Peter Howlett

A visit to CWL/EGFF this morning to see a pretty rare type - globally only 32 active frames - ADAC Dornier 328 Jet D-BADC. Fantastic sight and sound and well worth the visit and now the third 328 Jet frame I've seen.

A little distant but managed a half decent shot of RCH1816 C5M 86-0012 at FL350 just to the south of Cardiff

Emirates B777 A6-EQE overhead Cardiff at FL350 MIA-DXB around midday today

Possibly a bit tight for me, personally usually like giving the subject a bit of room to move into the frame

Twin engined jet against clear blue sky. The jet has a two-tone blue paint scheme on the fuselage and engines - a dark blue and greyish blue) and the wings are white

KlasJet B737 LY-CHF overhead my house at 3500' on approach to CWL earlier this afternoon #avgeeks #planespotting #aviation

Seriously cool photo

RAF A400 ZM420 TRUSK62 catching the rising sun as it returned to BZZ overhead Cardiff at FL100 early this morning. It had been carrying out beach landings at Pembrey overnight

Don't often see RAF Typhoons overhead Cardiff, so nice to get XK364 RIGID011 and ZJ949 RIGID012 heading south on exercise this morning at FL350

Don't know but none of the big US airlines has the reg on the underside of the wing

NetJet's Global 6000 N164QS descending through FL220 overhead Cardiff TEB-NHT and catching the rays of the setting sun #planespotting #aviation #avgeek

No, 150-600mm, the aircraft was at 3000', almost had to zoom out as it passed overhead

Absolutely, delighted if you did

Yeah, guessed you were going to have to hold over here as you were so early. Any time here or quick taxi to LHR for the flight home?

A twin-engined jet banking against clear blue sky

A twin-engined jet banking against clear blue sky

A twin-engined jet directly overhead the photographer at low level against blue sky

Welcome to Wales @stevenomadic.bsky.social must have had a great view as you came in this morning. Any particular reason for the little twizzle at 19000' over Abbeville? A few shots of you turning on to final approach to DGX overhead Cardiff Bay

Got to go all the way back to August 2019 when I last saw an Etihad A380 overhead Cardiff Bay. Thank goodness it was early morning, the air was reasonably clear:
A6-APG AUH-JFK FL340
#aviation #planespotting #avgeek

A sleek business jet against clear blue skies

A sleek business jet against clear blue skies

G650ER M-BIZZ looking rather gorgeous against the blue sky overhead my house at 7500' on its approach to CWL from DUB this morning

A grey military transport aircraft against blue sky, it has 4 turboprop engines, the photographer has blurred the propellors so the discs catch the late afternoon sun

RAF A400M ZM405 returned late afternoon for another couple of approaches at DGX. I missed the first but it lines up nicely 2nd time around heading towards the setting sun #aviation #aviationphotography #militaryaviation

A grey military transport plane with 4 turboprop engines flies over the photographer against some lovely blue sky

A grey military transport plane with 4 turboprop engines flies over the photographer against some lovely blue sky

A grey military transport plane with 4 turboprop engines flies over the photographer against some lovely blue sky

It flew over my house yesterday a couple of times when it was in low cloud, so lovely to catch RAF A400M ZM405 'PALMTREE 46' overhead my house in blue sky today at about 3000' BZZ-DGX on a training flight #aviation #aviationphotography

Definitely not Least but could be Semipalmated, though think the bill is too long for Semi

It's a Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) isn't it? Least have yellowish legs

A white twin-engined turboprop airplane with high wings and floats for landing on water sits on the ground at Cardiff airport. Engines are started and a slow shutter speed has rendered the propellors as transparent discs

A white twin-engined turboprop airplane with high wings and floats for landing on water sits on the ground at Cardiff airport.

A white twin-engined turboprop airplane with high wings and floats for landing is just getting into the air on takeoff

A slightly incongruous visitor to Cardiff airport (arrived on the 7th) here departing for PMI on the next leg of its delivery flight to Indonesia! #aviation #aviationphotography #planespotting

A grey twin-engined passenger jet against grey skies, set off by red engine cowls and a red tail

A grey twin-engined passenger jet against grey skies, set off by red engine cowls and a red tail

And there we are Jet2's last B757 overhead my house at 4000' on its final flight MAN-DGX just after midday. Shame about the grey skies but thought I was going to miss out as the wind's from east

My mistake there were still 2 to come after G-LSAE's flight into DGX last week. Today G-LSAK bade farewell with its final flight from MAN-DGX, caught here at 4000' overhead Cardiff Bay just lining up for final approach. G-LSAI should follow mid-week

A twin-engined business jet overhead against blue sky, the underside is a very dark blue with the word Culchie written along the fuselage

A twin-engined business jet overhead against blue sky, the underside is a very dark blue with the word Culchie written along the fuselage

A few times a year my house happens to be in just the right place to catch aircraft coming into Cardiff Airport from North America. This afternoon it was the rather lovely Gulfstream G650ER N2425J #aviation #aviationphotography #planespotting #bizjet

A twin-engined jet against blue sky

A twin-engined jet against blue sky

Another 757 bites the dust, Jet2's G-LSAE on its final flight MAN-DGX, passing over Cardiff Bay at 3000'. G-LSAE and G-LSAI were the last ones in commercial passenger service in the UK. The latter should come into DGX over the next few days. #aviation #aviationphotography #planespotting

A 4-engined USAF transport jet overhead with 4 contrails.

Taken about 20 minutes after sunset this evening at iso3200, the aircraft was still catching a bit of sun which seems to have resulted in some weird colours on it. Lockheed C5M 85-0003 RCH4025 overhead my house at FL370 #aviationphotography #aviation #planespotting

This is @stevenomadic.bsky.social overhead my house at about 3000' on approach to DGX. Rubbish photo by my standards but it was dark and iso 16000 only gave me 1/30 shutter speed, not ideal when handholding a 600mm lens

a CF18 - a Canadian Air force fighter - takes off at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in England. It is in special livery of dark blue and white with lightning bolts painted across the fuselage

Another CF18 again at RAF Fairford. This time pulling a tight turn with the afterburners lit. Jet is heading away from the photographer so you are looking down the tail pipes

In view of the Canadian CF18 team not displaying for the forseeable here are a couple of shots from RIAT - 1st in 2018 then 2024 #aviationphotography #aviation #airshows #planespotting

Thanks, ex-Virgin Atlantic G-VWEB, they didn't bother changing anything

An A340 - a four-engined jet passes low over the photographer. The white fuselage, red engine covers and red tail contrasting against a bright blue sky

Some lovely evening light catching European Cargo's A340-600 G-ECLN URC-CWL, over my house at 7000' today #aviationphotography #planespotting #aviation