For those who like Aircraft pictures

[MJI]

14 hours ago, Phil Bullock said:

That Shackleton footage is excellent. There was some B17 footage on YouTube too but can’t find that any more. Although we don’t have air shows any more there’s still a fair bit of interesting traffic… supposed to be a Hurricane this Saturday…

 

I grew up about 2 miles from there and some friends used to live in a house in a field which now has a golf course on it otherside of Down Hatherly lane from Dowty Rotol.

 

Not been past Staverton in about 5 years!!!!

[jjb1970]

I went to Tanah Merah ferry terminal area for an hour with the camera yesterday, a few of my favourite, the B787.

 

 

[jjb1970]

Three flavours of Air India Express.

 

[jjb1970]

After the 787 my next favourite contemporary type (other than the 747's which soldier on) is the 777. As well as passenger aircraft the 777 seems to be becoming the large air freighter air fame of choice and is a common sight in Changi. The Singapore - DHL livery is unusual, I guess both companies saw the value in being associated with each other, most DHL aircraft are in full DHL livery regardless of whether they're operated for DHL by someone else.

 

 

[jjb1970]

One of the more obscure flag carriers of the world, Drukair, Royal Bhutan Airlines. These fly to Singapore a couple of times a week.

 

[Ron Ron Ron]

A full set of Dreamliners there.

-8   Scoot and Brunei

-9   ANA and ANZ

-10   SIA

 

👍

 

 

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[britishcolumbian]

The Dreamliner is easily my favourite (appearance-wise) of the current generation of airliners. A350 is okay, as is the Sukhoi Superjet, but nothing else comes close to the good looks of previous generations (757 and earlier)...

[jjb1970]

Another couple of freighters yesterday, it's always nice to see liveries other than Eurowhite.

 

[5944]

 

If everyone could check behind their garden sheds and out buildings, that'd be grand. Very impressive to completely lose an $80m aircraft!

[jjb1970]

I wouldn't have thought it possible to just lose a 777 and over 200 passengers, yet MH370 remains a mystery. In a previous role I was able to observe the actions of the Malaysian government to the search effort and it wasn't at all edifying.

[J. S. Bach]

45 minutes ago, 5944 said:

 

 

If everyone could check behind their garden sheds and out buildings, that'd be grand. Very impressive to completely lose an $80m aircraft!

If I find it in the woods behind one of my sheds, can I keep it? It would look so neat on the layout! 😉

 

Seriously, I would think that those would have some kind of emergency location beacon; especially if the pilot punches out!!

[St Enodoc]

48 minutes ago, jjb1970 said:

I wouldn't have thought it possible to just lose a 777 and over 200 passengers, yet MH370 remains a mystery. In a previous role I was able to observe the actions of the Malaysian government to the search effort and it wasn't at all edifying.

I don't think it's lost. I think that the people who know where it is don't want to tell us (end of conspiracy theory).

[Kickstart]

10 hours ago, 5944 said:

 

If everyone could check behind their garden sheds and out buildings, that'd be grand. Very impressive to completely lose an $80m aircraft!

 

Extra down side of a stealth aircraft!

 

All the best

 

Katy

[SHMD]

I quite liked this when we we being bussed off the E190 at Dusseldorf Airport this afternoon...

It says "A320" on the fuselage.

 

A better view as we were being driven past..

 

 

Kev.

 

 

[britishcolumbian]

58 minutes ago, SHMD said:

I quite liked this when we we being bussed off the E190 at Dusseldorf Airport this afternoon...

It says "A320" on the fuselage.

 

A better view as we were being driven past..

 

 

Kev.

 

 

That looks great. Those old liveries can make any airframe look good... time to revive the cheatline!

[rob D2]

On 18/09/2023 at 01:57, St Enodoc said:

I don't think it's lost. I think that the people who know where it is don't want to tell us (end of conspiracy theory).

I’ve heard the US knows the full story.

Id maintain pilot input required to disable ACARs, and to choose a route so remote to drop it in .

 

Pilot suicide overtakes CFIT in world “ aircraft accidents “ records 

[jjb1970]

Another Air India Express variation. I like these, they're colourful and different without looking OTT. Air India Express uses the 737 while Air India proper uses the A320 family, similar to Singapore Airlines but in reverse (SIA uses the 737, Scoot uses the A320). A few other airlines seem to select different airframes for mainline and LCC units.

 

[Flying Pig]

This lovely aeroplane just flew over my home.  I thought it was a DH89 when I saw it but ADSB Exchange tells me it is a DH90 Dragonfly G-AEDU.

 

de Havilland DH90 Dragonfly 'G-AEDU' by Alan Wilson, on Flickr

 

Edit: she later returned in company with what I think were a couple of Chipmunks, preceded by two vintage monoplanes which I think may have been her Miles Messenger and Miles Falcon stablemates at Shipping and Airlines Ltd.

Edited September 23, 2023 by Flying Pig

[Flying Pig]

This one too a couple of minutes ago, a real Rapide this time.

 

De Havilland Dragon Rapide DH-89A G-AHAG RAF RL944 by Chris Murkin, on Flickr

[BMacdermott]

Hello everyone

 

A frequency question for you...

 

For as long as I recall, Heathrow Director has been 120.4 but has - seemingly - been replaced by (what was/is) Heathrow Radar on 127.525.

 

Can anyone explain?

 

(Note for context for those who may not know: Heathrow Director is the controller who receives inbounds from Heathrow's northern holds (Bovingdon and Lambourne) and merges them with the southern ones (Ockham and Biggin) to form a single line of traffic before handing them off to Heathrow Tower).

 

Brian

[PMP]

2 hours ago, BMacdermott said:

Hello everyone

 

A frequency question for you...

 

For as long as I recall, Heathrow Director has been 120.4 but has - seemingly - been replaced by (what was/is) Heathrow Radar on 127.525.

 

Can anyone explain?

 

(Note for context for those who may not know: Heathrow Director is the controller who receives inbounds from Heathrow's northern holds (Bovingdon and Lambourne) and merges them with the southern ones (Ockham and Biggin) to form a single line of traffic before handing them off to Heathrow Tower).

 

Brian

Occasionally frequencies are ‘moved’ to utilise the available frequencies better, the full techy reason will be in here somewhere 

https://www.caa.co.uk/commercial-industry/airspace/communication-navigation-and-surveillance/spectrum/spectrum-and-frequency-management/

 

I say somewhere and wish you good luck, the CAA web pages and portals are ‘brown’ even if you understand their erm, logic….

 

Another change that is occurring is with technical advances it possible some positions can be made ‘redundant’ and functions combined. I don’t know if this is the case here.

Edited September 26, 2023 by PMP
Add last para

[The Pilotman]

5 hours ago, BMacdermott said:

Hello everyone

 

A frequency question for you...

 

For as long as I recall, Heathrow Director has been 120.4 but has - seemingly - been replaced by (what was/is) Heathrow Radar on 127.525.

 

Can anyone explain?

 

(Note for context for those who may not know: Heathrow Director is the controller who receives inbounds from Heathrow's northern holds (Bovingdon and Lambourne) and merges them with the southern ones (Ockham and Biggin) to form a single line of traffic before handing them off to Heathrow Tower).

 

Brian

Might be connected to recent instances of interference/breakthrough on 120.4.

[KeithMacdonald]

On 23/09/2023 at 12:52, Flying Pig said:

This lovely aeroplane just flew over my home

 

On 23/09/2023 at 16:07, Flying Pig said:

This one too a couple of minutes ago, a real Rapide this time.

 

Thanks for that. 😀

De Havilland seems to had a nice habit of producing aircraft that look much more elegant.

Makes some aircraft look like flying bricks.

[Jeff Smith]

Rule one is aerodynamic efficiency - as has been discussed, some designs also have pleasing lines, and some do not!

[jjb1970]

Today's ride from Bangkok to Singapore after landing in Changi, the flight to Bangkok was an A350-900, it's good to see the very long range of both types being put to good use.......🤣 At the risk of looking like an amateur who is oblivious to my surroundings I really wouldn't know the difference between the two types if blindfolded or if a few tell tale cabin trim aspects which don't affect passenger experience were obscured. Both used the same seats, cabin dimensions are pretty much the same, the in-flight entertainment was identical, decor the same. One thing about Singapore Airlines is they demand extremely high standards from cabin crew, they all look like they could have walked out of a fashion shoot, immaculate, and are very attentive and good at what they do.