Penang Planespotting #003 - 29 May 2016 - Part 3

Here's part 3. Some narrowbodies to start with.

Lion Air came in near the afternoon.

Lion Air B737-9GPER (PK-LHT)

Firefly with the Visit Kedah 2016 Livery departed just under an hour after it arrived

Firefly ATR72-600 (9M-FIE)


Sriwijaya Air B737-86J (PK-CMN)


SilkAir B737-8SA (9V-MGO)


Indonesia AirAsia A320-216 (PK-AZH)

And to top it off, like always, the Queen of the skies came in from Taiwan.

China Airlines Cargo B747-409F (B-18717) - With the gulfstream behind

That's part 3. More to come.

SSLee

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Same place, Different views - 02 / November [Part 2]

Part 2

Let's get right to it.

Firefly ATR72-600 (9M-FIB)

I was not quite aware of this next bird as it was hiding behind the parked Korean Air Cargo. Being a 757, it is much slimmer and is totally obscured by the 747. Here's the first (yep, there's one more) bird from the land down under, more specifically Kiwiland.

RNZAF B757-2K2 (NZ7571)

NZ7571 (cool that the tail number is the aircraft model) had a big 75 painted on the fuselage a couple of years back. Though it has since been removed. This shot shows both jets from the land down under.

Malindo Air B737-9GPER (9M-LNH)

This Malindo has an extra hump on its back since the last visit (that I was around that is).

AirAsia A320 (9M-AHF)

Managed to boost myself high enough to almost clear the fences. This was just a few seconds after liftoff. Not the everyday usual shot.

AirAsia (9M-AJE) with sharklets

I've always liked the view of wingleted / sharkleted (for this case) aircraft being well contrasted from the sky. The bank angle just adds to the fun of it. From the looks of this, this one's most probably heading South.

Tigerair A320 (9V-TAE)

This tiger still bears the old livery. the new one has a big "tigerair" on the side.

Silkair A320 (9V-SLL)

Followed by another Singapore-based airline, SilkAir.

Firefly ATR72-600 (9M-FID)

Since this segment started with an ATR, it would be appropriate to end it with another ATR. This is Firefly's fourth -600 series. Still looks clean and empty. Wonder if they might add more ads to this one in the future. FIC and FID are still all white (as of the time of writing that is)


So this is the end of part 2. Part 3 will cover the departure of the Airbus MRTT.






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Tuesday Spotting [2014.09.16] - Part 2

Continuation ....

Once again, we have another aircraft attempting to lose weight and save fuel by removing on landing gear door. :) Should be a maintenance routine as it happened to 9M-FYA last year. Link

Firefly ATR72-500 (9M-FYF)

Next up we have the Air Contractors' aircraft. They are operated by Air Hong Kong and are quite frequent into Penang. Here, it extends all its flaps and spoilers for us to see. Wonder what's up with the extreme rudder deflection.NOT RELATED but lots of leaves growing on the metallic fence wire.

Air Contractors A300B4-622R(F) (EI-EXR)

Up next are two narrowbodies from competing companies, Boeing and Airbus.

Malindo Air B737-9GP(ER) (9M-LNK)

AirAsia A320-216 (9M-AQY)

Aaaaannnddd the main catch of the day. Korean Air Cargo.

Korean Air Cargo B777-FB5 (HL8285)

This freighter was a real treat as most of the Korean Air Cargos that I've snapped were 744Fs. This is a great change. The new outlook, the elegant raked wingtips, those huge engines, and the AWESOME sound it emitted. (so much different from the 773s and 772s of Cathay, granted they are different engines)

After a great burst of happiness, it was time to head over to the arrivals part to get even more traffic. One arrival that I was anticipating was UPS' 767 from Kuala Lumpur which sadly never arrived.

Treated with baby Boeing of Sriwijaya Air though.

Sriwijaya Air B737-524 (PK-CLH)

Followed by Airasia. Bird sees plane, pilots see bird, bird flies away, pilots continues approach.

AirAsia A320 (9M-AQE)

One more edition coming up.


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