Penang Planespotting #011 - Part 3

Part 3 of #011

Was waiting around when I heard the powering up of the engines of the 737. Looked sideways and there I saw Malindo's 738 doing a go-around. Looks like they were unable to hit the touchdown point as they were quite high as they passed the runway threshold.

Gears up for the next segment

Other operators that made it ....

AirAsia A320-216 (9M-AQU)

Here's Tigerair with sharklets and with reversers activated.

Tigerair A320-232 (9V-TRL)

Malindo ATR72-600 (9M-LMS)

Here's Malindo's second attempt. This Malindo comes with the hybrid Batik Livery.

Malind B737-8GP (9M-LCC)

It was now approaching 7pm, and that means it's arrival time for Dragonair's 330. Did not want to really boost the ISO then, so here's the dark shot.

On Final Approach

A few more to wrap up this session. Mostly darker shots.

MH 738

AK on the takeoff run (with blip)

After these rather dark shots, wanted to try if it was possible to handhold a shot using the zoom lens. Here's the result.

Cathay Pacific Cargo B747-467F(ER) (B-LID)

And here's the panning shot of Firefly's arrival.

Firefly ATR72-500 (9M-FYI)

Thanks for following. Will keep on updating.

SSLee

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Penang Planespotting #011 - Part 1

Time for a flashback to the previous sessions at Penang. I would usually want to keep up to date and post up as I spot, but sometimes most of the times, other things get in the way. So here's what's up on the 25th September 2016. I honestly had no idea why I was there, but I guess it was due to me having a camera and being rather free at that point. Plus it was the afternoon session, a time which I rarely spot at. Let's start with the lightweights.

Indonesia AirAsia A320-216 (PK-AXU)

AirAsia A320-216 (9M-AQU)

AirAsia A320-216 (9M-AHV)

Firefly ATR72-500 (9M-FYK)

Now guess who finally decided to depart? Really excited for this shot.

Bizjet ready for flight

Aaaannndd I now remembered why I was here. This one. THE ONE. The FIRST ONE. Well I've covered this some time back. Here's the link to it. A320NEO.

AirAsia A320-251N (9M-NEO)

Now back to the business jet. Nice sleek outlook and beautiful sound. Powerful too to rotate after a fairly short distance.

Bombardier Global 5000 (N933ML)

Fun stuff. Imagine being able to travel in that one day. (one day). Back to the other traffic coming in and going out of Penang. If you notice this next one, there was a bounce on touchdown.

Firefly ATR72-500 (9M-FYJ)

Malindo ATR72-600 (9M-LMM)

Now here we have China Airlines' 747F departing. I usually only get to see it arriving due to it only coming in at about 12 and departing at 2 (an oven to be spotting in).

China Airlines Cargo B747-409F (B-18719)

More in the next post.

Penang Planespotting #008 - 31 August 2016 - Part 3

It has been some time since I've updated this, but nevertheless, I am back. Here the rest of the shots for the spotting on the 31st August 2016.

And guess who decided to say hi. A flyby at low speeds, no afterburners. It's amazing how quiet they can be.

Now back to the runway.

Malindo Air B737-8GP (9M-LNP)

Rolling from the beginning of runway 22, and with those sharklets, rotation was early. Hence this shot.

AirAsia A320-216 (9M-AQU)

Then the winds changed and it was back to using 04.

Malindo ATR72-600 (9M-LMP)

Before this final rather shaky one. I do notice quite a number of Firefly aircraft doing such aerobatics, though most of the time it was windy.

Firefly ATR72-500 (9M-FYA)

That is all for this post. Stay tuned for more.

Just a sneak peak. Noticed anything different about this China Southern Airlines aircraft?

SSLee

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Penang Planespotting #008 - 31 August 2016 - Part 2

And guess what we have to start off the second part of this thread.......

China Airlines B737-809 (B-18612)

It is not everyday that this one is captured as it arrives at about 4pm-ish. I read that they have previously sent their A340s (how nice if they were to do that again).

Next there was an influx of AirAsia jets. Good for trying out different shots.

AirAsia A320-214 (9M-AFC) - World's best Low Cost Airline

Indonesia AirAsia A320-216 (PK-AXF)

AirAsia A320-216 (9M-AHS)

I can vividly remember another AirAsia aircraft with a white tipped engine cover (somewhere).

AirAsia A320-216 (9M-AQU)

Then came a member of the ATR family. After a sea of AirAsias, come the sole Firefly aircraft.

Firefly ATR72-500 (9M-FYH)

All that arrive would have to eventually depart right? Here is AFC departing. The following shots are possible with Runway 22 ops.

9M-AFC departing

With a bit of Bayan Lepas and the hill

AirAsia A320-216 (9M-AHW)

Firefly ATR72-500 (9M-FYL)

More coming in Part 3. Stay tuned.

Monday Spotting Part 1

Well this was from a Monday. Not that it is a bad day to spot, it is just that there were not as many heavies as I expected. Nonetheless, one was there, so the spotting commenced:

Dragonair A330-342 (B-HLC)

Dragonair departs at about 8 to Hong Kong. Was a little late, and Thai Airways was on time, so missed the baby Thai. This usual spot for departure shots have been covered with grass and shrubs. No way to stay there for long. Had to try other locations along the runway.

Malindo Air ATR72-600 (9M-LMG)

The fun thing about this new place is that you get to see ATRs and some 320s rotating in front of you (with the exception of China Southern Airlines, which usually use quite a good length of the runway before taking off)

Tigerair A320-232 (9V-TRK)


Lion Air B737-8GP (PK-LOM)


Malindo Air B737-8GP (9M-LNP)


Malindo Air ATR72-600 (9M-LMO)


AirAsia Expedia Livery (9M-AFG)

One thing about this location is that you get to see the rotation of the aircraft. By this point, ATRs would be several 10s of feet off the ground. You also get to see aircraft turning out on the high speed taxiway.

Nepal Airlines B757

Looking up, we sometimes get traffic flying overhead, like for the case above, a Nepal Airlines 757. Sometimes a C130 can be visible too. Here are more takeoff shots.

Indonesia AirAsia A320-216 (PK-AZJ)

AirAsia (9M-AQU)

Firefly ATR72-500 (9M-FYD)

Silkair B737-8SA (9V-MGI)

Malindo (9M-LMO)

Firefly (9M-FYL)

Noticed anything behind the Firefly? Yup, it is Neptune Air (9M-NEF) and a police helicopter parked by the ATC. Thought

Lion Air (PK-LOM)

Malaysia Airlines (9M-MSI)

Sriwijaya Air B737-8Q8 (PK-CME)

To be continued in Part 2....





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