"Tony, today is MALAYSIA AIRLINES DAY!!"

[Azizi Zainudin 0]

Thank you for the great coverage of the Dugong. Happy for MH for being the first Of the 8th A380 operator to have it on a new livery. Whereby others maintain the same.

[T Azahan 1]

Malaysia Airlines Day!

 

Finally. The sequence.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aircraft too big and i should have taken many steps back. I couldn't reduce the bigma lense any further thus frustratingly no full length side shot. Aduh, bodo betul....

 

 

 

 

 

I was amazed by the almost silence of the aircraft. The sound of the RR was merely 'ssssssss....'

[TK 0]

this azahan doesn't sleep ah? After Teh tarik session, reached home and edit + post photos!!!

 

[JuliusWong 0]

A journey of epic proportion is set to begin.........Welcome home MH's flagship fleet! Many happy flying years ahead with MH! xD

[Ian Lim 0]

economy class

 

business class

 

first class

[T Azahan 1]

this azahan doesn't sleep ah? After Teh tarik session, reached home and edit + post photos!!!

 

 

Just woke up. Hehehehehe.

 

 

Thank you Ian. Very good shots of the seats.

[T Azahan 1]

I am trying to share as much as i can so I shall continue what i have left yesterday.....

 

 

 

 

The Queen exited the runway, then slowly taxied for a fresh morning shower.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After she was safely parked, I continued to maximize my limited stay at the spot. Hehehe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you enjoy thus far. Cheers!

[Mohd Idham 0]

MWings have all the coverage, from different angle, from dark side to bright side....from high up on OH, to the very grass of 32R...

 

Phenomenal.....

[Norman 1]

Sorry for delay in sharing my photos....

 

Well.... here are some from my spots...

 

I was stationed just beyond this ILS house near 32R...

 

TK warned me not to sit on the other side... but I've stopped being productive.... hehe

 

As it was the 'A Malaysia Airline Day'.... lots of MH aircraft passed by for me to test out the relevant lenses

for my D7000 on right shoulder & D200 on left shoulder...

 

Overheard in the radio she's requesting a 600' flypast over the runway.... and she peaked from the haze...

 

Silently flew above me.... sssss....

 

With nice blue sky above her ....

 

She proceeded to the end of runway before banked right ....

 

Few minutes later, she came back for full-stop land, peaking again over the horizon beyond 32R threshold...

 

Floating in-front of company's welcoming committees ...

 

at 80mm, my 80-200mm cannot accomodate her already by the time she's almost kissing the tarmac...

 

thus.... quickly switching camera body ..... AND MISSING THE SMOKING TOUCHDOWN..... aaarggggh

 

anyway.... keeping my index finger on the shutter buttons... continue firing while she rolled-out...

 

[Cornelis Boersma 0]

Waaaa Azahan! Love the MRN rotation from that angle! Especially the 2nd one where she's just airborne!!

Norman! Waa!! Love that shot so much where she is only half a second from touchdown

Great stuff man!!! All of you!

Edited July 1, 2012 by Cornelis Boersma

[T Azahan 1]

Norman,

 

Arrgh!!!!!!! Or may be the aircraft is meant to be silent and land smokeless. Hehehe. Cheers mate. That milliseconds to touchdown was superb.

[Norman 1]

Norman,

 

Arrgh!!!!!!! Or may be the aircraft is meant to be silent and land smokeless. Hehehe. Cheers mate. That milliseconds to touchdown was superb.

I'm still kicking myself for missing the smokes, bro.....

 

Anyway..... she taxied back on Alpha towards a waiting Follow-Me-Car... while a company's B738 rotating...

 

Passing slowly onto Bravo, with the KLIA Tower behind...

 

Meeting with the Queen of The Sky... (I think B744 is more elegant .... )

 

 

Turning into C27, to the waiting welcoming party-crowd

 

Water cannon salutes... right on cue from left & right.... nice ones

 

Perfect arc showering the Dugong...

 

This B738 requested for a slow taxi to enjoy Dugong taking showers...

 

....and after the shower.... receiving all the attention from the party-crowd...

 

.... least but not least..... Job has to be done... whatever it takes... right Azahan?...

[Radzi 2]

Great photos, guys.

 

I'm happy that MAS didn't trust this historic moment to just regular photographers, but choose to get real aviation photographers instead.

[flee 5]

Super super shots, guys!

 

What a fantastic way to celebrate Malaysian Wings' 7th Anniversary too!

 

I heard that there are plans to cover the inaugural departure too. Hope all went well and we get to see more pix!

 

Well done - great coverage at MW, always!

[LW Wong 0]

truly a Malaysia Airlines day..i see no reds in the any of the pics hehe. Excellent coverage guys..thanks for sharing

[TK 0]

OUR A380.........An Incredible Journey Begins......

[Ian Lim 0]

that's extremely beautiful! love the fishy eye

 

Edited July 1, 2012 by Ian Lim

[Raymund Yeoh 1]

Imagine having this as the livery of our new A380....tht will be quite an awesome sight

[BC Tam 2]

Imagine having this as the livery of our new A380....tht will be quite an awesome sight

Inspired by Continental's 'Peter Max' T7 perhaps ?

[Prashant K 0]

Stunning night shots! Awesome photos guys.

[T Azahan 1]

WAU!!!!! They did the lighting show here instead of Toulouse. Stunning!!! Woohooooo......

[ChrisJong 0]

Great shots guys! Love them!

[flee 5]

Beautiful light show and lovely pix!

 

Thanks for sharing, guys!

[Norman 1]

Nice night shots guys....

 

A little bit behind the scene from me...

 

 

The brightside team meeting the darkside team...

Funny enough that the brightside team using Nikon and majority of darkside equipments are Canon...

 

Finally,

 

Me trying to emulate the darkside shot...

Luckily I've Capture NX to process the RAW file...

[TK 0]

you shoot RAW....

I stop doing that, but i still prefer RAW though.

Unless i have the latest Capture NX (do you have it Norman)

Last night, all the night shots...i thought of shooting RAW, then i change my mind

 

Came back just in time for EURO 2012....wohoo.