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deaphen · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 933 Location: India

Hi all

Here are some of te highlights from our spotting trip.. thank you saurabh and bell for showing me a great time in BOM. The flight deck pic is me on my way to BOM.

please leave your comments..

btw.. we were lucky we got a VS 346 instead of the 343 that day.

More pics of the flight deck coming soon. All photos taken with Canon 400D + 70-200 F4L + 1.4x tele convertor (Velbon full size tripod).
regards
nitin

saurabhm_101 · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 529 Location: Mumbai

Anytime nitin! anyyytime! had a great time!! especially with bell around and her mum coming up and shouting! just added to the fun! Very Happy

was a great day! where time flew i dint realize only!

cheers!
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vivekman · Member Joined: 26 Dec 2006 Posts: 1897 Location: BOM

Great going guys! Those are some really neat pics! Keep it up... Smile

- Vivek

Aiel · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 927 Location: Bangalore

Lovely pics. Nice to see a couple of A300s still flying around.
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aarbee · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 328 Location: WAS/AMD

Nitin,

Excellent pics. Great job.

I really want to see A340-600 take off one day. With it's size it almost looks impossible.

Do PIA's fly 747's into BOM? That's surprising.

What routes are the A-300 still flying with IC. Maybe next time I come to India, I should just take A-300 run on IC just for the heck of it. (Never been on one, and I missed being on L1011)

BEST BACKDROP -
UPS freighter taking off (on runway). The skyscrapers on the back look cool. May be 10 yrs. down the line BOM will be the new Kai Tak. Laughing

AKLDELNonstop · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 1066 Location: Auckland

Awesome pics...esp the VS346 taking off, I love the 346s they are so huge.
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himmat01 · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 1392 Location: DEL

Hey Nitin,

I liked the IC A300 picture. Your pics make BOM better than what it actually is especially with the Hiranandani Complex sky scrapers in the back ground.
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Birendra · Member Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 1411

Nice pictures.

The backdrop makes me proud of my city.

Thanks to you for sharing.

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Prajay · Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:23 pm Post subject:

Hey Nitin,

Great photos.

For the fact I caught the same PIA 747-300 AP-BFW at DEL on 17 Feb

There is a once weekly A300 IC: MMA - BOM

Flew this bird last year

Very Happy

Prajay

deaphen · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 933 Location: India

Thanks gusy for the comments.... prajay... thats is insane that it was in DEL on the 17th... she is quite a beautiful old bird. And plus those colours really do make her very attractive.

I have spotted at DEL for a long time and rarely do you come across interesting traffic... however, i loved BOM, there is always something interesting going on there. You can never get bored.

As for the VS 346, both Saurabh and i were totally purplexed when we saw two virgin tails at BOM, then we argued about whether it was a 343 or 346, but ofcourse, saurabh was correct once again! Plus we called up VS to check and they told us tha the previous days fligth had been cancelled and hence they had the 346 on that route.

Interesting fact is that the next day i was flying back to DEL and the 346 landed on 14 right in front of us.. it was such a magnificent sight this huge magestic bird just gliding down and crashing onto the ground! Just beautiful we got some videos of the VS 346 taking off which i shall upload soon.

I cant wait to go spotting with you vivek.. its always good to get new angles into your shots... so maybe the next time im in BOM we could head out. Vishal too has a great spot of spotting.

All hale to BOM!

regards
nitin

VABBy · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 823 Location: DEL

Beautifull pics Nitin and amazing pic Prajay. Looking fwd to more pics from u 2. Yeah B743 is used on DEL-KHI route operated by PIA while DEL-LHE is 737
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HAWK21M · Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:12 pm Post subject:

Amazing Pics.Wheres your Photograpy point exactly.
regds
MEL
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vivekman · Member Joined: 26 Dec 2006 Posts: 1897 Location: BOM

Sure Nitin! Lemme know when you're in BOM next.