Official Plane Spotting Thread.

[9V-Orion Images]

Hi, I'm new here. Posting photos, I took last year in Singapore.

Welcome to clubsnap.

Do you stay in Sydney? A friend of mine brought me around Sydney Airport when I paid a visit sometime last year, quite a couple of fantastic locations to catch some planes over there. The local plane spotting was extremely dynamic, unlike Singapore and I love it. :thumbsup:

 

[9V-Orion Images]

Taken last minute with mine measly kit kens at the location that I had previously mentioned here.
Heavily cropped with no additional post processing done.

RSAF: 140 Squadron "Osprey" @ TGA/WSAT (TAB).
F-16D Block 52J, Registration No. 94-0277 (RSAF S/N: 625).

"... Turn right heading 004, contact Tengah tower at 122.0".

"... Runway in sight. Clear to land, runway 36".

F-16C Block 52J on final approach, flaperons down with speed brakes deployed. Currently approximately 1500 meters downrange, with another 1800 meters to threshold of runway 36.

The is where pilots often advance the throttle to full military power as they execute a go-around or a missed approach, thus blasting the entire Jurong estate with a fierce groaning roar.

 

[rgy1993]

DC Twin Otter in Nepal..

 

[Stupidcowz]

DC Twin Otter in Nepal..

Hehe,

cute cute plane. Gah been so busy with studies that i hav no time to PP the photos i've taken over these 2 mths. Well, post some soon when i hav the time to PP them.

Cowz.

 

[harper]

Taken last minute with mine measly kit kens at the location that I had previously mentioned here.
Heavily cropped with no additional post processing done.

RSAF: 140 Squadron "Osprey" @ TGA/WSAT (TAB).
F-16D Block 52J, Registration No. 94-0277 (RSAF S/N: 625).

"... Turn right heading 004, contact Tengah tower at 122.0".

"... Runway in sight. Clear to land, runway 36".

F-16C Block 52J on final approach, flaperons down with speed brakes deployed. Currently approximately 1500 meters downrange, with another 1800 meters to threshold of runway 36.

The is where pilots often advance the throttle to full military power as they execute a go-around or a missed approach, thus blasting the entire Jurong estate with a fierce groaning roar.

woah...

 

[MarkNKL]

9V-SMU flying in from SYD on short final to RW 20R

 

[rocketfuel168]

Here's my contribution on my recent spotting

 

[Numnumball]

Nice:thumbsup:

 

[9V-Orion Images]

Bingo, managed to capture this after months of stalking out. Photo taken with Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L less than 30 minutes ago.

RSAF: 111 Squadron "Jaeger" @ TGA/WSAT (TAB).
G550-CAEW (AKA Eitam), Unknown Registration No. (RSAF S/N: 016).

RSAF: 111 Squadron "Jaeger" @ TGA/WSAT (TAB).
G550-CAEW (AKA Eitam), Unknown Registration No. (RSAF S/N: 016).

 

[9V-Orion Images]

With regards to the Gulfstream V or G550, I had a chance to walk around one a couple of months back and even at breakaway thrust, there is absolutely no need to have mine ear defenders on. The engines are that quiet!

 

[harper]

Bingo, managed to capture this after months of stalking out. Photo taken with Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L less than 30 minutes ago.

RSAF: 111 Squadron "Jaeger" @ TGA/WSAT (TAB).
G550-CAEW (AKA Eitam), Unknown Registration No. (RSAF S/N: 016).

RSAF: 111 Squadron "Jaeger" @ TGA/WSAT (TAB).
G550-CAEW (AKA Eitam), Unknown Registration No. (RSAF S/N: 016).

nice...

 

[9V-Orion Images]

nice...

Thanks, though the colour seems off. I can't figure if the G550-CAEW is painted with a grey camouflage pattern like the fighters or with a slight blueish tint. The mid-afternoon overcast sky doesn't help either.

This overcast weather has been occurring for the past couple of weeks and will most likely continue for a few more weeks or so. Not a good time for aviation photography.

 

[krissears]

These are nice. I thought it would be interesting to have a bird's view though from the plane. I don't think it's allowed though.

 

[gilcrest]

RSAF KC-135

 

[9V-Orion Images]

RSAF KC-135

I wonder why the KC-135 flight crews always love to taxi around with their cockpit windows opened, an issue with the air conditioning packs perhaps? BTW Gilcrest, are you working with CAAS?

 

[gilcrest]

I wonder also about the open cockpit, it was rather strange though.

Nope, I not working for CAAS; only invited into the airfield regularly on their request . Being an aviation fanatic , for so many months, yesterday was the only time I saw a KC taxing out for take off & landing. Military aircraft always has that aurora whenever they move around.

 

[9V-Orion Images]

I wonder also about the open cockpit, it was rather strange though.

Nope, I not working for CAAS; only invited into the airfield regularly on their request . Being an aviation fanatic , for so many months, yesterday was the only time I saw a KC taxing out for take off & landing. Military aircraft always has that aurora whenever they move around.

The KC-135R flight crews does that all that time.

Lucky you, I had previously thought of seeking management approval and submitting an application for photography to CAAS. Perhaps borrow a maintenance platform and photograph aircraft approaching and landing onto WSSS: RWL 02L along with other engineers and technicians. Didn't go about doing it due to all the bureaucratic red tapes.

 

[9V-Orion Images]

This photo was taken the same day as the G550-CAEW, at 1430 hours. WB was set to cast and the colours further saturated, not really what I had wanted to achieved but then I sucks at post-processing.

RSAF: 111 Squadron "Jaeger" @ TGA/WSAT (TAB).
E-2C Hawkeye (Group 0), BuNo. 162794 (RSAF S/N: 012).


Surprise, Surprise! Somebody decided to turn rambo today as he makes a steep roll to the right (directly above me) in order to maintain runway heading for a visual approach to RWL 36 of TGA/WSAT (TAB) 1800 meters away.

With the APS-138 surveillance radar powered down and secured, landing gears with tail skid fully deployed (just next to the tail hook). The 2 pilots & 3 WSOs from RSAF most active squadron prepares to return home after spending the last 6 hours protecting the skies of our nation.

Trivia: The sister of this aircraft, BuNo. 162795 (RSAF S/N: 014), suffered a belly landing 21 years ago in 1988 when the Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) was disabled to facilitate a Nap-Of-The-Earth (NOE) flight profile of the aircraft in an exercise or a test flight. The pilots on-board failed to lower the undercarriage prior to landing and crash landed resulting in damages to a portion of the airframe, turboprop engines, and the UHF and VHF antennas. Being built for a controlled crash landing aboard aircraft carriers probably reduce the severity of the damage and the aircraft was brought back to active service after being promptly repaired.

 

[jephry]

Newbie on Plane spotting
Here is my first try at airliners, Was shooting this from Pulau Ubin
British Airway
B747-400

Qantas
B777-200

Air Asia
B737-200

ATI
I think is a Boeing.. but it has 4 engines

 

[Xross.Fire]

I was at NSRCC for a camp and managed to catch the following shots! Do C&C to help me improve! Thanks!

Singapore Airlines, not sure which model

Singapore Airlines B747

RSAF Fokker 50

Emirates