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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2014.01.11 Spotting Session #2

Continuing on to part 2

Blasting into Penang is this three holer. Presenting FedEx's MD-11F

Took my eyes out of the viewfinder when it flew overhead. And BOY IT WAS HUGE. You can see nothing else but the belly of this freighter.

AirAsia's A320 (9M-AFS) being cradled by crosswinds

Firefly's ATR72-500 (9M-FYG) trying to fight off the crosswind. It had an incredibly smooth landing though.

Tigerair A320 (9V-TAE)

Belly shot of MAS' B737-4H6 (9M-MMK)

The wind was great and it was a cooling session. Though I doubt the pilots of the next plane enjoyed it.

Another FedEx, this time in the form of the A306F

The A306 above was aligned right in front of me. But I was towards the left of the runway. Flew past me and touched down just slightly left of the centre line.

More to come. Stay tuned.

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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Plane Spotting

One of the most interesting things to do is to head out to the end of the runway and wait for aircrafts to fly overhead. Since this is a rather small airport, most of the inbound and outbound flights are operated by small aircrafts such as the B737s and A320s.

 MAS B737-800 9M-MLE front view

Great wingspan as compared with the -400 with additional winglets

 Back View

AirAsia A320 9M-AQL

Firefly Airways ATR72-500 9M-FYA

Wings Abadi ATR72-500 PK-WFG

That's all for now. Will upload more when there is more...