Cornelis Boersma

Sounds good but why invest in old airport? KLIA has enough slots to handle the current SZB traffic, and enough opportunities to get the SZB maintenance centre being build at the new KUL!

Amsterdam Schiphol had it once in the past but its gone now due to security reasons

Hey friends, here my small report from Italy! ENJOY! I flew EasyJet A319 from and to Amsterdam. These 2 shots I took with my mobile phone. Aircraft I wanted to have most was the TAM MD11 as MD11 are getting rare nowadays, sure when it comes to pax flights. I can only come up with KLM, Finnair, TAM and Air Namibia (and perhaps World Airways miliairy charters from USA?) First machine I made after I got out of the terminal... Shots taken from the side of RWY 35R, seen on A.net a lot show the snowy mountains. I havent been at this spot but here my snow topping mountains! AF A318 IR A310 Luxair NC AZ Old and New Colors AZ MD11/772/763/M82/Regional RAM 752 The 2nd day we started our engines at 5AM, took the hotels shuttlebus to the airport and took our place behind the windows in the terminal. Some nightshots. As you can see on the SIA shots "PH-FOG" is arriving at the airport. Goodbye day of spotting So we had to do something else, our flight back to Amsterdam was leaving 12 hours later that day! Me trowing pizza to my friend and photographer. Trying to send the fog away here, but how many red cards I gave... it didnt helped unfotunately Next trip: Asia 2008! Kind regards,

Soon expected at HKG I guess... http://www.microvoltradio.com/images/kpae2337.jpg

Yes, I fly to Narita, I want to do spotting at both Narita and Haneda

My "Asia-schedule" 29 March -> Amsterdam-Helsinki, Finnair A320 29 March -> Helsinki-Hong Kong, Finnair MD11 4 April -> Hong Kong-Tokyo, Northwest Airlines B744 10 April -> Tokyo-Hong Kong, Northwest B744 11 April -> Macau-KLIA, Air Asia A320 15 April -> KLIA-Macau, Air Asia A320 16 April -> Hong Kong-Helsinki, Finnair MD11 16 April -> Helsinki-Amsterdam, Finnair E170 Airports Iam going to visit in Asia: Narita, Haneda, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Macau, KLIA. Airports Iam considering to visit: Penang 1 day return with Air Asia or Jakarta on the KL B744, 1 night in CGK. Advice or recommendations for those 2 last mentioned (or ohter good) destinations? (where best places, best traffic, most legal etc) I HOPE TO SEE LOTS OF YOU GUYS!

My trip has changed a little.. I will do HKG and both airport in TYO. After these trips I want to fly to KLIA for 2 or 3 nights, just very short, but I do want to be in KL My flights will be Finnair A320 to HEL then Finnair MD11 to HKG, probably NWA 744 to NRT and back to HKG and MAS 772 to KL and back to HKG. Then again Finnair MD11 to HEL and Embraer 170 from HEL to AMS. When I know the exact dates (will be in first or second week of April 2008) I will let you know as I sure want to meet some of you guys (again)! WOEHOEE Iran is delayed for this time. As I go to KLAX probably at the end of the year its delayed for a year. My family didnt wanted me to go and I dont leave The Netherlands with my family to worry about me. (They think Iran is war, war and war as I know it is definately not).

MH 3 flights a week? Arriving in ZRH on Wednesday, Friday ans Sunday (Are was it upgraded last year with extra flight?)

Perhaps they are going to send the new B744 to HKG (ex SAA)? Or will it be to the BKK route where the 742 is arriving almost daily.

Nope, not to the AN225. Arriving during dusk or in evening so not going to drive 1,5hrs to AMS (and 1,5 hours back) for 1 machine arriving at night. Íf it would have arrived on first schedule around noon I would have. (never flew KL A330 Pieter? ) I just couldnt resist taking this Airbus, flew 737s so often, never A330!

My list: Air Asia: A320 Air Holland: B733 Bangkok Airways: B717, ATR72 Blue1: BAe 146/Avro RJ-85 BMI: A319 Condor: A320 EasyJet: A319 Finnair: A320 Hapag Lloyd: B738 Jet2: B733 KLM: B744, B733, B734, A332, F70 Malaysia: B772 Martinair: B763, B742, M11, A320 Onur Air: A300B4-200 Sterling: B735 Transavia: B752, B753, B738 Virgin Blue: B73G (-700)

Thx Norman, I didnt knew what to do when I saw a red aircraft comming from behind the Big Ben tower... To bad I had small lens on camera ah well I think for me those shots are good! The 727 is HZ-SKI (owner dont know)

Hello friends, I spend the X-mas weekend in London. I want to share some shots with you of spotting/my flight/London City. ENJOY! I flew to LHR on B734 PH-BDS, back on A332 PH-AOB. First A B727, someone knows the who is the owner of this bird (or regi)? Sorry for low quality but it was very very foggy. Always nice to get a 752 in this angle. TF-FIV of Icelandair this time Very nice nose shot of Virgin G-VHOT Air India B744 in NC. VT-AIS BA B744 on final APP 27L Then in London City. I saw the Big Ben from a short distance (serie of shots) And then a few minutes later, what do I see there? UHH s#1t IS IT... IT'S RED... NO.. WHAT.. YES!! IT'S HER! After a fast change of lens.. More from the City of London Now some shots of the day I left LON to AMS. I had some sort of feeling there would be special traffic at LHR. And the feeling was right! For the 3th time (1st LHR in 2004, 2nd SYD 2005) I saw my friend Skippy aka Wunala Dreaming! No good opportunity of picture because of from outside terminal 2 BA machines in front. And from inside reflecting windows and other stuff in front of it. Resulst below. Another Qantas bird Looking into the eyes of a 744 jumbojet New logojet for Austrian Boarding Airbus A330-200 PH-AOB Some aircraft on this one, but most waiting aircraft outside of this picture. I counted at least 12 in the queue for RWY 27L departure. Inflight In AMS: Crew leaving aircraft before me Picture of crew Kind regards!

If IATA or another international law could set up this I would say cheers! It would be an outcome for a tall guy like me! KLM is now demanding € 50,-- for every freaking seat where's a little more legspace! Bastards!

I know they now fly all the 3 A320's which flew with Martinair untill October this year.

As I see on this impression: http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3644/img7579yl1.jpg Cowboy town stays alife?

Some good stuff from the Estados Unidos!

Hello Malaysian friends and other friends all over the globe! I would like to know something more about spotting in Iran, on Tehran Mehrabad Intl. to be exact. I am going to do a spotting trip most probably HongKong and Tokyo and I'd like to fly on my way to Asia with Iran Air. So Amsterdam-Tehran AB6 or A310, and then my onward flight after a stop of at least one night in THR with a B747SP to Tokyo with a short stop in Beijing. Anyone any idea's of where to spot at Mehrabad? Is photography allowed in Iran? I know its strictly forbidden in Iraq, some people say the same about Iran, but I googled it up and some say its not prohibited there but people are very friendly and hospital. Someone any info? Special remarks for HKG & both Tokyo airports (Haneda/Narita) are welcome also of course! And if somebodys wants to join me in Asia, some company is welcome as always! Kind regards from Amsterdam

Erg netjes Pieter! Very lovely Pieter!

Hey friends from Malaysia and from all over the world! A small update from Helsinki where I am right now. Saw almost all Finnair MD11s passing here. All A340s as well. I have seen them all before already for exception of the A340s which they've added 2 new ones. Further I saw the Hibby 9MMPB in EHAM before my departure to HEL/EFHK. Getting a commen sight in AMS this colors. I am starting to prefere MAS regular colors! Next pictures: Northwest which opened routes to AMS with B752 and equipped them with winglets last year. Further on this shot seen a few airbusses and another 752. Northwest pier! Next one from HELSINKI: Finnair B752 also equipped their 752s with winglets and repainted the old colors to new. A few more to follow when I get home

Hi guys! Thanks for your warm compliments! Here a few shots on London Heathrow and one I took in the city, just lovely one I wanted to share with you all. Tomorrow I'll fly of to Helsinki for a few days. Those shots will be posted in this topic next week. ENJOY! Starting with Tower Brigde during sunset! Lucky me I had my camera with my in town this evening! Next: JetAirways A330 OC and NC Asiana 777 NC An aircraft not seen in Asia I guess, B753, After seen her in Copenhagen in 2006 now the 2nd time I saw her in LHR. Turkmenistan 752 TAM A332. One of next trips is to CDG or MXP to catch their MD11 One of the best looking 747s of LHR arriving on 27R "Langkawi" South African 744 on final app 27R, and Cathay 744F on APP 27L. South African is soon going to phase out all of their B747s so glad I got I believe 4 of them. And my final shot from the UK, Turkish A340 on finals 27L. Kind regards,

On your request, some more shots, this time mostly the local UK/European traffic. Manchester really is 757 heaven so you'll see some 757s come around on my shots. More of LHR photographs will follow later! Again: ENJOY! Boarding G-CELS for flight AMS-MAN, gave me this opportunity! The next shot is made out of our hotelroom! We were using it as shelter for the heavy rainshower which was outside that moment. You can see my mate trying to nail the Cathay silverbullit lining up. This shot you see the taxiway, with an Omni DC10 on it. On the right side you can see the window of our room. And of course you can see the balcony where we spent most of our time in Manchester! Downstairs there was a pub!! And a big spectators terrace, only hotelguests were allowed upstairs! And a pub real close is superb! Some 757s in Manchester, I think the 757 looks beautifull from almost every angle, here some different shots of 757, or parts of 757 A 757 in approach during late evening. Emirates 773 lined up ready to takeoff back to DXB. You can clearly see all the runways lights reflecting on the nose!! XL Airways, former Excel Airways B763. A nightshot of an approaching aircraft. Believe this was a B734 of BA. To bad it was raining, you can see the drops on my lens. Domestic Irish Airline sending ATR42 and ATR72 a couple of days every day. New airline for me arriving in the late evening. One of the smaller visitors and the largest visitor of Manchester. All takeoff traffic on our runway! A few Queens! Leisure airline of the year Ex BA Embraers, all (are most of them) now being in the FlyBe fleet. British lady on VS B744 Helicopter traffic. Believe this is an Agusta109 The concorde in MAN, G-BOAC, thought it would be nice to show this one from another angle than the one I saw on LHR. Manchesters terminal2 view, you must have a shot like this when you've visited MAN. To bad the weather sucked this day.

Canon EOS 350D with 22-55, 55-200 and 75-300mm lenses. More shots to come sometime today

Both seen in LHR Pieter. I cant edit so I cant put the airportnames underneath the pictures anymore. Security: For passengers double security, you even have to put your shoes off in London, never had that before! For spotting: Dont behave strange and dont photograph through the fence, just sit somewhere in approach and you'll be fine. About the Concorde; I saw G-BOAC in Manchesters viewing park, and in LHR G-BOAG; There is no place for this baby because of the construction of larger taxiways, so this Concorde is put somewhere in between the hangars, but mostly their are 747s in front of this baby so photo opportunities for her are very very bed, and the fence you have to shoot through is really bad. Kind regards,

Hi friends, I just got back from a 10 day during trip to the UK. We flew Amsterdam-Manchester with Jet2 Boeing 737-300 G-CELS. We flew Manchester-London HR with BMI Airbus A319 G-DBCJ. And London GW-Amsterdam with EasyJet Airbus A319 G-EZEW. The hotel in Manchester was called The Airport Hotel and was located just a few meters away from the 23R runway! You cant get any closer in MAN! All arriving traffic on that runway and half of the departing traffic as well. First I'll give you some interesting aircrafts we saw and I finish with some pictures of my trip. I dont mention all the domestic and UK based airlines. Some (private/government) aircraft which can be seen on some photographs are not mentioned as well. I hope I dont forget to mention any interesting machines! ENJOY!! OC= Old Colors NC= New Colors SA= Star Alliance Livery Manchester/London Heathrow Air Canada: A319BJ, B762 OC/NC, B763 OC/NC/SA, B773ER, A333NC, A343 NC/SA American: B752WL, B772 United: B772 OC/NC, B744 OC/NC, B763 NC US Airways: A333 Delta: B763 N171DZ, B764 Etihad: A332, A345, A346 Qatar: A319BJ, A320BJ, A332 OC/NC, A333 OC/NC/Doha livery, A346 Emirates: B772, B773, B773ER PIA: B772, B772ER, B773ER AirBlue: A321 Asiana: B772 OC/NC JAL: B772, B773ER, B744 ANA: B744, B773ER Biman: A310 Yemenia: A310 AirJamaica: A340 IranAir: B742 Saudi: B772 Kuwait: B744, B772, A343 Eva Air: MD11F, B773ER JetAirways: A332 OC/NC, B773ER Air India: B744, B763 (hybrid) Kenya: B772 NC Air China: A343 China Eastern: A346 Turkmenistan: B752 Mauritius: A340 Egpyt Air: A332 GreatWallAirlines: B744F, B744CF Dragonair: All 747 versions in all available liveries Cathay Cargo: All 747 versions in all available liveries Cathay Pacific: B744, A343, A346 Jett8: B747F Sudan: AB6 SAA: A346, B744 Qantas: B744 Air Seychelles: B763 Bellview: B762 Malaysia: B744 -> I got the 9M-MPF, so I finally got the last 744 of MAS I needed, of course with exception of the "Ipoh". And on Gatwick the day of departure: Virgin Nigeria B763, A343 Ghana Airways B763 Air Namibia A343