Aircraft

[Steve_W_1962]

Couldn't find a current thread for pictures of aircraft, so I thought I'd start one. Here are some of my efforts from Heathrow Airport last week

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o179/evetsdaehdoow/Aircraft/20090925_HeathrowSeptember2009_6158.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o179/evetsdaehdoow/Aircraft/20090925_HeathrowSeptember2009_6279.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o179/evetsdaehdoow/Aircraft/20090925_HeathrowSeptember2009_6263.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o179/evetsdaehdoow/Aircraft/20090925_HeathrowSeptember2009_6252.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o179/evetsdaehdoow/Aircraft/20090925_HeathrowSeptember2009_6189.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o179/evetsdaehdoow/Aircraft/20090925_HeathrowSeptember2009_6169.jpg

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o179/evetsdaehdoow/Aircraft/20090925_HeathrowSeptember2009_6164.jpg

[Phill D]

Er suprisingly you might be right Steve there is an airshow thread. Either way they are nice shots. What took you to Heathrow just observing or off on hols? I was really fortunate to actually fly on the Emirates A380 recently its amaizing inside - best flight I've ever been on with service to match.

[Steve_W_1962]

Hi Phill, thanks for your comments. I just fancied a day watching them all come in (in very quick succession), and was very pleased to catch the A380 - I would love to fly on one someday.
I'm registered on http://forums.airshows.co.uk/ and I'd heard a lot about a cul-de-sac called Myrtle Avenue, a great place for spotting, so I thought I'd give it a try. I'm not a real anorak who records all the aircraft types / numbers etc., I'm just interested from a photography point of view really - something different to point my camera at :)

[Phill D]

It looks like a great spotting spot if I can put it that way. I bet the locals get fed up with observers though.

[SpecialK]

San Diego Air and Space museum.
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This DC-3 is in front of the future air museum at Santa Monica airport.
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Front of former Air Force One at Ronald Reagan presidential museum.
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The boneyard at the Planes of Fame in Chino.
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Some famous 1930's-era racers at the Planes of Fame.
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More from Planes of Fame.

Folland Gnat in foreground. The Skyrocket in the backround ws the first Mach 2 plane.
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Vampire.
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Mig and Sabre.
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Japanese Shusui, a version of the German Komet rocket-assisted glider.
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Kamikaze Ohka manned-bomb under the Val wing.
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Replica of Adm. Yamamoto's "Betty" bomber, ambushed by American P-38's.
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Me-163 Komet.
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