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heavies busting the clouds

PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:14 am
by pepper_airborne
Here are a few shots from today, taken from the local approach route to schiphol, they fly almost directly over my house, and today it was a pleasure to watch them busting through the clouds, wich were wide spread and very diverse, from heavy rain clouds to light cumulus ones, with a few showers in between. I think the second plane is a 767, but it also could be a 777, they both have rather big engines.

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Re: heavies busting the clouds

PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:02 am
by Ijineda
The second one is a 777-200.

Nice pics!

Re: heavies busting the clouds

PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:13 am
by pepper_airborne
yeah, i already thought so, thanks for pointing that out!

Re: heavies busting the clouds

PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:55 am
by Souichiro
Hmm I also had the idea of doing the same thing today :D

Re: heavies busting the clouds

PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:02 am
by pepper_airborne
Hmm I also had the idea of doing the same thing today :D


So why you didnt? ;D

Re: heavies busting the clouds

PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:11 pm
by Omag 2.0
Cool shots! Seems you guys have the same kind of weather we're having in Belgium...

Re: heavies busting the clouds

PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:13 pm
by flyboy 28
Nice catch on the Asiana new colors. :)

Re: heavies busting the clouds

PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:23 pm
by pepper_airborne
Cool shots! Seems you guys have the same kind of weather we're having in Belgium...  ;)


Sure do, the only downside is that you cant really predict how there going to fly, since the ATC sometimes tend to steer them more left or right, so most of the other shots i got didnt really had much of plane in them ;D.

Nice catch on the Asiana new colors. :)



Ah, at first i thought it was a new airliner of some sort(cargo obviously) but i didnt it was asiana. I kinda like the paint scheme too, i got a 1280 version as my background right now :).

Re: heavies busting the clouds

PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:28 pm
by pepper_airborne
This is a F-70 i photographed, and after loading in on the computer, it had its airbrakes deployed and was turning(2 foto's later, roughly 5 seconds they were retracted). Is this a normal procedure for a aircraft to do this at low altitude<6000FT?

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Re: heavies busting the clouds

PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:02 pm
by flyboy 28
Is this a normal procedure for a aircraft to do this at low altitude<6000FT?

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Yep. As with their sister the F100 and cousin the BAe-146, they leave the airbrakes out well before touchdown.

Re: heavies busting the clouds

PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:11 pm
by Souichiro
Hmm I also had the idea of doing the same thing today :D


So why you didnt? ;D


Because when I had that idea... I was in Leiden...when I got home I didn't see much flying anymore :D

Re: heavies busting the clouds

PostPosted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:33 pm
by The Ruptured Duck
Like the last 777 shot!

Re: heavies busting the clouds

PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:38 am
by pepper_airborne
Hmm I also had the idea of doing the same thing today :D


So why you didnt? ;D


Because when I had that idea... I was in Leiden...when I got home I didn't see much flying anymore :D


Ah yeah, leiden isnt a good spot for aviation photography.

Like the last 777 shot!


Cheers!


Yep. As with their sister the F100 and cousin the BAe-146, they leave the airbrakes out well before touchdown.


Ah, i wasnt aware of that, but i suppose it never is for a really long time then? Since it slows the plane down quite a bit.

Re: heavies busting the clouds

PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:24 am
by Souichiro
Hmm I also had the idea of doing the same thing today :D


So why you didnt? ;D


Because when I had that idea... I was in Leiden...when I got home I didn't see much flying anymore :D


Ah yeah, leiden isnt a good spot for aviation photography.

Like the last 777 shot!


Cheers!


Yep. As with their sister the F100 and cousin the BAe-146, they leave the airbrakes out well before touchdown.


Ah, i wasnt aware of that, but i suppose it never is for a really long time then? Since it slows the plane down quite a bit.



Well on somedays from the Hospitals Helipad it wouldn't be a bad place I think..... Seeing a Lynx land there is quite cool also :D

Re: heavies busting the clouds

PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:40 am
by pepper_airborne
You got acces to that area? And i havent seen a lynx in a long long time, i quite miss them and the orions since they close valkenburg, although i saw a chinook heading south a few days ago.