by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 11, 2014 | Featured, Plane Spotting |
Back in May, I spent several days in Europe that included visits to Frankfurt, Hamburg (for the FlyerTalk Hamburg-Do, Istanbul and Zurich. My visit to Zurich was specifically geared for spending 2 full days of plane-spotting from different airport vantage points including ZRH’s fantastic Observation Deck and 2 parking structures that over look the airport.
Over 2 days I took well over 1000 photos and have whittled them down to only a few hundred. Out of this group of finalists, I pulled out some of my favorites and share them here. There will be a follow-up post to this one that will include several more photos as I did not want to have a post with over 20-30 photos and slow down everyone’s download!
For more of my Plane Spotting photos, please visit my Plane Spotting Archive!
Enjoy!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Jun 3, 2014 | Cargo, Featured, Lufthansa, Plane Spotting |
Over the last 3 weeks I flew to and through Frankfurt twice which created quite an opportunity to add to my Lufthansa plane spotting gallery. At some point in the near future I’ll need to sit down and truly categorize all the LH aircraft that I’ve caught on film over the last 3 years and see who is missing. I know that I’ve ‘spotted’ each active 747-400 and 747-8i. I have most of the A380 and A340/A330 fleet as well. The challenge will be to track down all the narrow-body birds. There may be too many A319/20/21s and regional jets for me to catch up with unless they start flying in and out of GRR, but its the challenge and chase that keeps me buying more film.
This grouping was taken from the Terminal 2 Observation Deck on a day where rain and sun took turns as far as the weather was concerned. Unfortunately this created a bit of a heat haze issue since every shower was followed by bright sunlight which created a bit of vapor in the air. Not bad as LAX in the summer, but not great either as you’ll see in some of the shots.
In case you missed it a few days ago, I posted a series of photos of non-Lufthansa aircraft taken on the same day. You can find those images by clicking here.
This ‘JetFriends’ A319 was a victim of some heat haze. D-AILU was delivered to Lufthansa in November 1997.
D-AIZT, an A320 featuring ‘Sharklets’, joined the fleet in May 2013.
D-AIGS, an Airbus A340-300, joined the fleet in October 1999.
D-AIHB, aka ‘Bremerhaven’ joined the fleet in November 2003.
A340-600 D-AIHK or ‘Mainz’ joined the fleet in May 2004.
D-ABEK, a Boeing 737, joined the fleet in November 1991.
D-ABVZ joined the fleet in February 2001 and is the 3rd youngest 747-400 in fleet.
D-ABYD was the 3rd 747-8i to join the fleet when she arrived in Frankfurt on August 25, 2012.
D-ABYI, one of Lufthansa’s newer 47-8i, sports a World Cup ‘Fanhansa’ livery. She was delivered to Lufthansa on May 29, 2013.
D-ABYA, Lufthansa’s First 747-8i prepares to take off as 747-400 D-ABVM is set to follow.
Lufthansa Cargo’s MD-11 D-ALCK joined the fleet in May 2000.
by Lufthansa Flyer | May 30, 2014 | Featured, Plane Spotting |
Over the past 2-3 weeks I spent quite a bit of time in Frankfurt since I had two trips to Europe within that time frame. One trip was dedicated to the Hamburg-DO and the other was a quick 72 hour trip which included the fantastic Lufthansa Caipirinha flight to Rio de Janeiro.
During my days and layovers in Frankfurt, I made it a point to spend as much time as possible on the Observation Deck in Terminal 2 so that I could add to my collection of Airliner photos (over 7,000 now). The observation deck in Frankfurt is situated in such a way that you get up close to some interesting carriers and unique liveries.
For this post, I’ll focus on airlines that most of us do not normally see on a regular basis, along with carriers who are sporting unique liveries to commemorate a location or special event.
Coming up over the next few days I’ll add dedicated plane spotting posts for Lufthansa as well as for cities that I visited during my Hamburg-DO trip which included Zurich, Hamburg, Munich and Istanbul. There may be a few shots from Rio and other places as well! Lots of pictures to sort through and process.
For now, enjoy some one these unique and interesting Airlines that were photographed on May 25 in Frankfurt:
by Lufthansa Flyer | May 2, 2014 | Featured, Plane Spotting |
Here is the final installment covering my Plane Spotting trip to Anchorage. These photos for the most part were taken on April 28 and for a good portion of the day a handy cold front over the mountains provided a nice dark back drop for aircraft arriving from the north. At the same time, skies were clear and bright south of the airport, which allowed the mountains to act as a fantastic back drop to departing flights.
Please CLICK HERE to be taken to Part I and CLICK HERE to see Part II. I’ve also added a Plane Spotting Index to the website’s main menu bar that contains links to my most recent Plane Spotting posts.
Oh, if you’re wondering about the Moose photo, it was yet another wildlife companion that spent quite a bit of time keeping an eye on me……
by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 30, 2014 | Featured, Plane Spotting |
As promised, here is part 2 of my Plane Spotting photos from Anchorage. After 14 consecutive hours (6:30a-9:00p) spent at the observation areas on day 2, I came away with a wide variety of images thanks in part to a changing weather pattern as well as a surprise visit (at least to me) by Boeing’s Dream Lifter 747. Below are some of my favorite shots as I sort through nearly 1200 shots taken on day 2. More to come tomorrow.
Oh, if you’re wondering what the Moose pic has to do with Plane Spotting, he spent about 4-5 hours within 20-30 yards of me napping and snacking while I was taking pictures.
To see part I, please use this link.
Early morning EVA departure.
ANC scenery is unrivaled…..
Was not expecting this gem to show up…..
ANC is a popular ‘Technical Stop’ destination for carriers between Asia and the US.
Dream Lifter departing after a 2 hour Tech Stop.
UPS 747 Freighter is a popular sight around the airport – no less than 3-4 were around all day.
NAC is an Alaskan cargo specialist.
‘Hong Kong Trader’ departing for HKG…..
Seoul-bound 747-8F
A beautiful MD-11 framed by Alaska’s beauty….
A Dynasty 747 prepares to leave for Asia.
Korea’s 777 arriving from Seoul
Air China arriving from Beijing.
A beautiful ‘last light’ landing by a ‘Dynasty’ 747.
