INFLIGHT 200 MODEL ARRIVALS FOR JUNE AT AIRSPOTTERS.COM

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The models below will arrive in June 2024. This is to give you early notice that if you have pre-ordered one of these models. 

Any order adjustments please let us know by the 31st May at the latest +/-

Email Peter on sales@airspotters.com or call 01536 639 707 at your earliest convenience.

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IF101AA0923P	American Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 N111AA with stand
IF103GK0723	Laker Airways Skytrain McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 G-BGXG with stand
IF103WA1123P	World Airways DC-10-30CFN108WA Polished With Stand
IF130HH002	Lockheed C-130J USA-Air Force 99-5309 Ready
IF135RSAF753	KC-135R Singapore-Air Force 753 with stand ready
IF135USA100R	58-0100 KC-135R USAF With Stand
IF210AH0823P	Air Algerie Sud SE-210 Caravelle III 7T-VAG Polished with stand
IF310AI1023	Air India Airbus A310-324 VT-AIA with stand
IF310GAF1022	Germany - Air Force Airbus A310-304 1022 with stand
IF319AY1123	FINNAIR A319 OH-LVE RETRO SCHEME with stand
IF319BRZAF	Brazil - Air Force Airbus VC-1A (A319-133/CJ) FAB2101
IF319EC0124	Iberia Airbus A319-111 EC-KKS with stand
IF319EY0923	ETIHAD A319 A6-EIE With Stand
IF3206E1123	IndiGo Airbus A320-271N VT-IZZ with stand
IF320AI1123	AIR India A320 VT-EPK NEW GEAR SPECIAL SCHEME NEW GEAR
IF320AZ0523	EI-DTG ITA A320 with stand
IF320NA1223	Aegean Airlines Airbus A320-271N SX-NEE with stand
IF320TK0623	Turkish Airlines Airbus A320-214 TC-JLC RETRO COLOURS with stand
IF321AA578	American Airlines Airbus A321-231 N578US with stand and collectors coin
IF321AA579	American Airlines Airbus A321-231 N579UW with stand and collectors coin
IF321AA580	American Airlines Airbus A321-231 N580UW with stand and collectors coin
IF321AA581	American Airlines Airbus A321-231 N581UW with stand and collectors coin
IF321AA582	American Airlines Airbus A321-231 N582UW with stand and collectors coin
IF321BM0123	G-MEDM BMI A321 with stand
IF321HY0923	Uzbekistan Airways Airbus A321-253NX UK32102 with stand
IF321SK1120	1/200 A321 SAS OY-KBH
IF342LIBYAN1	5A-ONE LIBYAN A340-200 with stand
IF342QT0323	Qatar Airways Airbus A340-211 A7-HHK with stand
IF701MONT0122B	Montana 707-100 OE-IRA With Stand
IF707CD1023P	Caledonian Airways Boeing 707-349C G-AWTK with stand
IF707OA0723P	Olympic Boeing 707-384B SX-DBF Polished with stand
IF731TW1222P	Trans World Airlines - TWA Boeing 747-131 N93117 with stand
IF73MDY1120	Norwegian Air Sweden Boeing 737-8 MAX SE-RTA with stand
IF743MS0122	EgyptAir Boeing 747-366M SU-GAM with stand
IF744IB0303	Iberia Boeing 747-412 TF-AMB with stand
IF74SPPA1222P	Pan Am Boeing 747SP-21 N536PA Polished
IF762AM0124P	AeroMexico Boeing 767-283/ER XA-TNS ready with stand
IF763AN1123	Ansett Australia Airlines Boeing 767-324/ER VH-BZF Ready
IF763NZ0423	AIR NEW ZEALAND 767-300 ZK-NCH OLD COLOURS Ready
IF772NZ1223	Air New Zealand Boeing 777-219/ER ZK-OKH Black with stand Ready
IF773HOUSE-PW-P	BOEING BOEING 777-300ER PW engines N5020K
IF773UA1123	United Airlines Boeing 777-322/ER N2250U with stand
IF777AI0124	Air India Boeing 777-200 VT-AIL ready with stand
IF789UK1123	Vistara Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner VT-TSQ with stand
IF863LL0923P	DC-8-63CF LOFTLEIDIR TF-FLC Polished with stand
IF990AA0423P	N5618 AMERICAN CV990 with stand
IFART02114IIH	Lockheed C-130E Iran-Air Force 5-114

MODEL AIRCRAFT PHOTOS TAKEN LIKE THEY ARE REAL AIRCRAFT

I do love taking photos of model aircraft as if they are just real.

The base for this is a piece of hardboard which I have painted and made to look like tarmac. The edge is given static grass. I used a steel ruler to mark out the concrete section then filled with black model dust.

I then found a hedge and set it up on a patio table. I made sure the hedge was as g=fine as we had. That to say the leaves were very small.

I took these just with my phone but I could get serious and take them with my camera. As the pixel would be much greater than in Photoshop OI could blur out the background. 

Hope you think this effect is good and love to hear your views in our comments below. 

These models are for sale as at May 11th 2024 on Airspotters.com or 

use this secure link below. 

POP TO AISPOTTERS

Thank You

Malcolm 

 

LONDON GATWICK MAY 10TH 2024

I have been plane spotting at Gatwick since 1973.I was 15 years old and road my bike here hundred of times. I had passed my cycling proficiency  and was allowed out on the road on my own. I used to go with my friend Christopher Plunkett. 

Today the airport has grown up beyond all my childhood memories into an airport that's is the busiest single runway airports in the world.  Gone are the Dan Air Comets, British Caledonian One Elvens and Laker DC-10's to mention just a few of those great days. My favorite  was the British Caledonian VC10, G-ASIX or G-ASIW. G-RTA was written off and a part of that is in the Brooklands Museum. One became Air Malawi and that had a very bad ending as well.  

Onto to today. Easyjet rule the roost and are boring in my book. One day there be gone as time does change things and then youngsters today will look back wishing an easyjet would land, like I do with my era. Since the pandemic Gatwick has worked hard to get new flights into the airport. This has been slow but very consistent and I applaud them for this. I am always checking Flight radar 24 to see what is coming in and get in my car and pop up to photograph it

All these picture came about as i was waiting for a Azerbaijani 787 to land. The photo is a few pictures down from here and on another post.  

Since uploading my photos it has became apparent to me that people viewing them like to know where I go to get these photos. Please follow this blog as i will be telling you where to go and how to get there as well. 

All these were taken on the A23 near the Gatwick Road and does involve a 15 minute walks as there is no parking nearby. As long as you have a camera with a lens of at least 300mm you are set to capture what I have captured.  

All my photos are not taken on automatic and are on manual settings. You need to understand you camera and how it works to get the best photos. Again I will be posting here and on YouTube what I do. Then you can decided how you like to get the photos and find your own best settings.

This is the plane that made me divert to Gatwick. It is quite old, 9 years I think but never seen it in Gatwick before. This is a photo of it landing and taken from Prestwood Lane Charlwood. 

TAP also landing, love the vapour trails behind crossing.

Air Transat a small plane from Canada. I saw a review on this flight and it was a good service. 

Turkish do around 4 flights a day into Gatwick and use the A321neo. No so much the 737 anymore. 

I hope you enjoyed this short read and please pop to Airspotters.com if you like models as we have lots there to see. Please follow and I will be doing about 2 updates here a week

Bye for now

Malcolm 

 

 AZERBAIJAN 787 AT GATWICK TODAY : One photo landing with a nice vapour trail X behind and two taking off.

Was nice to see but had to dash from one end of the runway to the other. I normally like to get the airport in the photo but time was not on my side today.

Enjoy what I did get and lots more photos to come from todays trip.

Malcolm at Airspotters.com

ST JUST CORNWALL. "LANDS END AIRPORT" 1974

 

ST JUST CORNWALL. "LANDS END AIRPORT" 1974 : My dad took me here from Penzance in hope to see some aircraft. There was one bus out and one bus back per day. We arrived and only saw this Rapide. The owner signed the back of this postcard as well. There was no coffee shop so we were stuck for four hours. Lucky for us one of the airport workers was just going home to Penzance. He gave us a lift in a MKIII Cortina. I do remember these days very well. It was quiet wet time we left, so glad to get back. I think we had a caravan in Marazion.  Airspotters.com

NEW Herpa Model now listed and ready for your pre-order

 NEW Herpa Model now listed and ready for your pre-order at http://Airspotters.com .

A very nice selection models from Herpa this time in the snap-fit models. Braniff and Pan Am feature in the 747 range. I have seen both these aircraft in real life. For the younger collector we have the Virgin and TAP A300neo's. For the Cargo collector the DHL A330 with extra bulge on the front cargo door. 

These models take a few minutes to put together and can be ordered at Airspotters.com and they are due in August 2024.

You can order and pay now , pay later with paypal or pay when the models are released. #herpawings #herpa #modelaircraft #panam #boeing747

LOOK BACK AT PLANE SPOTTING AND HOW IT USED TO BE AT HEATHROW

I was old enough to actually see the Pan Am 747-100 at Heathrow many times. Pan Am and TWA did use a lot of 707’s but eventually got the 747 and 747SP on the routes. This was because it was the 1970’s and like today, airlines are waiting on the newer aircraft to be built. The date for this photo was August 1977, taken on my Kodak Box Brownie. I was 18 years old. I took the 727 bus up from Crawley. Had to get out at epsom as I was travel sick and then catch the next one. No M25 in those days up through Tadworth and Epsom. Just 12 photos per reel of film I had. If I was lucky my dad would give me money to buy another reel in the shop on top of the Queens building spectators. So a max of 24 photos per visit and then a long wait to see if they developed ok. Could be a few weeks as money to pay for that had to be earned in Sainsbury where I worked. I was on about £28 a week then full time. These days take as many as you like and then download them when you get home. No flight radar so you had to spot the aircraft and read the registration manually. Missed a lot of aircraft back then. Used to try and get the registration as the bus went past the hangers by hatton cross. Not easy, you had one chance in a few seconds. Only ever remember one bus driver slowed and stopped. He must have been a plane spotter himself.