Birmingham Airport - Picture Thread

[rollo]

I have visited New York and Washington DC, both very different cities. I even stood right at the top of the World Trade Centre, that feels really weird now and ive still got some old photos

Yes I know what you mean about the Worlds Trade Centre we were there in 2000 also visited Ground Zero a few years later so pionient, never been to Washington too many politicians.

 

[CoalPowered]

When I arrived this morning to photograph the National 757 arriving from EWR I thought the airport had been closed. Don't think I have ever seen no planes at all parked on any of those stands. Very spooky.

 

[IanFarquharson]

That’s a good sign - nothing parked and everything flying

 

[jon01]

Busiest Sunday of the year so far - 330 flights

40 based aircraft all gone out by 11:15am

 

[CoalPowered]

Busiest Sunday of the year so far - 330 flights

40 based aircraft all gone out by 11:15am

Yes I was aware of this, it just had a very eerie feel to it looking over from the Elmdon car park with the thunder in the air too and an odd heat haze. I'm sure it looked totally different this evening with aircraft returning.

 

[CoalPowered]

Norwegian 787-9.

 

[BHXsupporter]

Wouldn't a good sign for BHX be that there was not an empty period like this because of higher slots being taken at these 'slack' times? Surely that's the only way to increase passenger numbers via increased frequency / more destinations, apart from the fact that numbers can be increased by increased aircraft size without additional movements?

 

[CoalPowered]

Flyone.

 

[elmdon74]

Hi all,photos from last Saturday 2nd June,

 

[elmdon74]

Part 2,

Full set on https://flic.kr/s/aHsmh4JY83

Regards,Simon.

 

[BHXsupporter]

Very good shots Simon, thanks.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Wouldn't a good sign for BHX be that there was not an empty period like this because of higher slots being taken at these 'slack' times? Surely that's the only way to increase passenger numbers via increased frequency / more destinations, apart from the fact that numbers can be increased by increased aircraft size without additional movements?

It could be ideal for an airline such as, I don't know, Norwegian, or even Vueling, to start some off peak flights from aircraft based at popular sun destinations utilising the quieter periods. Who knows, if they are a success we may even see a base from one of them in the future

 

[58terminus]

It could be ideal for an airline such as, I don't know, Norwegian, or even Vueling, to start some off peak flights from aircraft based at popular sun destinations utilising the quieter periods. Who knows, if they are a success we may even see a base from one of them in the future

Sounds good Ray. Hopefully the airport will discourage route duplication until the route is established enough
to sustain it. Would hate to get into a situation where routes go from under capacity to over capacity to no capacity in a couple of years. No doubt the airport management are at the top of their game and will not allow such a scenario to unfold.Bring on them bases!

 

[Ray Finkle]

Hopefully the airport will discourage route duplication until the route is established enough
to sustain it. Would hate to get into a situation where routes go from under capacity to over capacity to no capacity in a couple of years.

You mean it wouldn't be ideal having seven airlines all scrapping it out on Malaga, Tenerife, Palma etc, or four airlines all competing on Madrid, instead of working to establish routes to the seemingly endless holes in the BHX network, or even, dare I say it, ensuring that new routes last more than a season? Lets hope that we never find ourselves in that situation.

 

[jfy1999]

LN-LNS at MAEL

(image from bhxspotter.com)

 

[elmdon74]

Hello All,pictures from last Saturday 28th July.

Full set on https://flic.kr/s/aHsmpxMRPU

Regards,Simon.

 

[Brum X]

I enjoyed my first time on the roof of the NCP car park today and got some good practice from my new camera. I took a load of photos and videos and will upload some of them later/tomorrow. They wont be as high quality as Elmdon74 but i am pleased with my first trip and the NCP is awesome. I also did a Jerry and im sunburnt, its a proper sun trap up there especially on a sunny day.

I deleted some photos becouse of the heat haze but im sure something can be done about that or maybe not ??

And also i really got into video recording some aircraft but i want to know how do i have continuous recording from one aircraft to another without having to upload individual videos. Im sure Jerry can help me out with this one as your Barcelona video is the sort of thing im talking about. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks Guys

 

[Ray Finkle]

Cracking pictures as always Simon

I deleted some photos becouse of the heat haze but im sure something can be done about that or maybe not ??

Glad you enjoyed your trip to Elmdon, the view will be even better soon when Hangar 2 comes down

It may be worth downloading GIMP (don't be put off by the name) which is pretty decent free editing software. It can be quite complicated to do some stuff but the basics such as sharpening, colour enhancement etc are straightforward. If you get stuck on anything then Youtube has plenty of very handy tutorials.

https://www.gimp.org/

Can't help with the video but I'd be interested to know myself for the future.

Looking forward to the pictures.

 

[Brum X]

Cracking pictures as always Simon



Glad you enjoyed your trip to Elmdon, the view will be even better soon when Hangar 2 comes down

It may be worth downloading GIMP (don't be put off by the name) which is pretty decent free editing software. It can be quite complicated to do some stuff but the basics such as sharpening, colour enhancement etc are straightforward. If you get stuck on anything then Youtube has plenty of very handy tutorials.

https://www.gimp.org/

Can't help with the video but I'd be interested to know myself for the future.

Looking forward to the pictures.

Thanks for the info Ray, much appreciated.

 

[Jerry]

And also i really got into video recording some aircraft but i want to know how do i have continuous recording from one aircraft to another without having to upload individual videos. Im sure Jerry can help me out with this one as your Barcelona video is the sort of thing im talking about. Any help would be much appreciated.

I use Windows Movie Maker. It's a free download and is generally one of the more simpler ones that i found which suits me at the moment as i'm still only an amateur on this stuff. I also use it for the trip reports that i've done. It definitely is better than doing everything individually.