Some White, Some Green, but Mostly Blue | Early Morning Spotting at Amsterdam Schiphol (Part One)

Welcome!


It’s been a while since I created a topic here, excuse my rustiness!

A while back, I moved house so I was pretty busy for a couple of weeks. After those couple of weeks passed, I left for Amsterdam Schiphol at 8am, which may not be as “early morning” for some of you mad spotters, but in my books it is:)

As I pulled into the spotting area, there were no cars to be seen. Nobody. I knew something was wrong. I thought to myself: probably just because it’s a little early. Luckily I was right, and there weren’t any problems.

I made my way up runway 18R, or the Polderbaan, whilst taking pictures on the way of the widebodies arriving from all over the globe.


Camera equipment was my Canon Eos 350d with a Tamron 70-300mm lens. Hoping to get a new camera body for Christmas to replace that old antique.
All pictures were taken on October 25th, 2020.


Enjoy!


Kicking off today’s topic is an Air China Cargo Boeing 777 freighter on rollout after a 10h37m journey from Chongqing, China.

Flight Details

Aircraft: Boeing 777-FFT
Airline: Air China Cargo
Registration: B-2093
Serial number: 44684
Flight number: CA1037
Age: 5 years, June 2015


A while after comes Cargolux flight 7156 from Nairobi.

Flight Details

Aircraft: Boeing 747-4R7(F)
Airline: Cargolux Italia
Registration: LX-TCV
Serial number: 30401
Flight number: CV7156
Age: 18 years, August 2002


Next up is a KLM Boeing 787 after a six-hour flight from New York John F Kennedy airport.

Flight Details

Aircraft: Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner
Airline: KLM
Registration: PH-BKD
Serial number: 42492
Flight number: KL644
Age: 1 year, November 2019


Now here is an Aer Lingus A320 for the EIVA boys :^)

Flight Details

Aircraft: Airbus A320-214
Airline: Aer Lingus
Registration: EI-DVI
Serial number: 3501
Flight number: EI602
Age: 12 years, May 2008


Minutes later a KLM Airbus A332 touches down on the Polderbaan after a 9 hour flight from Sunny Aruba, a Dutch colony in the Carribean.

Flight Details

Aircraft: Airbus A330-203
Airline: KLM
Registration: PH-AOA
Serial number: 0683
Flight number: KL771
Age: 15 years, August 2005


Now, for one of my personal favourites, here is KLM flight KL598 from Cape Town, an 11 hour flight from the legislative South African capital.

Flight Details

Aircraft: Boeing 777-206(ER)
Airline: KLM
Registration: PH-BQB
Serial number: 33712
Flight number: KL586
Age: 17 years, October 2003


Because the liveries I have had so far are just too generic, Atlas Air decided to send the most stunning livery on the planet, take it all in!

Flight Details

Aircraft: Boeing 767-324(ER)(BCF)
Airline: Atlas Air
Registration: N663GT
Serial number: 27568
Flight number: 5Y8014
Age: 25 years, September 1995


More KLM

Flight Details

Aircraft: Boeing 777-306(ER)
Airline: KLM
Registration: PH-BVP
Serial number: 44555
Flight number: KL736
Age: 4 years, February 2016


Next up is Lufthansa flight 2302 operated by Lufthansa CityLine from Munich.

Flight Details

Aircraft: Mitsubishi CRJ-900LR
Airline: Lufthansa CityLine
Registration: D-ACNX
Serial number: 15270
Flight number: LH2303
Age: 9 years, June 2011


And last but not least, here is Air Arabia flight 127F from Tangier, Morocco

Flight Details

Aircraft: Airbus A32-214
Airline: Air Arabia
Registration: CN-NMH
Serial number: 5143
Flight number: LH2303
Age: 8 years, may 2012


That wraps up part one of this spotting session. I really hoped you enjoyed, feel free to let me know what you think of the pictures.
Part two will be available whenever I have time to make a topic. When I do, I’ll link it here.

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For more shots on each plane in this topic, check out my Instagram where I post weekly:
https://www.instagram.com/rian_aviation/


Have a great day or night wherever you are!
Rian O’Shea

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Beautiful shots man!

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Thank you!

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Amazing pictures! I think if you could brighten some of those they’d be so much more amazing!

Keep up the great work!

This livery is just 😍

Nice pictures as always, Rian!

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Absolute sexbomb of a topic 😍

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Thank you! Trust me, I already brightened them a lot. Really had the shutter speed too high this session lol.


Thanks Saharsh! Yes I still just can’t get over that livery.


Thanks:)

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Nice liveries in some of these pictures.

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Thanks Ryan. Doesn’t the 767 livery look stunning?

Very nice and colourful!

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Great shots!

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Very nice shots, love all the information in the drop boxes as well!

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Thank you!


Thanks a lot, glad you noticed them haha.

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Woww! Really great pictures Rian!! Keep up the great work bud:)

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Thanks a lot Sharan!

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Absolutely unreal photos Rian. The Atlas Air 767 is my favourite but gotta love a good old Aer Lingus. Beautiful, keep it up

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For real? I was 3 days later on the same spot!🤣🤣🤣 nice pictures btw buddy!

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Thanks a lot Luke!


Small world haha
Hope you enjoyed your session:)

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