More Plane Spotting From Zurich……

More Plane Spotting From Zurich……

As I find time to go through and process photos taken from my transfers through Zurich a few weeks ago, I’ve come up with the next batch of shots that I think are worthy of being posted.

Having a 13 hour layover on the outbound and a 7 hour layover on the inbound segments gave me plenty of time.

These shots were taken from the SWISS First Class Lounge in Terminal ‘E’ which gives you a fantastic view of all of ZRH’s runways.   The only issue is that the sun is not your best friend during most of the day because it either ‘back lights’ or ‘top lights’ the aircraft so it’s tougher to get a nice vibrant profile of any plane.

Regardless, ZRH is still one of the best all-around airports to spot in and is extremely ‘spotter friendly’ whether you are in a pre- or post security part of the airport or outside the airport property altogether and just hanging around the perimeter fences with your ladder looking for that perfect shot.

I’ll post more as I get through them.

a plane on the runway

SWISS 777 Spools up for departure…….

a plane flying in the air

Austrian’s Dash8 is Vienna bound….

a white airplane flying in the sky

Another one heading for Vienna…..

a plane flying in the sky

Delta’s 767 departing towards the Alps before turning west for the USA

a large airplane taking off

Dubai-bound Emirates A380

a plane on the runway

Arriving from Keflavik Airport in Iceland

a plane with stickers on it

SWISS C-series sports a new livery…..

a plane on a runway

A very clean C-Series arrives

a plane on the runway

Thai’s 777 heading to Bangkok

a plane taking off from a runway

United 767 heading for the States…

 

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Plane Spotting Munich:  Part IV

Plane Spotting Munich: Part IV

More of my favorite shots from the time I spent in Munich a few weeks ago.    Most of these images come from the Southern Runway which creates some great opportunities at ‘Sky Shots’ as well as having the airport in the background.   Then again, there’s really no bad place around ‘MUC’ to watch them come and go!  Enjoy!

For you photographer types, the equipment used was a Nikon D800 with a Sigma 150-600S.   A nearly perfect formula considering the Megapixels of the D800 and the crispness of the Sigma.

If you missed the previous posts from the MUC spotting, here are the links:

Part 1    Part 2     Part 3

 

a white and green airplane flying in the sky

You won’t see much of Transavia around MUC anymore…..

a plane flying in the sky

Aeroflot’s A321 heads to Moscow

 

a plane taking off from a runway

LH’s A320 departs in from of the Technik hangars at Munich

a large white airplane in the air

‘KE’ pulls away from Munich

an airplane on a runway

Cook’s 767 taking Holiday Charter passengers somewhere warm….

a white airplane in the sky

Bucharest Bound Boeing…..

a large airplane on a runway

Egyptair arriving from Cairo

a red and white airplane on a runway

Air Berlin 737

a plane on the runway

A319 ‘LE’ arriving in Munich

a white airplane with red writing

SWISS’ A319 departs for Zurich

a plane on the runway

Air China A330


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Plane Spotting Munich:  Part III

Plane Spotting Munich: Part III

Part III continues with more of my favorites from Munich.   Having a week in and around the airport gave me the opportunity to get some decent shots on film.    More coming soon……

In case you missed the previous posts:

Plane Spotting Munich:  Part I

Plane Spotting Munich:  Part II

a plane on a runway

United’s N663UA taxis to runway and heads to Newark…..

a red and white airplane in the sky

Air Berlin’s ‘Fan Force One’

a plane on a runway

Speedbird’s G-MIDS A320

a plane on a runway

Next stop Warsaw aboard LO’s Embraer 175…..the 600th E-jet made by Embraer

a red and white airplane taking off

AB’s D-ABZK carries a unique ‘Test’ Livery for different laminate material.

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Lufthansa’ A319 displaying her reverse thrust……

a plane on the runway

Perfect light for this A320…..

a white airplane with blue and white text

Lufthansa’s ‘KB’ A330 carries the special Shark Skin test patches

a large white airplane on a runway

Qatar’s 777 waits enter the runway…..

a green airplane on a runway

Russia’s S7 arriving with a touch of smoke….

a plane taking off from a runway

United 767 glides by Friesing…..


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Plane Spotting Munich:  Part II

Plane Spotting Munich: Part II

Following up on Part I, here are some more favorites from my days in Munich watching them come and go.    The views are a mix between the Besucherpark Hill which covers the north runway and a spotting location that is along the southern runway.

More coming soon!

a plane on a runway

Inbound from Dublin…..

a plane taking off from a runway

Going somewhere Italian

a white airplane in the sky

Air Europa 737

a large airplane flying in the sky

Dubai bound A380

a white airplane on a runway

Arriving from Kuwait City…..

two airplanes on a runway

Looks as though Lufthansa and Icelandair shop in the same paint store…..

a white airplane on a runway

A very clean A320 in sloppy conditions…..

a large white airplane on a runway

‘Stuttgart’ comes to Munich….

a white airplane with green and red text

Lisbon bound A319

a plane flying in the sky

Heading for Kyiv…..

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Plane Spotting Munich:  Part IV

Plane Spotting Munich: Part I

A week ago I was in Munich for a week to participate in the Airbus A350 ‘Roll In’ event and in between gatherings and events, I had the chance to sit on a hill or 2 for a couple of days and catch aircraft coming and going from Munich.  Some spotting was challenging due to bad weather so some photos may be a bit gray and wet, but I suffer for my art! 🙂

Being Germany’s 2nd largest airport, ‘MUC’ is home to a variety of traffic that most people will not see at their home base.    Everything from local ‘LCC’ birds  to exotic African and Mid-Eastern traffic can be spotted on the tarmac, not to mention nearly half the Lufthansa fleet as well!

Not much else to say other than enjoy the photos.   More will be coming in the next few days as I sort through them.

 

a large airplane taking off

Etihad’s A6-EHL departing for Abu Dhabi

a plane flying in the sky

Icelandair’s 757 heading for Reykjavik

a plane taking off from the runway

Lufthansa’s workhorse, the A320. Saw just a ‘few’ of them…

a large airplane on a runway

Another of Etihad’s A346s arriving from Abu Dhabi

a large white airplane taking off

Freising sets the perfect background for an arriving Lufthansa A340

a plane taking off from a runway

Lufthansa’s Special Bayern Munich tribute arriving in poor weather….

a plane on a runway

The biggest bird in Luxair’s fleet……

a group of airplanes parked on a runway

United aircraft ruined the shot at Terminal 2

a group of airplanes parked on a runway

Air Canada does the same at Satellite Terminal 2

a sunset over an airport

First light over ‘EDDM’

a plane taking off from a runway

Singapore’s 777 9V-SNC heads for Singapore

a large airplane on a runway

Thai’s 744 being pull to the gate a few hours before departure…..

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