Official Plane Spotting Thread.

[Xross.Fire]

China Eastern

Cathay Pacific

I must say, its addictive taking photos to planes!

 

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

That's actually a Douglas DC-8, a legacy of the jet age and extremely rare in Singapore. It's been ages since I had spotted one.

Good catch. :thumbsup:

 

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I must say, its addictive taking photos to planes!

Welcome to the the league, Bro.

 

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Singapore Airlines, not sure which model

Emirates

Boeing B777.

China Eastern

Airbus A330.

 

[koresh]

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.

Thanks..Sydney offers some gr8 spots for photography. I like Changi Beach for photography in Singapore.

Is the Changi terminal I viewing gallery still open? Last year there was some construction.

My last trip has bitter memories as the taxi driver argued with us for 10 cents, we paid his exact fare and took what he returned ,we were not thinking of the fare as we were in rush to catch our flight, and the taxi driver picked up argument with us, that we are cheapos cant let go of 10 cents.

As we had many bags, we forgot the camera bag in the taxi. Lost a new Canon 450D with 3 new lens and all the gear, Whenever i think of the incident i feel very angry cze inspite of calling the taxi company immediately.the taxi driver said he made it from Changi airport to Serangoon in 15 mins after dropping us.He said a man caught a taxi at the airport and walked in the dark in Serangoon road. Which I know is BS.

We didn't report the matter to the police as we already experienced what happens in Singapore in another matter.We didn't want to waste our time.

Anyways, most of my photos are taken from Canon S3.Hope you enjoy.

Some recent photos taken from Canon S3:











I'll update this site with my photos from time to time.

 

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Thanks..Sydney offers some gr8 spots for photography. I like Changi Beach for photography in Singapore.

Is the Changi terminal I viewing gallery still open? Last year there was some construction.

My last trip has bitter memories as the taxi driver argued with us for 10 cents, we paid his exact fare and took what he returned, we were not thinking of the fare as we were in rush to catch our flight, and the taxi driver picked up argument with us, that we are cheapos cant let go of 10 cents.

As we had many bags, we forgot the camera bag in the taxi. Lost a new Canon 450D with 3 new lens and all the gear, Whenever i think of the incident i feel very angry cze inspite of calling the taxi company immediately. the taxi driver said he made it from Changi airport to Serangoon in 15 mins after dropping us. He said a man caught a taxi at the airport and walked in the dark in Serangoon road. Which I know is BS.

We didn't report the matter to the police as we already experienced what happens in Singapore in another matter. We didn't want to waste our time.

Anyways, most of my photos are taken from Canon S3. Hope you enjoy.

I am sorry to hear of your experience with the police and taxi driver in Singapore.

The last time I was at the viewing mall, more than half of the area was still undergoing renovation along with construction works in a portion of the ramp (or apron) and some of the parking bays. Not really sure if the construction and renovation have been completed, so I'm afraid someone else, who had been there recently, will have to provide a definite answer.

The shots with the Canon S3 are pretty amazing, IIRC there was also an airside tarmac tour of the entire airport which I unfortunately had to cancel at the last minute due to a sudden change in mine work schedule.

 

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This photo was taken the same day as the G550-CAEW, at 1429 hours. WB was set to shade (edited) 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.

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Just right after the E-2C made its awkward final approach meant mostly for combat aircraft (a standard approach for the E-2C can be seen with the shots of the G550-CAEW) into TGA/WSAT (TAB) came this F-16C Block 52J just two minute later at 1431 hours. Did not post this earlier as I was awaiting further clarifications with regards to OPSEC.

RSAF: 140 Squadron "Osprey" @ TGA/WSAT (TAB).
F-16C Block 52J, Unknown Registration & S/N. (RSAF S/N. Removed).

Another surprise, notice how the RSAF S/N. had been covered up or removed from the tail? This was not the first time that I had took a photo of such a F-16 with no S/N. or tail number. The missiles loaded onto the hardpoints are probably Captive/Dummy Air Training Missiles (CATM/DATM), though I hope someone can provide a positive identification in respect to the one in red.

 

[dafansu]

saw this pokemon aeroplane flying past punggol east

 

[raptor1988]

Nice pictures of the G550 bro! :thumbsup:

 

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saw this pokemon aeroplane flying past punggol east

Ah, the infamous ANA JA8957 AKA the "Pikachu Jumbo" only two such paint schemes exists in the entire world, with the other being ANA JA8956 AKA the "Ohana Jumbo".

Just in case you're wondering, the B747 is actually a customised variant, designated the B747-400D (Domestic) and was specially developed for short-haul domestic flights around Japan. It lacks the typical winglets seen on the other B747-400 varients (with the exception of the B747-400 LCF) and have more passenger cabin windows on the upper deck as well.

 

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Nice pictures of the G550 bro! :thumbsup:

Danke!

 

[sukhoi37]

saw this pokemon aeroplane flying past punggol east

woot, this 747 just kena overhauled at SASCO Paya Lebar repair station.
It's been there for weeks already.

Saw a C-17 Globemaster just now.
Sorry for the small image of the aircraft, as i was using 17-50mm didn't prepare at all.
I'll try to capture it with tele lens next time.

 

[harper]

woot, this 747 just kena overhauled at SASCO Paya Lebar repair station.
It's been there for weeks already.

Saw a C-17 Globemaster just now.
Sorry for the small image of the aircraft, as i was using 17-50mm didn't prepare at all.
I'll try to capture it with tele lens next time.

woah... where did you capture the c-17?

btw, has the pokemon plane left? its been here since mid jun...

 

[sukhoi37]

woah... where did you capture the c-17?

btw, has the pokemon plane left? its been here since mid jun...

Pasir Ris Farmway Park.
I found a good spot to shoot military aircraft.:bsmilie:

How come you know it's been here since June?
You from ST Aero also?
The pokemon still there as of 5:30pm today. ;p

 

[dafansu]

Pokemon flight youtube clip very cute

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaQM4C2Fs9Y&NR=1

 

[Stupidcowz]

Pasir Ris Farmway Park.
I found a good spot to shoot military aircraft.:bsmilie:

How come you know it's been here since June?
You from ST Aero also?
The pokemon still there as of 5:30pm today. ;p

WoWOW,

my belovedp pikachu jumbo. Say SASCO is doing work to it?! Paya lebar airbase??? God i jus gotta get hold of it ..

Cowz.

 

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How come you know it's been here since June?
You from ST Aero also?
The pokemon still there as of 5:30pm today. ;p

There are quite a few ST Aerospace employees in this forum, but they are all secretly hiding in one corner, afraid to come out and post here. :bsmilie:

 

[Stupidcowz]

There are quite a few ST Aerospace employees in this forum, but they are all secretly hiding in one corner, afraid to come out and post here. :bsmilie:

Haha,

hey so Paya Lebar Airbase does accept civil planes in? Due to the fact dat ST and SASCO is there?

Cowz.

 

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Haha, hey so Paya Lebar Airbase does accept civil planes in? Due to the fact dat ST and SASCO is there?

Cowz.

Yup, it's a joint civil/military airport.

And also the primary designated alternate/emergency diversionary AD for WSSS.

 

[Stupidcowz]

Yup, it's a joint civil/military airport.

And also the primary designated alternate/emergency diversionary AD for WSSS.

Huh,

i tot the DAD for WSSS is Serdang@JB and Batam?

Cowz.