East Midlands - Picture Thread

[rad]

07:50 today.

sssssssmokey 😀

 

[Aviador]

Smashing pictures Rad!

 

[rad]

Thanks! The walk in the morning was brilliant ... only I wish I could have think of taking spare pair of shoes!!!!

ps I don't know why it's cutting the photos, just click them to see in lager size 🙂

 

[Ray Finkle]

Fantastic photo's :hatsoff:

Where did you take them from?

 

[Seasider]

I was at EMA Tue eve and Wed early afternoon and the AN124 was parked up, hoping it would go out. The weather, especially Wed, was abysmal for photographs.
How I long for the days of the 70's when there was always something exotic at Fields, Air Cameroun DC3; Ethiopian DC3; Iraqi A/W Visc. Ah well, back to the present day!

 

[rad]

Fantastic photo's :hatsoff:

Where did you take them from?

Thanks, I am not very good at locations around airport so I will try to describe 😀 I parked up at Diseworth road and walked down the muddy trail past the wreck for firefighters. There's what looks like unused crashgate and that's where I was. I found that there is quite alive group of spotters for east midlands on facebook, they roughly knew the depart time of the antonov, although it departed 50min later than said on facebook I still was lucky. If it won't rain I will go on the full round trip around airport during the weekend.

Also word to Seasider, being grumpy won't help bringing more interesting planes 🙂 just this week there are few 747s, some bombardiers and other interesting stuff on the ground or coming and going. 😉

 

[Ray Finkle]

Thanks, I didn't realise there was parking on Diseworth Road. I must make time for another trip up there next time something interesting is in.

 

[Seasider]

Fantastic photo's :hatsoff:

Also word to Seasider, being grumpy won't help bringing more interesting planes 🙂 just this week there are few 747s, some bombardiers and other interesting stuff on the ground or coming and going. 😉

Being grumpy comes with age and having to sit in a car and turn on the ignition so you can clear the windscreen.
:sad:

 

[rad]

Thanks, I didn't realise there was parking on Diseworth Road.

Well... there's no parking 🙂 but the on the side of the road there's plenty of space so you can park without blocking the way. Plenty of cars were there from the spotters to dog walkers. Let me know when you will be going that way, maybe I will be able to join you :drinks:

Seasider ... does that mean you turn into Garfield? 🙂 well jokes aside, looking at various, older photos of planes at EMA I can see your point 🙂

 

[Radleigh]

The Russian 'Big Boy' seen arriving in great light last night.

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An-225 on approach... by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr

An-225 Landing at East Midlands Airport by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr

An-225 Landing at East Midlands Airport by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr

An-225 Landing at East Midlands Airport. by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr

 

[Ray Finkle]

Fantastic pictures, it sure is a monster.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Great pictures Seasider thanks for posting them.

The DHL facility sure is going to be something when the extension and hangar are done.

From the planning documents.

 

[Seasider]

Just one image from a week last Friday evening. There was an Aerologic B777 further along the DHL ramp but it was facing the cargo sheds and was being unloaded so lots of "clutter".

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[jfy1999]

On the 23rd, a Royal Brunei 787 visited on a cargo charter

https://twitter.com/x/status/1418884261520846848

 

[andyc941]

Visit to EMA today for this 1L-76 RA-76511

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