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 #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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Fokker hunting [31 January 2016]

So here we are, in the new year. Would like to take this opportunity to wish all readers a Happy New Year. Thank you for all your visits and your support. I shall strive to add more posts per month this year.

Although this wasn't the first spotting of the year (the first was actually on the 25th), this one is surely more memorable than the first one.

As the title suggests, the main aim of this session was to hunt for a Fokker, doing a stopover at Penang along its long flight from Perth to Slovakia (Thanks to the Perth Airport Spotter's Blog for the flight details) along the route: (SXI 1602) YPPH - WIHH - WMKP - VOHS - OMAL - LTCG - LZIB. Many stops indeed.

Didn't know the route originally, but Fokkers have been known to stop by Penang based on previous experiences. By the time I saw it, it was somewhere over Johor (southern part of Peninsular Malaysia), which meant IF it were to come to Penang, I would have another 40 minutes max. Some digging got me the blog above and it was then when I decided to go for it.

It is getting much more difficult to spot at the end of runway 04 with the construction work going around though.

I did see that UPS had just left KUL (though I wouldn't have thought that I could get this), and it would be an added bonus to catch it. Thanks to traffic, or rather the lack of it, it was seen.

UPS B767-34AF(ER) (N344UP)

Always great to see them UPS birds, whether they are the wingletted or not. The best times would be when their 757s come to Penang.

Next on the list was a regional carrier, Firefly. This was their -500 series, easily distinguishable by the lack of black bandit masks around the cockpit.

Firefly ATR72-500 (9M-FYC)

And after waiting for what seemed like an eternity, it came. It FINALLY CAME.

Alliance Airlines Fokker 100 (VH-FKA)

It was such a splendid view. Penang doesn't get a nice supply of these Fokkers very often, so you could imagine how big the grin on my face was.

It was pretty much the usual after the Fokker, with an ATR and a 737.

Malindo Air ATR72-600 (9M-LMG)

Lion Air B737-8GP (PK-LPO)

One thing fun about the weekends is that you may be pleasantly surprised by Cargo operators with their 747s. Sometimes a Cathay Pacific bird comes, sometimes this one, China Airlines Cargo.

China Airlines Cargo B747-409F (B-18717)

From the big 747, the next one subtly ends this spotting trip. Here's a Cessna.

Private Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (N194SS)

There was then an itch to head over to the terminal building to see if the Fokker could be spotted parked by the ATC tower. It was, though it was blocked by a much bigger cargo aircraft, Air Hong Kong's A300-600F, with its doors open.

It was just a short 40-minute spotting trip, though the returns are much much more than some trips. That's all for this post. If you have any suggestions or just want to ask anything, do drop comments below.

SSLee

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2014.08.17 Spotting Session - Part 2

Continuing on... here are some of the heavies that came in for the day. The great and sunny weather continued all the way to the end of the session. Yes, it was HOT, but well worth it.

UPS B767-34AF (N361UP)

This was actually one of my intended catch of the day. Back then (maybe about 2 years back), I used to always ask myself.. Why do I keep getting the UPS but not the FedEx MD-11. Then as time went by, I got more and more of the FedEx's MD-11 than the UPS' B763. So now here I am, back at hoping that I would get more 763s. The winglets really compliment this model. It makes it look more balanced and sturdy.

Lion Air B737-8GP (PK-LKW)

About a year old, this aircraft still looks great. No eyebrows on the cockpit though.

FedEx A310-324 (N808FD)

This one was also a great treat as FedEx usually send A300-600Fs into Penang. Sometimes two of them in a row. The A310 looks a bit stubby at this range :).

China Airlines Cargo B747-409F (B-18720)

Four engines, 18 wheels, and really loud up close. The sound emitted is just incredible.

SilkAir B737-8SA (9V-MGE)

Next is one of the best selling short-haul models, the B737. This is one of the latest (at time of writing) B738 of SilkAir. Silkair colours are simple and look nice regardless on whether it is on the Airbus models or the Boeing models.

Firefly ATR72-500 (9M-FYJ)

And to end it, here's an ATR, approaching slowly but surely to Runway 04.

This was one of the best sessions that I've had since the time I spotted the UPS 757 and the DHL 727. Truly enjoyed it and looking forward to even more sessions like this. Also one of those rare times that I can set a shutter speed of more than 1/800th of a second.

Links to those pics:

http://reachingtheskiesabove.blogspot.com/2013/02/dhl-727.html

http://reachingtheskiesabove.blogspot.com/2013/02/ups-b757.html

That is all for this session. Hoping that the next one will be equally great!!

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Planespotting : The Rainspotting Edition - Part 2

In this edition of Rainspotting.... the highlights are....

UPS B767
Malindo and Firefly ATR72-600
China Airlines B747
aaaannd
SilkAir's FIRST B738

Welcome back, here are the stories. Still raining, and will still be raining to the end of the spotting trip

UPS B767-34AF ER (N330UP)

I was rather hoping that the rain would stop and the sun would shine for this beauty, but the clouds were there and showed no signs of breaking up. Well I was already set up for spotting in the rain, so the snapping ensues.

Firefly ATR72-600 (9M-FIA)

Malindo ATR72-600 (9M-LMF)

No matter how small, they were all capable of handling the crosswind. The next heavy was unexpected. Happy to see it nevertheless.

China Airlines Cargo B747-409F (B-18718)

And to end it (again) was SilkAir's B737-800 with the 25-Year Anniversary markings.

SilkAir B737-8SA (9V-MGA)

One new experience, seeing wipers of Boeings and Airbuses in action.

And that concludes rainspotting. Hope you enjoyed it.

Till next time.

SSLee

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