A great way to end 2013

T'is a season to go spotting. And what greater way to end 2013 than to head out to the airport for a few hours of spotting. Lighting could have been better though. The clouds act as a GIANT light diffuser providing not so direct light as well as backlighting. Let's start.

Malaysia Airlines B737-4H6 (9M-MQA)

AirAsia A320 (9M-AQH) - Air Asia's 100th awesome plane came in twice. Must be doing a PEN-KUL-PEN-KUL sector

Cathay Pacific Cargo B747-467F (B-HUP) gracefully descending towards the runway

Firefly ATR72-500 (9M-FYJ)

And here we see Cathay backtracking on the Runway.

And finally, caught this Airbus with Sharklets (9M-AJA)

Side View of 9M-AJA

Jetstar A320 (9V-JSE)

Coming in for the second time, though this time lighting was worse

Hong Kong Airlines A320-214 (B-LPG)

New Airline operating into Penang

Tigerair A320 (9V-TAV) with brand new stripes

And Lastly, a great way to end the 2013 spotting sessions

Cathay Pacific A330-343X in One World Livery (B-HLU)

That's all for this year.

Thanks for visiting. Check out this blog next year with even more spotting at Penang and even coverage at the Singapore Airshow 2014.

Until then, Happy New Year to all.

SSLee


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Merry Christmas !!!

Here's wishing all viewers Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !!

Christmas Cargo A300-600F bringing in Presents into Penang

Penang Planespotting #001

The "Penang Planespotting" series will be a series for the normal spotting sessions in the past as well as the present.

AirAsia A320 (9M-AFZ)

Firefly ATR72-500 (9M-FYE)

FedEx A310-324F (N811FD)

Cathay Pacific A330-343X (B-HLM) Peeking out into the sunlight

Malaysia Airlines B737-4H6 (9M-MMU)

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Penang 15 December 2013

The Pearl of the Orient... A place visited by many regional aircraft like the A320 and the B737 of AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines respectively. But that's not just it. We have heavies coming in as well. Here's updates from the mid of December.

Cathay Pacific Airways B747-412 (B-HKE)

Korean Air Cargo B747-4B5F (HL7485)

Really slow and leisurely takeoff. Must be fully loaded.

AirAsia A320 in Expedia Livery (9M-AFG)

AirAsia's 100th Awesome Plane (9M-AQH)

China Airlines B747-409F (B-18710)

Specials and heavies this round.

Thanks for viewing.

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Japan-Narita #14

And to conclude the 14-part series of Narita Planespotting, here are the last 5 from the series.

ANA Cargo B767-381ER (JA602F)

This runway handled the majority of the departures while the other handled the arrivals.

Korean Air A330-223 (HL7539)

United Airlines B747-422 (N177UA) in Continental Colours

Delta Airlines B777-232LR (N701DN)- Also known as the "Worldliner"

And to say goodbye before I left the Aerospace Museum came Singapore's double decker

Singapore Airlines A380-841 (9V-SKI)

That concludes the series. Hope you enjoyed it. Do come back for MORE !!

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Japan-Narita #13

Second last of the series....

Delta Airlines B757-251 (N538US) with winglets

ANA Cargo B767-381ER (JA8970) waiting for the Cargo Jumbo to depart

Korean Air B737-9B5ER (HL8272)

United Airlines B777-222 (N779UA) still in Continental Airlines colours

Delta Airlines B747-451 (N675NW)

One more to the end of the Japan Narita Series...

Highlights of Penang - November 2013 - Part 3

For the third instalment, let's begin with something rather unusual.

Firefly ATR72-500 (9M-FYA) with a missing landing gear door

FedEx MD-11F (N593FE) using the entire length of the runway to slow down

Even heavies like the 747 turn at the taxiway just before this location. Maybe the pilot wanted to give me a great photo op?

Malindo B737-9GPER (9M-LNL)

Eva Air Cargo B747-45E (B-16404)

RAF C-17A Globemaster III (ZZ177)

MAS Kargo A330-223F (9M-MUB)

Garuda Airways CRJ-1000 (PK-GRJ)

That ends the highlights of Penang for November 2013

Thanks for viewing.

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