2010 12 18 Spotting at Ostend airport

When I looked at the site of EBOS spottinggroup I saw that VDA2018 landed this morning at Ostend Airport. With the knowledge that VDA is a flightnumber for an An-124 and that they mostly stay for about 12 houres, I took my chances to see the Ruslan depart. Unfortuanately just when I left my home I started to snow really heavy. When I reached Ostend airport they were in full swing to claer the runway for the departures of the Antonov and the MD-11. While the Antonow was scheduled to depart at 20h, there was still no movement 1h30 later when I left Ostend back home. I did shoot some pictures of the planes in the snow.

An-124-100 RA-82081
An-124-100 RA-82081
An-124-100 RA-82081
An-124-100 RA-82081
MD-11(F) N383WA
MD-11(F) N383WA
Boeing 747-2B5F/SCD G-MBKA
Boeing 747-2B5F/SCD G-MBKA

2010 12 15 The end of en era

15 December will be remerbered as the last flying day of the Harrier within the RAF and the Royal Navy. I couldn't be at the actually final flypast at RAF Cottesmore but I'll show some of my Harrier shots that I took in the past years at various venues. Enjoy them as much as we've enjoyed the Harrier.

Harrier T.12 ZH657/105 at RIAT Fariford 2010
Harrier GR9 ZG682/94 at RIAT Fariford 2010
Harrier GR9 ZD327/08A at RIAT Fariford 2010
Harrier GR9 ZG858 at RIAT Fariford 2010
Harrier GR7 ZD378/26 at Leeuwarden 2008
Harrier GR9 ZG508 at RAF Coningsby 2007
Harrier GR7 ZD406/35 at RIAT Fairford 2006 
Harrier GR7 ZD406/35 at RIAT Fairford 2006
Harrier GR7A ZD431/43A  at RIAT Fairford 2006
Harrier GR7A ZD431/43A  at RIAT Fairford 2006
Harrier GR7 ZD407 at RIAT Fairford 2005
Harrier GR7 ZD407 at RIAT Fairford 2005
Harrier GR7 ZD407 at Gilze-Rijen 2005


2010 11 23 Spotting at Brussels airport

When passing Brussels airport it's mostly worth making a quick visit at Abelag. This time there was a Spanish Falcon 900 and an American C-37B present.


Spanish Falcon 900 T.18-1 45-40 
American C-37B 97-0401
After this quick visit at Abelag I wanted to take some pictures of the landing planes while having a longer shutterspeed. These were all made directly under the landing route of 25L




Preliminary planning for 2011

March - April
spotting Reims
spotting Wittmund

spotting Frisian Flag Leeuwarden

May
10-11 spotting Tigermeet Cambrai
13-14 Airpower over Hampton Roads, Langley AFB
15 Soaring for a CenturyMCAS New River
16 spotting MCAS Jacksonville
17 spotting Seymour Johnson AFB
18 spotting USCG Elizabeth City
18 visit Military Aviation Museum
19 visit NAS Oceana
19 visit NAS Norfolk
20 visit ATAC
20 visit Patuxent River Naval Air Museum
21-22 Joint Service Open House, Andrews AFB
23 visit National Air and Space Museum

June
3-4-5 Izmir Airshow
18 Saint-Dizier Meeting de l'Air
25 Le Bourget

July
1-2 Airpower Zeltweg
6-7 Koksijde International Airshow
4-15 spotting Frisian Flag Leeuwarden
16-17 RIAT Fairford
21 Florennes Family Day

August
27-28 Radom International Airshow

September
14-23 TDPU Kleine Brogel
16-17 Luchtmachtdagen Leeuwarden