub's isn't bad either :)

    Scrap the cap!



  • #820
    Nforce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭Nforce


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    What length of lens did you use for that, Nforce?

    Lovely photo. A Dub's isn't bad either :)

    600mm


  • #821
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,283 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    What length of lens did you use for that, Nforce?

    Lovely photo. A Dub's isn't bad either :)

    Mine was at 500mm using the Sigma 150-500 lens


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  • #822
    Davidth88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Davidth88


    Another gloomy sunday in East Anglia during the cold war

    An SR71 lived at Mildenhall in those days and you would see it often enough .
    The departure was always precededby 3 or 4 of the KC135Qs going out.

    Only caught it once at dusk which was remarkable , it lit up the sky

    Anyway enclosed is an arrival , I can't find the photos I had of the departures


  • #823
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,506 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


    Wow indeed. :eek:
    https://twitter.com/billritter7/status/1280334805423591426

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



  • #824
    noelf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭noelf


    My son got permission to overfly Dublin airport yesterday evening in a Robin HR200 here is a few pictures he sent me ..


  • #825
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,476 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    What's B.U.M.C.P.F.H.H.C. ?

    Scrap the cap!



  • #826
    VivaLasBegas
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭VivaLasBegas


    A pneumonic for pre landing checks. There are various different versions depending on aircraft type. Most items on it are standard but others will be specific as not all aircraft may have cowl flaps as an example.

    Brakes
    Undercarriage
    Mixture
    Cowl Flaps
    Propeller
    Flaps
    Hatches
    Harnesses
    Carb heat

    That would be my guess anyway.


  • #827
    noelf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭noelf


    Downwind checklist .. before landing

    Brakes (are off )
    Undercarriage (is down and locked)
    Mixture is rich
    Carburetor heat ( is on )
    Propeller is fixed ( pitch)
    Fuel is on and sufficient for go around
    Hatches and Harness secure
    Carb heat is off ..


  • #828
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,283 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    What's B.U.M.C.P.F.H.H.C. ?

    A mnemonic


  • #829
    noelf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭noelf


    Went for a few loops in a Stearman biplane recently ..


  • #830
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,538 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »
    A mnemonic

    Its not actually memorable in the specific order used there, though. Hence the sticker. "bum fitch", with some duplications, is at least memorable.

    Its not a mnemonic if you can't remember it!


  • #831
    Streetlamp
    Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭Streetlamp


    Spotted today

    50705434518_6a97f8a436_z.jpgB313F176-9D33-42CF-AABE-B739F857F55B by , on Flickr


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  • #832
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,266 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Would you fly in one of these ?

    536167.jpeg

    536168.jpeg

    Each one operated by the UN or a charity.
    536169.jpeg

    Rather looks like a museum, but it isn’t

    536170.jpeg

    Bangui in the Central African Republic.


  • #833
    California Dreamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭California Dreamer


    L1011 wrote: »
    Its not actually memorable in the specific order used there, though. Hence the sticker. "bum fitch", with some duplications, is at least memorable.

    Its not a mnemonic if you can't remember it!

    Well that gave me a shiver from my PPL days! :mad::mad::eek::eek:


  • #834
    Stovepipe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,984 ✭✭✭Stovepipe


    Nothing wrong with Mi-8s or Let -4102 as long as they are well maintained.


  • #835
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,266 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Another interesting airport, this time Luanda.

    536707.jpeg

    536708.jpeg

    And this appears to be an MK airways DC8 sitting in Lusaka.

    536709.jpeg


  • #836
    WishUWereHere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,468 ✭✭✭WishUWereHere


    smurfjed wrote: »
    Another interesting airport, this time Luanda.

    536707.jpeg

    536708.jpeg

    And this appears to be an MK airways DC8 sitting in Lusaka.

    536709.jpeg

    Fantastic photos. Thanks for sharing.


  • #837
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,266 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    In that case, here are some more :)

    Bangui, it appears that the UN love Russian aircraft.

    536723.jpeg

    Not sure if these are COVID grounded or TAAG ceased operations

    536724.jpeg


  • #838
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,266 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed




    https://youtu.be/epgkqPJ_bc0

    35 years since the original.


  • #839
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,266 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    I was wondering why this guy hadn’t moved in a week.

    544344.jpeg


  • #840
    Comhrá
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,816 ✭✭✭Comhrá


    The remains of EI-LBT.


    https://www.aviationtag.com/en/produkt/boeing-757-ei-lbt-01/

    aoJ4FQYh.jpg


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  • #841
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,283 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    A photo I took in 2016
    Aer-Lingus-Boeing-757-EI-LBT-8th-August-2016-at-Dublin-Airport-2.jpg


  • #842
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,476 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    I thought the 757s were going for freighter conversion - are they just too old? or too many younger ex-passenger aircraft available now due to covid?

    Scrap the cap!



  • #843
    goingnowhere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,206 ✭✭✭goingnowhere


    LBT was scrapped, the remaining 3 seem to be stored but who knows


  • #844
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,266 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Saw this yesterday in Africa, phone photo isn’t clear enough to see the registration but I think that I can see a Phoenix sign on the tail. Any ideas if they have more than one aircraft painted like this?

    551224.jpeg


  • #845
    Skyknight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 392 ✭✭Skyknight


    Hmmm....Phoenix Air non-scheduled airline headquartered in Cartersville, Georgia. Might be N173PA. 'As of 14 October 2014, two Phoenix Air Gulfstreams were able to carry Ebola patients, and another jet was being equipped in a simialar manner.'(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Air)


  • #846
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,266 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    That was my initial guess, but a medical flight seemed out of context for when I saw it.


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  • #847
    Skyknight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 392 ✭✭Skyknight


    ;) It seems that N173PA was through EIDW on the 15th April last.


  • #848
    EchoIndia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭EchoIndia


    Flight history can be seen here: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N173PA


  • #849
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,266 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Aha that makes sense, Sudan is probably the first place that it was tracked and I saw it to the southwest of there.


  • #850
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,266 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    Some randoms from the last week or so.

    551883.jpeg

    551884.jpeg

    551885.jpeg


  • #851
    de biz
    Registered Users Posts: 526 ✭✭✭de biz


    N'Djamena?
    Nice runabout for the DRC that 900.


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