August 19, 2007 at 10:48 am
Been a while since I ben to Germany for spotting. Last time to Dusseldorf was last year during the world football championships (Aermexico 777 charter!). Last time to Cologne was probably 3 years already. Besides, I needed an excuse to finally try my car on the Autobahn, had it over a year now and still not gotten round to it. :diablo:
Spend from 10:00 to 15:00 at Dusseldorf. I would have left earlier as DUS gets dull after 14:00, but wanted to await the departure of the S7 tupolev.
After that I went to Cologne. Cologne is kind a unique in that it is more interesting in the evening then it is in the morning, at most airports it goes other way round. Reason for this is the large cargo operations of DHL and UPS. OK, I did not get to see any DHL planes, but since I work for them (seafreight department) that is no big deal. Did get some UPS MD-11s which was the whole reason for the trip there.
Only spend some 4 hours at Cologne, and that includes walking for well over an hour to get to and from the spot. Of course I could have gone to the observation terrace, but I prefer my planes flying over taxiing! 😀
Out of 114 planes I got 68 new registrations too! Not bad at all!
Dusseldorf
9H-AEI …… A320 …… Air Malta
A6-EKZ …… A330 …… Emirates
D-ABAS …… B737 …… Air Berlin
D-ABAU …… B737 …… Air Berlin
D-ABBH …… B737 …… Air Berlin
D-ABDF …… A320 …… Air Berlin
D-ABDO …… A320 …… Air Berlin
D-ABDP …… A320 …… Air Berlin
D-ABDQ …… A320 …… Air Berlin
D-ABIC …… B737 …… Lufthansa
D-ABJD …… B737 …… Lufthansa
D-ABJH …… B737 …… Lufthansa
D-ABJI …… B737 …… Lufthansa
D-ABOJ …… B757 …… Thomas Cook Airways – Condor
D-ABXM …… B737 …… Lufthansa
D-ACFA …… BAe 146 …… Lufthansa Regional – Eurowings
D-ACJE …… CRJ-100 …… Lufthansa Regional – Cityline
D-ACPE …… CRJ-700 …… Lufthansa Regional – Cityline
D-ACPK …… CRJ-700 …… Lufthansa Regional – Cityline
D-ACRA …… CRJ-200 …… Lufthansa Regional – Eurowings
D-ACRD …… CRJ-200 …… Eurowings
D-ACRE …… CRJ-200 …… Lufthansa Regional – Eurowings
D-ACRI …… CRJ-200 …… Lufthansa Regional – Eurowings
D-ACRJ …… CRJ-200 …… Lufthansa Regional – Eurowings
D-ACRK …… CRJ-200 …… Lufthansa Regional – Eurowings
D-ACRL …… CRJ-200 …… Lufthansa Regional – Eurowings
D-ACRN …… CRJ-200 …… Lufthansa Regional – Eurowings
D-ACRO …… CRJ-200 …… Lufthansa Regional – Eurowings
D-ACRP …… CRJ-200 …… Lufthansa Regional – Eurowings
D-ACRQ …… CRJ-200 …… Lufthansa Regional – Eurowings
D-AERK …… A330 …… LTU
D-AEWN …… BAe 146 …… Lufthansa Regional – Eurowings
D-AGEA …… B737 …… Air Berlin
D-AGPL …… F100 …… Air Berlin
D-AHFD …… B737 …… TUIfly.com
D-AHFM …… B737 …… HapagFly
D-AHXA …… B737 …… TUIfly.com
D-AICE …… A320 …… Thomas Cook Airways – Condor Berlin
D-AILL …… A319 …… Lufthansa
D-ALPB …… A330 …… LTU
D-ALPE …… A330 …… LTU
D-ALPH …… A330 …… LTU
D-ALSC …… A321 …… LTU
D-ALTC …… A320 …… LTU
D-ALTK …… A320 …… LTU
D-ANFL …… ATR 72 …… Lufthansa Regional – Eurowings
D-ANNF …… A320 …… Air Berlin – Blue Wings
D-ATUB …… B737 …… TUIfly.com
D-AXLA …… A320 …… XL Airways
D-BOOO …… ATR 42 …… Lufthansa Regional – Eurowings
D-BSSS …… ATR 42 …… Lufthansa Regional – Eurowings
D-HNWN …… EC-155 …… Polizei Nordrhein Westfalen
D-HNWP …… BK-117 …… Polizei Nordrhein Westfalen
EC-JFG …… A320 …… Iberia
EI-CDD …… B737 …… Rossiya
EI-CDE …… B737 …… Rossiya
EI-CHH …… B737 …… KD Avia
EI-DEK …… A320 …… Aer Lingus
F-GRXM …… A319 …… Air France
F-GUGG …… A318 …… Air France
G-EUOH …… A319 …… British Airways
G-EUUG …… A320 …… British Airways
HB-IXT …… ARJ …… swiss.
I-EXMG …… ERJ-145 …… Alitalia Express
LZ-MDB …… A320 …… VIA
N525MW …… C.525 …… biz jet
N538US …… B757 …… Northwest Airlines
OE-GPS …… C.550 …… Tyrol Air Ambulance
OE-LFK …… F70 …… Austrian Arrows – Tyrolean
OE-LTU …… A320 …… LTU
OH-LVH …… A319 …… Finnair
PH-KVI …… F50 …… KLM Cityhopper
PH-LXT …… F50 …… KLM Cityhopper
RA-85725 …… TU-154 …… S7
SX-BKE …… B737 …… olympic airlines
SX-BLM …… B737 …… Aegean Aviation
TC-APM …… B737 …… Pegasus Airlines
TC-JGL …… B737 …… Turkish Airlines
VP-BWG …… A319 …… Aeroflot
VP-BWZ …… B737 …… Aeroflot Don
Cologne
D-ABIF …… B737 …… Lufthansa
N254UP …… MD-11 …… UPS
D-ABEC …… B737 …… Lufthansa
D-ABJF …… B737 …… Lufthansa
D-ACHK …… CRJ-200 …… Lufthansa Regional – Cityline
D-AGEP …… B737 …… Hapag Lloyd express
D-AGER …… B737 …… Hapag Lloyd express
D-AGES …… B737 …… Hapag Lloyd express
D-AGPR …… F100 …… Air Berlin – Germania
D-AGWA …… A319 …… germanwings
D-AGWC …… A319 …… germanwings
D-AGWD …… A319 …… germanwings
D-AGWE …… A319 …… germanwings
D-AGWF …… A319 …… germanwings
D-AGWG …… A319 …… germanwings
D-AHFZ …… B737 …… HapagFly
D-AKNG …… A319 …… germanwings
D-AKNX …… A320 …… germanwings
D-AKNY …… A320 …… germanwings
D-ATUF …… B737 …… HapagFly
D-ATUI …… B737 …… TUIfly.com
D-AUKE …… CL-600 …… Challenge Air
D-EFXL …… PA-28 …… private
D-ETTL …… C.172 …… private
G-EZIH …… A319 …… Easyjet
N259UP …… MD-11 …… UPS
N279UP …… MD-11 …… UPS
N328UP …… B767 …… UPS
N60TY …… M20 …… private
OE-LCN …… CRJ-100 …… Austrian Arrows
OY-RJD …… CRJ-100 …… Cimber Air
SE-RDR …… MD-82 …… germanwings
TC-MCB …… A300 …… MNG cargo
TC-SUM …… B737 …… Sunexpress
By: tenthije - 19th August 2007 at 19:57
Thanks all for the kind words!
Great shots mate, were you in the upper deck spotting area at CGN?
No I did not go to the observation deck this time. At first I tried the top floor of parking garage 3, but the planes where too far away for meaningful photos. So I decided to walk into the final approach. It is a looooong walk but quite nice.
The place is #4 on this map:
http://www.spotter-cgn.de/Spotters_stuff/Spotterguide/guide/CGN/cgn.html
By: PMN - 19th August 2007 at 15:47
Superb shots, Peter. All superb!
Paul
By: Si Jones - 19th August 2007 at 12:31
Great shots mate, were you in the upper deck spotting area at CGN? Have to agree with New Forest, that helicopter looks very nice.
All the best
Si
By: Newforest - 19th August 2007 at 12:26
Gas money well spent! That Polizei chopper looks rather menacing.
By: A Spalding - 19th August 2007 at 11:27
STUNNING, STUNNING & STUNNING
Brilliant pictures as always
Many Thanks for sharing
Adam