I finally had some free time to really start sorting through nearly 6,000 photos that have accumulated over the last 2+ years of my plane-spotting addiction. Lufthansa aircraft alone account for over 2000 images and nearly 60 giga-bytes of space on my hard drives.

Tonight I took some time to sort through my LH shots deleting duplicates and blurred shots. Along the way I pulled a few aside (both new and old) that were among my favorites and thought to put them together for other ‘Avgeeks’ to enjoy. Some you may have seen before, some you may have missed — but in my opinion it is hard to get tired of watching aircraft doing ‘their thing’!

Who knows, I might even be tempted to publish a calendar at some point! 🙂

 

Enjoy:

a group of airplanes at an airport

One of Lufthansa’s A380s is pushed back from her gate in Frankfurt

a plane on the runway

Though back-lit, this Airbus A321 is a favorite due to her retro-livery

a white airplane on the tarmac

This 747 is being taken to a Technik hangar to be prepared for her next flight

a large white airplane on a runway

One of my all-time favorite shots—- This is Lufthansa’s FIRST 747-8i, D-ABYA, minutes before she departed on her inaugural flight from Frankfurt to Washington DC on June 1, 2012.

a large white airplane on a runway

Lufthansa’s 3rd 747-8i, D-ABYD, departing for India

a large white airplane on a runway

Lufthansa’s 6th 747-8i, D-ABYG departing Frankfurt

a close up of a plane

Up close to an A320 in Munich

a white airplane on a runway

An A330, D-AIKE, departing Frankfurt

a large white airplane on a runway

Taxiing to her gate in Frankfurt

a large white airplane taking off

An A340 departing Munich on a beautiful fall day.

a large white airplane on a runway

An A340 is being towed to her gate in Frankfurt for boarding and departure.

a large white airplane on a runway

This A340 in Munich would depart for San Francisco

a large white airplane on a runway

Another favorite shot, this A380 approaches the runway in Frankfurt for takeoff to Beijing.

an airplane on the runway

A closer look……

a large white airplane on a tarmac

This would have been a PERFECT shot had the doors been closed on D-ABYA. I tried, but could not reach to close them……

a group of airplanes at an airport

From a recent trip to Frankfurt, I caught this moment from Gate A10 looking back towards the new ‘Z’ gates which was full of 747s and even an A380