Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted June 14, 2006 Went for a long weekend of sight-seeing (friday) and spotting (saturday/sunday) to HEL, and would like to share some shots with you, people Was blessed with excellent spotting weather (sunny/temps 20-22 degrees) and was shown around by 2 very friendly A.net Finnish spotters; EFHK, however, is a quiet airport with not much 'foreign' traffic and is dominated by the national airline FINNAIR, the airline you'll also 'see' next year Finland is a bi-langual country with Finnish/Swedish spoken; lucky for me, as Swedish is more familiar to Dutch as Finnish (do enyone know what a Kiinalainen Ravintola is ?) Here we go: Welcome to Helsinki-Vantaa lentoasema/Helsingfors-Vanda Flygplats: My 2 guides were Janni (left) and Tero (right) with 04L lights in the background: Vantaa/Vanda is blessed with a nice museum, with this MIG-21 as a 'gate-guard': Pegasus (Turkey), Karthago (Tunisia), Spanair (Spain) and TUI (Sweden) all fly holiday-makers to better climes: Domestic flights are operated by Goldenair (on behalf of Finncom), Finncom, AirAland and Aero (Estonia): The Royal Belgian Air Force Airbus 310-200 was bringing back some 200 Finnish soldiers from Norway: to be continued... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Imran K. 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2006 Pieter, Great shots bro! I especially love that Belgian Air Force A310. Beautiful classic! Btw..i notice a dust spot... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuh Loh 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2006 Nice collection, Pieter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eric M 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2006 Pieter, you've seen some great planes out there! HEL seems a interesting place to catch some smaller Scandinavian/Finnish turboprobs. And of course the larges AY traffic. Some tips for you; - clean up your sensor, it's having an ignoring dust spot. Check your manual how to get access to the sensor of your Nikon camera. Otherwise mail me tomorrow in my office. - to get nice shots on the prop-blur of the Saab 340's, ATR's, F50's etc., you may choose to set your camera to a lower shutter speed (e.g. 1/125) to get some 'action props' instead of the steady view on them. Maybe nice to teach yourself on this with some KLC F50's at AMS. It may be difficult sometimes to get the subject sharp, that's why. Waiting for your update... Eric Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sim Lim Shen 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2006 (do enyone know what a Kiinalainen Ravintola is ?) So Pieter, What does that mean? Very nice photos of some airlines that I don't know. I supposed the photo of Finnair's MD-11 is waiting to be uploaded? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chaity 1 Report post Posted June 15, 2006 Hi Pieter, what a sunny and fine day for spotting. In the first photo, I see only blue tails. Is it my LCD monitor Red color conked out ? Any chance of seeing MD-11 ????? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamizi Hj Tamby 1 Report post Posted June 15, 2006 Wonderful photos,Uncle Pieter! BTW,Does the Finnish AF operates MiG-21? What a wonderful view of Helsinki-Vantaa.Indeed it was a Finnair homebase. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted June 15, 2006 Pieter, Great shots bro! I especially love that Belgian Air Force A310. Beautiful classic! Btw..i notice a dust spot... So Pieter, What does that mean? Very nice photos of some airlines that I don't know. I supposed the photo of Finnair's MD-11 is waiting to be uploaded? Hi Pieter, what a sunny and fine day for spotting. In the first photo, I see only blue tails. Is it my LCD monitor Red color conked out ? Any chance of seeing MD-11 ????? Wonderful photos,Uncle Pieter! BTW,Does the Finnish AF operates MiG-21? What a wonderful view of Helsinki-Vantaa.Indeed it was a Finnair homebase. Imran, Indeed a nice classic: ex Sabena Sim Lim Shen, Chinese Restaurant The MD11's will be 'published' soon, some in 'special' colours Chaity, Told you it was dominated with Finnair aircraft, right ? There is one 'foreign' airline in that picture: do you see it and know where it's from ? Tamizi, MIG-21's are now all withdrawn from use....small text/instructions on this example were still in Russian language See this post for more later...glad you liked it sofar... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamizi Hj Tamby 1 Report post Posted June 15, 2006 Ahh...I see then.Thanks for sharing the photos of HEL,Uncle Pieter.Looking forward for more photoshots taken by you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chaity 1 Report post Posted June 15, 2006 Chaity, Told you it was dominated with Finnair aircraft, right ? The is one 'foreign' airline in that picture: do you see it and know where it's from ? Pieter, I am having "Thursday Blue" and couldn't see any foreign airline. Still all blue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted June 15, 2006 Pieter, I am having "Thursday Blue" and couldn't see any foreign airline. Still all blue. Look at the A320 just underneath the tower, taxying with nose towards us: it's Lufthansa... All other planes are Aero or Finnair Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Teh 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2006 great shots pieter, clear blue sky with those blue tails.... my first time seeing... Karthago (Tunisia) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kelvin B 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2006 Nice shots Pieter.. waiting for Fin and the MD-11s...!! . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walter Sim 1 Report post Posted June 15, 2006 Great pictures Pieter. The hosts are you friends?? Kevin, great avatar. Very artistic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sneeze Lam 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2006 Great shots, Uncle Pieter. Off Topic: Uncle Pieter, if the two guides of you able to check the schedule of AY? Cause I have missed OH-LGB (Mooming) today due to my exam. So, I would like to know if any of you over Europe can help and notice me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted June 15, 2006 Off Topic: Uncle Pieter, if the two guides of you able to check the schedule of AY? Don't think so, as Janni still studying and Tero working at the 'International Post Office' at the airport, so both not related to AY... Suggest you check ACARS-lists for OH-LGB and OH-LGF Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sneeze Lam 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2006 Suggest you check ACARS-lists for OH-LGB and OH-LGF Uncle Pieter, may I know where I can check the ACARS list? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted June 15, 2006 Uncle Pieter, may I know where I can check the ACARS list? The ACARS Online mailing list Coverage: A place to chat about ACARS. To join: Send a blank e-mail to acarsonline-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Teh 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2006 Great pictures Pieter. The hosts are you friends?? Kevin, great avatar. Very artistic. thanks Pieter, more pics pls! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pieter C. 5 Report post Posted June 18, 2006 OK, guys, having problems with downloading the 'Irfanview.com' program (as I've no privileges on my home PC ), I'll continue now with the Helsinki/Helsingfors impression, however, in the thumbnail variety, as not to upset the moderator again Was able to take some shots of the very last commercial flights by the Mad-Dogs, operated by Finnair (flights ceased the next day: 13jun06): Newest equipment in the Finnair fleet is the EMB-170; the 'reversed' F in the tail looks kinda weird : The 757-fleet is, mainly, used for holiday flights to Spain (Canary Island), but will even go as far west as Florida and Sri-Lanka ; this one is still in the 'old colours': Finnair is doing the heavy checks on the Lufthansa-Cargo MD-11's; I was lucky to witness an aircraft-swap that weekend: D-ACLR left and D-ACLS arrived: Pulkovo is now using ex-Aer Lingus 737's on the short 40 minutes hop from Sankt-Petersburg, i.s.o. the 154's (seen here reversing on 04L): OK, three-hole lovers, attention please: here are some shots of the Moomin MD-11's of Finnair (landing on 04L): and taking-off from 04R (note the difference in Moomin-family stickers): + some 'regular' MD-11's: Sterling.dk is using this Icelandic registered all-white MD80 for flights to Italy; they'll withdraw from Finland alltogether in 1 more month due disappointing traffic loads: One of the best bizzers seen during the weekend was this BD700 here seen arriving and showing-off her gracious body-lines: Highlight of the day was certainly the arrival of this AN-124 from Gomel/Ukraine: This was it, guys, hope you've enjoyed them all from sunny and warm Vantaa/Vanda in Finland (who says, it's ALWAYS cold and freezing there ? )... Next trip: TROPICAL Malaysia next weekend Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kelvin B 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2006 Woo hooo...!! Pieter, thanks for the MD-11s! Love the hippo ones.... . And great catch of the Antonov. You can get into trouble for posting too many photos??? oops.... . I wish you a great trip to Malaysia..!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sneeze Lam 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2006 OK, three-hole lovers, attention please: here are some shots of the Moomin MD-11's of Finnair (landing on 04L): and taking-off from 04R (note the difference in Moomin-family stickers): :oooooooooooo what I have missed on 15/Jun here in HKG Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ibrahim 0 Report post Posted June 18, 2006 Waaah~!!! Nice Livery on Finair MD-11.. First Shot~!!! Nice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seth K 3 Report post Posted June 18, 2006 Daaaaaaaah Pieter, totally Finnair territory. Impressive shots from Helsinki I'll say if Three holers going to die, Helsinki is their last visit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norman 1 Report post Posted June 19, 2006 --> QUOTE(Kelvin B @ Jun 18 2006, 10:35 PM) 56595[/snapback] -snp-- You can get into trouble for posting too many photos??? oops.... . -snip-- No... no trouble... Post as many as you want.... but within the guidelines ANyway.... those are great shots, Pieter... Thanks for sharing... I'll see what I can do with Irfanview, when you're down here this weekend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
