March 25, 2009 at 2:12 am
TradeWinds Airlines Boeing 747-230B(SF) N531TA
Iran Air Boeing 747SP-86 EP-IAB
Oman – Royal Flight Airbus A320-233 A40-AA
Atlas Air Boeing 747-47UF(SCD) N496MC
Alitalia Cargo McDonnell Douglas MD-11(F) EI-UPI
Shanghai Airlines Cargo McDonnell Douglas MD-11(F) B-2178
FedEx McDonnell Douglas MD-11(F) N590FE
Aviacon Zitotrans Ilyushin IL-76TD RA-76386
Astraeus Airlines Boeing 757-23A G-OJIB
Virgin Atlantic Airways Airbus A340-642 G-VWEB
Bahrain – Royal Flight Boeing 727-2M7(Adv) A9C-BA
Turkmen Air Bombardier Learjet 60 TC-MEN
Air-India Express Boeing 737-8Q8 VT-AXG
Delta Air Lines Boeing 777-232LR N701DN
Air-India Express Boeing 737-8HJ VT-AXJ
India – Air Force Dornier Do-228-201 HM673
Blue Dart Aviation Boeing 757-236(SF) VT-BDK
Qatar Airways Airbus A330-303 A7-AEA
Air-India Express Boeing 737-8HJ VT-AXJ
By: Skipskatta - 8th February 2011 at 11:36

Beauuutiful! 🙂
By: SEANDSILVA - 18th January 2011 at 15:09
A JUMBO parade!
Air Bridge cargo VP-BIK and the Russian “Jumbo” Polet Flight RA-82077!
I saw Polet last in 2007……was totally stunned seeing her again!

EVA AIR CARGO B-16463 surprises us from nowhere!

3B-NAY was a real surprise in the daytime! This was the one day that Air Mauritius had 3 flights to BOM!!!

For a moment my heart skipped a beat seeing R A J A ! But thankfully this is F-RAJA and not telecom scamster A RAJA!
A beautiful 342 , part of the French presidents entourage!

ARYAN CARGO!!!!!!!!!!!! ive chased this bird for a loooooooooong time! finally!

TC-JCY…….at long last! The turkish 310 freighter! love it!

youre always welcome at BOM….Motor Sich Airline – UR-11316..AN-12BK

THE CATCH OF DECEMBER!!!! chased this new startup for a month! nailed her finally !
ALWAFEER AIR HZ-AWA2

part of Dimitry Medvedevs entourage to BOM !
Rossiya Airlines
Ilyushin IL-62M
RA-86467
A dream of every spotter to see an IL62….this makes it number two for moi!

Rossiya Airlines
Ilyushin IL-96-300
RA-96019

In the dying moments of ‘BOM 2010’ ……..ATMA AN12 UP-AN212 beckons us to pause and look back at all that was and all that will be in ‘BOM 2011’!! Cheers guys! wish you all a fab 2011!

Take my beloved VABB for granted at your own risk…. 😀 Coz then…she surprises you with a …………..DC10!!!!!! 😯 😯 😯
Avient Aviation McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30(F) Z-ALT

A real shocker rocker!!
G-STBA sitting pretty at 3am!

G-STBA pushed back saying – “Sean please stay clear of my GE90s coz i’m gonna fire them up anytime now!” ….I’m well clear mate…don’t worry!

“America‘s Finest Air Travel Club.”…NOMADS Boeing 727-221/Adv(RE) Super 27 visited BOM on a fuel stop! wow!

Departing BOM….noisy smoky sexy!

By: SEANDSILVA - 18th January 2011 at 15:09
recent surprises at BOM(VABB)!
Saudi Arabia – Special Flight Division Dassault Falcon 900B HZ-AFT
United States – US Air Force (USAF) Boeing C-17A Globemaster III 05-5146
FR Aviation Dassault Falcon 20E G-FRAD
FR Aviation Dassault Falcon 20C G-FRAS
Transaero Airlines Boeing 767-3P6(ER) EI-UNA
Travira Air F-HETS Beech1900D
IAF IL76MD K2661
IAF IL76MD K2664
a dream come true! Move over OBAMADRAMA …..Whoaa
DELTA AIRLINES 767-400ER! 😯 😯 Never did i ever think i’ll see a 764 at VABB!
N840MH

By: SEANDSILVA - 18th January 2011 at 15:08
Love you A6-MXB!

C-FLEJ – a canadian charter company Flair Air Ltd showed up for a quick refuel stop ! routing thailand-dubai!



Does it get bigger than this??????????????????? 😯 😯 😯 😯
UK – Air Force Boeing E-3D Sentry AEW1 (707-300) ZH103 comes a visiting!
i’m speechless!




By: SEANDSILVA - 18th January 2011 at 15:07
The sexy jets on N707JT! Notice engine 1 without the turbocompressor! Apparently only Air Force One had the 4-turbocompressor engine option!

Strike a pose….capture the moment forever!

N707JT dissappears from apron Lima only to reappear at apron Golf!

Getting ready ! Hectic activity all around!

Almost done!

And then………………….the moment i’ve been waiting for! A loud din!

Wow! a lil smoke….a noisy roar….watch the double decker ! lol

Last glimpses of her! BYE BYE JOHN TRAVOLTA!


Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! From nowhere!
Japan – Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) Boeing KC-767J !
97-3603
after all its VABB…..anyone …anytime! my doors are open to the world!

By: SEANDSILVA - 7th September 2010 at 20:49
Thanks Steve!
By: steve rowell - 14th August 2010 at 04:22
That’s a great shot Sean
By: steve rowell - 3rd June 2010 at 08:20
A poignant memory Sean
By: ThreeSpool - 15th May 2010 at 20:55
Quite the industrial-strength skids on that Helicopter.
By: mike currill - 14th May 2010 at 19:21
Whooaaa! All of a sudden from nowhere ! Just freakin awesome spotting this rare bird @ BOM !:D
US Navy (USN) Grumman E-2C+ Hawkeye 2000 165826
Jammy git , why can’t we have something that unusual aroound here for a change?