Official Plane Spotting Thread.

[9V-Orion Images]

Did you manage to catch hold of the KC-135 taking off also? I was near there for work, but forgot my DSLR..

Nope, did not see any of the KC-135Rs while I was there. :dunno:

 

[gilcrest]

A busy afternoon at WSSL

 

[gilcrest]

Sights & Sounds at Seletar Airport

 

[9V-Orion Images]

A busy afternoon at WSSL

Sights & Sounds at Seletar Airport

Your photos are..., ermmm... rather "exotic" by local standards, thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:

You don't happened to be involved with what I like to termed as "organic FOD management" at the aerodromes? :think:

 

[gilcrest]

Your photos are..., ermmm... rather "exotic" by local standards, thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:

You don't happened to be involved with what I like to termed as "organic FOD management" at the aerodromes? :think:

Thanks for the compliment, still experimenting here and there with my DSLR and any C&C are most welcome to improve.

OFOD Management, technically you can say that unless you are aware of what ASU are doing for the past 6 months intensively on WSSL & WSSS on the runway. We are just volunteers having a good time there and having a camera there was a plus point for me personally to snap at the aircraft.

 

[Schietgraagpiet]

Thanks for the compliment, still experimenting here and there with my DSLR and any C&C are most welcome to improve.

OFOD Management, technically you can say that unless you are aware of what ASU are doing for the past 6 months intensively on WSSL & WSSS on the runway. We are just volunteers having a good time there and having a camera there was a plus point for me personally to snap at the aircraft.

Love the first shot, but I have no idea what you guys are talking about. I am assuming your vantage point for these pics is not for anyone....

 

[gilcrest]

Love the first shot, but I have no idea what you guys are talking about. I am assuming your vantage point for these pics is not for anyone....

Actually, the vantage point is accessable to the public outside of WSSL, the only question is the intensity of the activities. Which makes it either a bountiful outing or otherwise.

 

[nstclicks]

More or less, that is an affirmative and as such airport police officers does have the rights to request that you cease and desist (C&D) all photography activities even within the viewing malls of the aerodrome terminals.

As a rule of thumb for me, photography of any aircraft airborne above the top of the perimeter fencing is considered "fair game".

Actually, I've always wondered about that. There's a clause in the OSA that says,

"Provided that it shall not be an offence under this subsection to take or make, outside a prohibited place, a photograph or drawing in which such place or part thereof is included, unless it is proved that the photograph or drawing is intended to be prejudicial to the safety or interests of Singapore or to be directly or indirectly useful to a foreign Power or to an enemy"

Likewise, there is a power to seize any apparatus for taking photographs inside a prohibited place, but the Act is silent on apparatus used outside a prohibited place.

Then again, the constitution also guarantees the right of free speech...

 

[thephotontrapper]

nice pics!
just sharing my picasa link of some pics that I took a few weeks ago using my Canon 100-400 at the Changi Beach Park. Was my first plane-spotting... so shud hopefully manage better pics next time.

http://picasaweb.google.com/thephotonmaster/ChangiBeachParkPlaneSpotting#

 

[9V-Orion Images]

Actually, I've always wondered about that. There's a clause in the OSA that says,

"Provided that it shall not be an offence under this subsection to take or make, outside a prohibited place, a photograph or drawing in which such place or part thereof is included, unless it is proved that the photograph or drawing is intended to be prejudicial to the safety or interests of Singapore or to be directly or indirectly useful to a foreign Power or to an enemy"

Likewise, there is a power to seize any apparatus for taking photographs inside a prohibited place, but the Act is silent on apparatus used outside a prohibited place.

Then again, the constitution also guarantees the right of free speech...

I wouldn't worry about the OSA, it will be a major PR disaster on a international scale for the Singaporean authorities and public prosecutors from the Attorney-General's Chambers to press charges on plane spotting and photography enthusiasts for espionage despite the enormous onus of even proofing one as such.

 

[9V-Orion Images]

just sharing my picasa link of some pics that I took a few weeks ago using my Canon 100-400 at the Changi Beach Park. Was my first plane-spotting... so shud hopefully manage better pics next time.

http://picasaweb.google.com/thephotonmaster/ChangiBeachParkPlaneSpotting#

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[harper]

something from today's spotting...

 

[harper]

 

[9V-Orion Images]

something from today's spotting...

Hmm, the No. 5 label at the engine intake is inverted. :think:

How many photos of the Thunderbirds at TUDM Subang AFB did you took in total?

 

[ShiNn]

:dunno:


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oh defintely not. there's a lavatory n a galley in the CAEW. unfortunately, there won't be a stewardess for the aircrews. haha. its all self service.

 

[harper]

Hmm, the No. 5 label at the engine intake is inverted. :think:

How many photos of the Thunderbirds at TUDM Subang AFB did you took in total?

the 5's inverted as the plane will be flying inverted...

took close to 1.5k pics...

 

[9V-Orion Images]

oh defintely not. there's a lavatory n a galley in the CAEW. unfortunately, there won't be a stewardess for the aircrews. haha. its all self service.

Beats having to settle your business in a metal bucket and having the entire E-2C hawkeye crew breath through their O2 masks during the period. :bsmilie:

the 5's inverted as the plane will be flying inverted...

Sou desu ka, must be a trill to watch them performed.

took close to 1.5k pics...

Wow, fierce. :bsmilie:

 

[harper]

Beats having to settle your business in a metal bucket and having the entire E-2C hawkeye crew breath through their O2 masks during the period. :bsmilie:


Sou desu ka, must be a trill to watch them performed.


Wow, fierce. :bsmilie:

yap... too bad they can't make it to s'pore...

 

[gilcrest]

A day around WSAP & WSSL

A Kiwi Bird coming in to WSAP

A closer look of the Kiwi

Notice the crew enjoying the view.

Young Wings at WSSL

 

[9V-Orion Images]

A day around WSAP & WSSL

A Kiwi Bird coming in to WSAP

A closer look of the Kiwi

Notice the crew enjoying the view.

RNZAF P-3K (upgraded P-3B) Orion MPA, currently 49 years of age after rolling off Lockheed Martin assembly line in 1965 and delivered to RZNAF, 5th Squadron on 1966.08.12.

Registration No. NZ4202
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Here for Exercise Bersama LIMA 2009 from 2009.10.09, 0001 Zulu to 2009.10.21, 1600 Zulu.

CAAS Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP),
AIP Supplement ID No. 132/09.

Kuala Lumpur and Singapore FIRs airspace closure for Exercise Bersama LIMA 2009 held under the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) from 2009.10.09, 0001 Zulu to 2009.10.21, 1600 Zulu.

* "Decrypted" the 6 digits UTC time standard for those not in the know. UTC+8 to convert to Singapore Standard Time (SST).