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

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    #812
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users Posts: 16,998 ✭✭✭✭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)


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    #813
    Nforce
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    Cheers, Dub :)


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    #814
    JohnC.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,385 ✭✭✭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?


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    #815
    Nforce
    Registered Users 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.


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    #816
    JohnC.
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    The patience paid off! Great work.


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    #817
    A Dub in Glasgo
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    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


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    #818
    Nforce
    Registered Users 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.


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    #819
    Hotblack Desiato
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    What length of lens did you use for that, Nforce?

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

    Life ain't always empty.



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    #820
    Nforce
    Registered Users 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


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    #821
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users Posts: 16,998 ✭✭✭✭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 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


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    #823
    The Black Oil
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 18,224 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Black Oil


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

    Moderator: Television, Psychology and Dublin County North.

    CMod: Entertainment



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    #824
    noelf
    Registered Users Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭noelf


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


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    #825
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,022 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


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

    Life ain't always empty.



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    #826
    VivaLasBegas
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭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.


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    #827
    noelf
    Registered Users Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭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 ..


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    #828
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users Posts: 16,998 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


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

    A mnemonic


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    #829
    noelf
    Registered Users Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭noelf


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


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    #830
    L1011
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    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!


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    #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 Posts: 10,044 ✭✭✭✭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.


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    #833
    California Dreamer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,511 ✭✭✭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:


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    #834
    Stovepipe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,979 ✭✭✭Stovepipe


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


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    #835
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,044 ✭✭✭✭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


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    #836
    WishUWereHere
    Registered Users Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭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.


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    #837
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,044 ✭✭✭✭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


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    #838
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,044 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed




    https://youtu.be/epgkqPJ_bc0

    35 years since the original.


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    #839
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,044 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


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

    544344.jpeg


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    #840
    Comhrá
    Registered Users Posts: 4,765 ✭✭✭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 Posts: 16,998 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


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


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