While working noticed it on final approach for 36R, in glorious sunshine...for once. Great shot. Lucky you ! I flew on this one a couple of times last year and it has twinkling, star-like LED lighting in the business class ceiling panels. Amazing ! An out-of-focus Blackberry pic doesn't do it justic...
ref. the confusion about PN-120, a collegue of mine took a picture of PN-120 AS365N2 No 6410 on June 18th, 2010. It was parked on the Police ramp next to a (the?) Sonair / Sonangol ramp. So it's been there for at least 2 and a half years at least. Superb report, BTW. Michael, can you please indicate...
Tried my luck on Tuesday morning, but by 11 am no activity whatsoever around the Pakistan JF17s nor the Russian Su27s, so I called it a day and started heading back home. Sorry Patrick et alia, but I still do slides only... In 2014 we will have the 10th edition, so should probably be an even better ...
Last time I talked to someone at SAS who's knowledgeable on the subject I was told their flight crew would average only about 550 FH / year versus about 900 FH/year, which could, at least theoretically,be achieved iaw EU FCL1. Cabin crew would probably be analoguous. Not sure what the current situat...
On Monday Nov19 arrived:
20146, 20241, 20046 & 20145, Y-8s
21049 Il-76MD
B-4063 CRJ-700 CUA
All departed after a few hours
All active PLAAF aircraft left as well, a sight to behold...
A few updates, as noted today under dull grey skies; same forecasted for the next few days... 34011 is actuallty a Z9, which has Z9-0646 on the tail. It has apparently been towed into one of the halls. 6067 has Z9-0320 on the tail 40071 H-6H has c/n 232405 4282 coded 22 is the JL8 10230 has J8IIA-11...
Great pictures Patrick. Will be there myself on theweekend and Monday + Tuesday for departures. You mentioned you traveled to Shanghai. You may want to consider going to Qingdao as well. The Navy museum has 21 ac, though photography is a bit difficult. If you take the ferry to Huangdao (7 RMB single...