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Thanks. Didn't see that one coming till it was really close.

 

Have been seeing the police chopper doing rounds all over Penang Island in the past week. Sometimes flying quite low too.

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B744 V8-ALI is expected to arrive today around 1140am

Edited by MIR

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A nice surprise. Heavy rain currently though. Going to be difficult to get a shot.

 

Any idea of the airport of origin?

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A nice surprise. Heavy rain currently though. Going to be difficult to get a shot.

 

Any idea of the airport of origin?

 

It came from Brunei. Sultan of Brunei should be heading to Kuala Kangsar.

Expect her departure maybe tonight?

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B737 BBJ M53-01 arriving shortly. 9M-NAA leaving this afternoon to Beijing.

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B737 BBJ departed sometime in the afternoon while V8-ALI departed at about 5. Lots of interesting traffic for today.

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Some shots from last Monday's spotting trip.

 

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IMG_1517 by sslee86, on Flickr

MASKargo A330-200F (9M-MUC) doing a go-around.

 

Second time witnessing a go around. This one made one sharp turn very close to the runway. I guess it was too close and too high to align to the runway so it abandoned that approached and did a go-around

 

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IMG_1592 by sslee86, on Flickr

MASKargo landing this time around

 

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IMG_1614 by sslee86, on Flickr

Firefly ATR72-500 (9M-FYF)

 

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IMG_1622 by sslee86, on Flickr

SilkAir A320 (9V-SLS)

 

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IMG_1631 by sslee86, on Flickr

Tiger Airways A320 (9V-TAZ)

 

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IMG_1638 by sslee86, on Flickr

Malaysia Airlines B737-8H6 (9M-MXJ) - Have not seen MAS' 738 for some time now

 

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IMG_1664 by sslee86, on Flickr

Sriwijaya Air B737-524 (PK-CLO)

 

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IMG_1676 by sslee86, on Flickr

Indonesia AirAsia A320 (PK-AXV)

 

The half in the making...

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Second half...

 

Weather changed dramatically from a sunny day to a dark and gloomy day.

 

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IMG_1693 by sslee86, on Flickr

9M-AJA landing just before the storm

 

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IMG_1709 by sslee86, on Flickr

9M-AJE

 

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IMG_1723 by sslee86, on Flickr

9M-AFY

 

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IMG_1736 by sslee86, on Flickr

Firefly ATR72-600 (9M-FIA) being cleaned naturally

 

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IMG_1741 by sslee86, on Flickr

Malindo ATR72-600 (9M-LMJ) with wipers activated

 

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IMG_1757 by sslee86, on Flickr

Lion Air B737-8GP (PK-LJR)

 

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IMG_1789 by sslee86, on Flickr

Silkair B737-8SA (9V-MGD) producing some vortex after the rain

 

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IMG_1813 by sslee86, on Flickr

Malaysia Airlines B737-4H6 (9M-MMK) - Probably the last one I saw before the -400 series of MAS are retired

 

Enjoy

 

SSLee

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Spotting is fun, but what's more fun is when it starts to rain HEAVILY just a few meters before you reach the optimum location. Making the best of the situation, here's the outcome.

 

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IMG_4603 by sslee86, on Flickr

9M-MLG - A leased aircraft

 

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IMG_4618 by sslee86, on Flickr

PK-CLU - A touch of striking red to brighten up the pic

 

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IMG_4630 by sslee86, on Flickr

9M-AQM - Rain at its heaviest

 

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IMG_4650 by sslee86, on Flickr

9M-AJA - I seldom see them turning on the lights on the wingtips. Looks like such dark weather calls for it.

 

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IMG_4665 by sslee86, on Flickr

9M-AQW

 

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IMG_4678 by sslee86, on Flickr

PK-LKU

 

More coming......

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Virgin Australia Fokker 100 PH-CXN arrived Penang yesterday from Al Ain. Probably leaving either today or tomorrow to Australia.

To become VH-FZI.

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Thanks MIR.

 

Darn, just logged in. Was there today though at about 11AM at the end of runway 04. Didn't manage to catch that Fokker 8)

 

For a change though, after many trips to the airport, today is finally the SUNNY day. Will post up the catch soon.

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Finally, after many sessions of rainspotting, here's the series with more sun and light.

 

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IMG_5365 by sslee86, on Flickr

Indonesia AirAsia A320 (PK-AXL)

 

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IMG_5376 by sslee86, on Flickr

Sharklets inbound (9M-AJE)

 

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IMG_5388 by sslee86, on Flickr

PK-CLO - An aircraft whose wing length is almost equal to its body length

 

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IMG_5408 by sslee86, on Flickr

AirAsia (9M-AJG)

 

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IMG_5441 by sslee86, on Flickr

Malindo Air (9M-LML)

 

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IMG_5458 by sslee86, on Flickr

AirAsia (9M-AJN)

 

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IMG_5474 by sslee86, on Flickr

9M-FIB - With a new coat of paint

 

Will be adding heavies in the next segment.

Edited by SS Lee

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Virgin Australia newest ATR72 VH-VPJ has started its delivery flight today, from Toulouse to Australia as SXI 1417. Most of their previous delivery flights have routed via Penang.

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Virgin Australia newest ATR72 VH-VPJ has started its delivery flight today, from Toulouse to Australia as SXI 1417. Most of their previous delivery flights have routed via Penang.

Update:

VH-VPJ has departed Al Ain today (around 0545 Malaysia time) to Nagpur and later to Penang as SXI1417

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Thanks for the update MIR. Don't see it on FR24 so I guess it must have landed in Nagpur already. I think at this rate, it should be in Penang by tomorrow.

 

It would be really great if it arrives on a weekend instead. Better chance of capturing it. :)

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VH-VPJ is currently on descent into Penang. Probably just a quick stop because it is expected in Perth tomorrow at 1330.

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Second half of that day.

 

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IMG_5500 by sslee86, on Flickr

UPS (N351UP)

 

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IMG_5522 by sslee86, on Flickr

Lion Air's -800 series (PK-LKW)

 

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IMG_5552 by sslee86, on Flickr

A first for me (up close that is) FedEx A310-324F (N808FD)

 

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IMG_5578 by sslee86, on Flickr

China Airlines Cargo (B-18720)

 

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IMG_5614 by sslee86, on Flickr

Another -800 for SilkAir (9V-MGE)

 

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IMG_5632 by sslee86, on Flickr

Ending with Firefly against the clear blue skies (9M-FYJ)

 

Really enjoyed this session as it is one of those very rare times where there was sunlight bright enough to push up the shutter speeds to about 1/800th of a second. Looking forward to more sessions like this.

 

 

On a side note, managed to see something on FR24 today. Operating as MH5xxx on the KUL-PEN sector, and MH8062 on the next one from Penang. Saw it making several circles before landing, possibly due to the weather as there was a go-around performed by a MAS 738 shortly before.

 

Anyone knows if these flights are common to Penang? Would like to snap a MAS triple 7 in Penang.

 

 

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Good shots as always SSLee. I haven't been down to the airport for quite some while. Must take a trip there again soon.

 

The MAS 777 flights might be tied into the Hadj schedules. Possibly MH5xxx was a positioning flight and MH8062 was en-route from Penang to Saudi Arabia.

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Hi ,

 

Really enjoying all the beautiful shots. I will be visiting my beautiful hometown Penang next week and would really love to do some spotting over here,

anyone can advice me with some location? Thanks a lot.

 

 

HY Kuan

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Alliance Airlines Fokker 100 VH-FKD departed Penang this morning as ASY108. It's heading north, likely military charter.

Previously it did Perth-Lombok-Kuching-Penang as UNITY60*.

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Spent a short while at the airport this morning. First time in quite a while.

 

Spotted this visitor parked in a corner near the fire station.

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A few more from today:

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Edited by LaurieB

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