Hello Everyone,
As I’ve been checking out the Forum most nights for the past month or so I thought it time to join in and make the occasional post so this is my first one.
Today was the first day of action for the KC135 Tankers based at Prestwick for the JMC with two of them going up in mid afternoon an hour apart.
Interesting comparison between the two of them with the first being one of the oldest one and 51 years old no less, predictably lots of smoke from the engines too.
The second one has much newer engines and therefore much cleaner but both had very long takeoff runs just as I had hoped for.
Here are a few shots looking down the Runway with a long lense.
Fred.
By: Silver Snapper - 27th October 2004 at 19:37
Joe, you have some serious competition 😉
I welcome Fred’s contributions, he is well known in
aviation photography circles . Welcome aboard Fred! 😀
By: Silver Snapper - 27th October 2004 at 19:37
Joe, you have some serious competition 😉
I welcome Fred’s contributions, he is well known in
aviation photography circles . Welcome aboard Fred! 😀
By: EK. - 27th October 2004 at 17:30
Welcome and great pics. I see you also have a pic on the offical Glasgow Prestwick International Airport website, well done! 🙂
By: EK. - 27th October 2004 at 17:30
Welcome and great pics. I see you also have a pic on the offical Glasgow Prestwick International Airport website, well done! 🙂
By: fredseg1 - 27th October 2004 at 01:17
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome.
Hello Dee747 you picked a good one for your visit To Prestwick that day with the 747 Freighter movements that came in and lots of sunshine too.
I think that was the first time I’ve ever seen three deckchairs out on the “mound” in October without the occupants being frozen rigid.
Fred.
By: fredseg1 - 27th October 2004 at 01:17
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome.
Hello Dee747 you picked a good one for your visit To Prestwick that day with the 747 Freighter movements that came in and lots of sunshine too.
I think that was the first time I’ve ever seen three deckchairs out on the “mound” in October without the occupants being frozen rigid.
Fred.
By: A330Crazy - 26th October 2004 at 22:39
Hiya Fred, welcome on board! Good to have you here at Key.
And what a way to start out – some very nice pics from PIK. The cargolux 747F shots are very nice. Hope to see alot more from you. 🙂
By: A330Crazy - 26th October 2004 at 22:39
Hiya Fred, welcome on board! Good to have you here at Key.
And what a way to start out – some very nice pics from PIK. The cargolux 747F shots are very nice. Hope to see alot more from you. 🙂
By: MEA380 - 26th October 2004 at 21:32
Welcome on board !!
nice photos by the way
By: MEA380 - 26th October 2004 at 21:32
Welcome on board !!
nice photos by the way
By: Dee747 - 26th October 2004 at 19:33
Meant to ask you how you got on that day ?
Ren,
Sorry, meant to give you an update, but have had a sudden family bereavement in the interim. We had a wonderful day which was all we could have expected. Good variety of movements, great sunny weather (just one shower which caught us out), lunch in the pub in Monkton, and calm waters for the Seacat. Guess we’ll be back if the fares are right, as the car was a godsend for us, and it’s usually extremely expensive just to do a day trip, and extortionate for anything longer.
My digital camera is a Nikon 880 compact (which basically means no zoom worth talking about), so I used my Canon 35mm gear which has a 300mm f4 lens and got Jessop’s to process, print and also put the images onto CDs for me. Truth is that the prints were fine, but the CD images weren’t that good, so I’ve not actually posted any. Because of my family problems I’ve not yet had a chance to see my brother-in-law’s photos taken on his Fuji digital camera. When we get a chance we’ll probably submit some (albeit they’re going to be well out of date).
Fred’s company and photo advice was appreciated, and the other local spotters there were excellent. As we would say this side of the Irish Sea, the craic was mighty all day.
Looking forward to the next time already. 🙂
By: Dee747 - 26th October 2004 at 19:33
Meant to ask you how you got on that day ?
Ren,
Sorry, meant to give you an update, but have had a sudden family bereavement in the interim. We had a wonderful day which was all we could have expected. Good variety of movements, great sunny weather (just one shower which caught us out), lunch in the pub in Monkton, and calm waters for the Seacat. Guess we’ll be back if the fares are right, as the car was a godsend for us, and it’s usually extremely expensive just to do a day trip, and extortionate for anything longer.
My digital camera is a Nikon 880 compact (which basically means no zoom worth talking about), so I used my Canon 35mm gear which has a 300mm f4 lens and got Jessop’s to process, print and also put the images onto CDs for me. Truth is that the prints were fine, but the CD images weren’t that good, so I’ve not actually posted any. Because of my family problems I’ve not yet had a chance to see my brother-in-law’s photos taken on his Fuji digital camera. When we get a chance we’ll probably submit some (albeit they’re going to be well out of date).
Fred’s company and photo advice was appreciated, and the other local spotters there were excellent. As we would say this side of the Irish Sea, the craic was mighty all day.
Looking forward to the next time already. 🙂
By: EAL_KING - 26th October 2004 at 18:08
welcome to the forum fred 😀 enjoy.
By: EAL_KING - 26th October 2004 at 18:08
welcome to the forum fred 😀 enjoy.
By: Ren Frew - 26th October 2004 at 13:44
Welcome Fred. Good to have you on board. Cast your mind back to 7th of this month at PIK, and the three guys from Belfast over for a day’s spotting and photography. Glad to have had your company briefly that day, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves that day and appreciated your on-site advice.
Meant to ask you how you got on that day ?
By: Ren Frew - 26th October 2004 at 13:44
Welcome Fred. Good to have you on board. Cast your mind back to 7th of this month at PIK, and the three guys from Belfast over for a day’s spotting and photography. Glad to have had your company briefly that day, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves that day and appreciated your on-site advice.
Meant to ask you how you got on that day ?
By: Dee747 - 26th October 2004 at 13:32
Welcome Fred. Good to have you on board. Cast your mind back to 7th of this month at PIK, and the three guys from Belfast over for a day’s spotting and photography. Glad to have had your company briefly that day, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves that day and appreciated your on-site advice.
Just keep those photos coming ………
By: Dee747 - 26th October 2004 at 13:32
Welcome Fred. Good to have you on board. Cast your mind back to 7th of this month at PIK, and the three guys from Belfast over for a day’s spotting and photography. Glad to have had your company briefly that day, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves that day and appreciated your on-site advice.
Just keep those photos coming ………
By: LBARULES - 26th October 2004 at 12:46
Ive been admiring your photos for a long time now Fred – Great to have you onboard 🙂
By: LBARULES - 26th October 2004 at 12:46
Ive been admiring your photos for a long time now Fred – Great to have you onboard 🙂
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