rab5869
July 7, 2009 at 10:26 am

Freighter day Prestwick 06/07/09

Took a trip to EGPK yesterday for the freighters and got some military movments weather was dull overcast, rain, then sunny towards the end.

First up:

NEW ONE FOR ME

WENT TECH FOR 20 MINS

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By: Ren Frew - 12th July 2009 at 16:14

Nice shot of the Belgian AF Hercules, I wonder what it was doing at PIK ?

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By: Ren Frew - 12th July 2009 at 16:07

Ah i see – never knew that. Thanks.

No worries, the other clue is the winglets, same as it’s passenger variant brother…;)

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By: Newcastle - 12th July 2009 at 15:23

They’re 744’s, the freighter version of the 744 has the same shorter upper cabin as the 741/2 however.

Ah i see – never knew that. Thanks.

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By: Ren Frew - 11th July 2009 at 21:33

Excellent shots, all very sharp. That first shot, and the Cargolux 742’s are the best of the bunch for me.

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They’re 744’s, the freighter version of the 744 has the same shorter upper cabin as the 741/2 however.

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By: rab5869 - 8th July 2009 at 15:57

arthur the mr4 landed and sat at the polar hanger for refueling then went tech for about 20-25mins then took off again.

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By: Arthur Pewtey - 8th July 2009 at 15:18

Did the MRA4 just land and taxi round to get airborne again?

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By: rab5869 - 8th July 2009 at 14:49

Thanks for the comments guys much appreciated it was a good day couple of surprise military movements, with the nimrod and belgium herc the weather was unpredictable with rain and sun, hoping to get down again this fri to get air france’s big sister b747.

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By: Scott Marlee - 8th July 2009 at 00:09

i love that albert shot with the spinner effect 😀

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By: CloudWarrior - 7th July 2009 at 20:05

WOW. What a day, great stuff.

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By: EGTC - 7th July 2009 at 14:43

Wow some really nice types there!

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By: Newcastle - 7th July 2009 at 13:22

Excellent shots, all very sharp. That first shot, and the Cargolux 742’s are the best of the bunch for me.

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By: RichardC - 7th July 2009 at 10:33

Nice pics, Rab 🙂

I like the Spinning effect on the U.S Air Force Hercules.