sgbotl Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Hi guys,Anyone here into plane spotting or aviation photography? or flight simulator or even aeroplanes in general? Ocassionally I go to changi beach/changi business park (strictly for planes and I leave before the sun sets!) to take photos of planes so i was wondering if there were any others in the AJ community who have the same interests.It would be nice to make some friends with similar interests so we can go spotting together or something. Maybe, if there are sufficient numbers, we can even form an AJ aviation enthusiast group. Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Me, me! Military aviation nut here, been following jets since I was a kid and have 5 shelves of model planes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgbotl Posted October 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Me, me! Military aviation nut here, been following jets since I was a kid and have 5 shelves of model planes. cool! I collect models too. haha. my collection is not as vast as yours tho. only 3 shelves and they're all commercial mind registering an account so we can chat thru PM ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric6363 Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Me too! Me too!Have a display cabinet of SQ, TG, Swiss, Star Alliance, Boeing and Airbus model planes. Sometimes we go to the side of the runway via the small road next to Changi Prison to look at planes. The police would try to chase us away, but we just stand on the bridge above the canal and they can't do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeowPrince Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Used to be crazy about aircraft that I'd find ways to go for the Sg Airshow (and AA before that) on first day trade pass. Nowadays more watered down. Every now and then I'd shoot a couple of shots when conveniently at airport, or shoot another collector friend's collection of models.one of the B747 models shot for my friendan Aegean Avro on the tarmac Instagram @the_meowprince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cye101 Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 cool! I collect models too. haha. my collection is not as vast as yours tho. only 3 shelves and they're all commercial mind registering an account so we can chat thru PM ? Already have an account here actually lol, this is it. I usually post as a guest unless there is a need to sign in. Since we're posting pictures, here is my newest model completed a short while ago, a 1/72 F-15E. Quite amateurish when compared to the pros though, I'm not a hardcore modeller lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeowPrince Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Oooo love the Eagle....Here's a local AH64 taken last year Instagram @the_meowprince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungker Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Nice thread.Did my NS in the RSAF back in the late 70's and when ROD (we called it ROD, u boys call it ORD now) joined SIA.Love planes too but never really too deep. Kept up with the news of development of military aircrafts when I was younger and commercial airplanes when I got older.Pic of my favourite plane, Super Guppy. How it get airborne, I really don't know. Hmmm...maybe now I know why I also like Belugas and Santa Claus. http://www.air-and-space.com/19821023%20Edwards/82524%20B-377-SG%20Super%20Guppy%20N940NA%20NASA%20right%20side%20l.jpghttp://www.air-and-space.com/guppies/821016al.jpg Please play safely! Use a condom if you are having anal sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeowPrince Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Did this in 08 for my friend And an old old F15 pic taken during my first AA Instagram @the_meowprince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgbotl Posted October 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Already have an account here actually lol, this is it. I usually post as a guest unless there is a need to sign in. Since we're posting pictures, here is my newest model completed a short while ago, a 1/72 F-15E. Quite amateurish when compared to the pros though, I'm not a hardcore modeller lol whoa that looks pretty impressive! haha. my models are of the lazy man kind. all die cast one shall post a few pics when i find the time to take them.Nice thread. Did my NS in the RSAF back in the late 70's and when ROD (we called it ROD, u boys call it ORD now) joined SIA. Love planes too but never really too deep. Kept up with the news of development of military aircrafts when I was younger and commercial airplanes when I got older. Pic of my favourite plane, Super Guppy. How it get airborne, I really don't know. Hmmm...maybe now I know why I also like Belugas and Santa Claus. http://www.air-and-space.com/19821023%20Edwards/82524%20B-377-SG%20Super%20Guppy%20N940NA%20NASA%20right%20side%20l.jpg http://www.air-and-space.com/guppies/821016al.jpgare u a pilot? 744f freight dog? i dont quite fancy the beluga/supper guppy. i tink the dreamlifter is the nicest among all the outsize cargo planes.I like the Lockheed L-1011 Tristar Did this in 08 for my friend And an old old F15 pic taken during my first AA nice pics u got there. the models ones are so good u can try passing them off as photos of real aircraft and submit to some online sites. haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeowPrince Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 a life-size mock-up of the Typhoonpost more another time, gotta zzzzz, busy day tmw. good night all! Instagram @the_meowprince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benice Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Ya collect model commercial planes too.. Mainly from herpa! Like to take them out once in a while to admire.. The workmanship on them is soo amazing. Got a really cute crossair McDonald's livery plane! Maybe I'll post a pic sometime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeowPrince Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 a Dassault Mirage2000 before I leave for site visit....@Sgbotl - I'll go dig from my archives, I should still have most of the shots of that SQ collection, including Concorde and old planes like 707. Instagram @the_meowprince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet78 Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Me too. Interested in both commercial and military aviation, and also interested in military pilots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgbotl Posted October 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 (edited) Ya collect model commercial planes too.. Mainly from herpa! Like to take them out once in a while to admire.. The workmanship on them is soo amazing. Got a really cute crossair McDonald's livery plane! Maybe I'll post a pic sometime!haha crossair! nice. it's the md-80 right? too bad they're no longer around..Me too. Interested in both commercial and military aviation, and also interested in military pilots.hehehe... ikr.. used to go to air force school for lunch during ns...a Dassault Mirage2000 before I leave for site visit.... @Sgbotl - I'll go dig from my archives, I should still have most of the shots of that SQ collection, including Concorde and old planes like 707.wow! sq concorde and 707s? i'm certinaly looking forward to those! do you have 757 ones too? thanks for going thru the trouble of digging them up Edited October 20, 2011 by sgbotl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeowPrince Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 (edited) F16F15ahem.... it is still around!!! SQ 757-200 have. Beluga also have somewhere..... Edited October 20, 2011 by MeowPrince Instagram @the_meowprince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MobyDick Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 I'm more interested in the cockpit where the cock activities take place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChangiV Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 I work in the Aerospace Industry. I see a lot of planes, military and commercial. I love planes a lot I live in Changi Village, and I see planes every and still love itHit me up if anyone is going there for plane spotting Life's a bitch, deal with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benice Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 (edited) ahem.... it is still around!!! SQ 757-200 have. Beluga also have somewhere.....ahh! yes! This is exactly it - you have one too MeowPrince?For the collectors out there, what's your plane model size preference? Prefer 1:500 personally!The other one that I like is the Thai Airways Royal Barge Suphannahong planes: Edited October 20, 2011 by benice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Hi guys, Anyone here into plane spotting or aviation photography? or flight simulator or even aeroplanes in general? Ocassionally I go to changi beach/changi business park (strictly for planes and I leave before the sun sets!) to take photos of planes so i was wondering if there were any others in the AJ community who have the same interests. It would be nice to make some friends with similar interests so we can go spotting together or something. Maybe, if there are sufficient numbers, we can even form an AJ aviation enthusiast group. Anyone? Weird, i do exactly the same things and go the same places to spot planes.BTW, any other even better places to spot those big birds? Really love them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest v.g.p. Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Hey boys, saw this thread rather late... I'm into aviation too, the flying part... I do basic commercial plane recognition only, would b glad to learn from u guys.Lungker, i would like to know u if u don't mind knowing ppl from the same company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeowPrince Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 (edited) @benice - nope I do not own any. I shot them for collector friends, who also asked me to layout some of those spec sheets that I post here (like the one below) for them. Do think I've pics of the TG plane though. Have Qantas, JAL, UA, and several others, including a Seaworld plane and a Simpsons plane iirc. something from the MSA era...I'd normal prefer to spot and/or shoot in clearly "safe" locales like within an airport's view gallery. Hence much of my real plane shots are from overseas, or from above. Otherwise, it'd be my older pics on the tarmac taken during air shows. Since NS I'd always been interested in military weapons and stuff, the commercial side came halfway thru uni. But its just embers of interest now, more into the photography of it instead.oh, here's the Concorde.... Edited October 20, 2011 by MeowPrince Instagram @the_meowprince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benice Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 @meowprince: ah, icic cool! Awesome stuff on the spec sheets.. Isn't Concorde just something else?Anyway, something for you guys to enjoy if you haven't already seen it.. Spent so many hours just watching videos about it:http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Qz4NcTnQedoCheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeowPrince Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 (edited) my earliest studio shot of plane models (yeah, I know the A380 isn't that old....)and the Simpsons! Edited October 20, 2011 by MeowPrince Instagram @the_meowprince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cye101 Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Oh noes, seems like almost everyone here is into commercial planes instead of military ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopoo78 Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Hey boys, saw this thread rather late... I'm into aviation too, the flying part... I do basic commercial plane recognition only, would b glad to learn from u guys.Lungker, i would like to know u if u don't mind knowing ppl from the same company.Hi , so r u from SIA too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungker Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Hey boys, saw this thread rather late...I'm into aviation too, the flying part...I do basic commercial plane recognition only, would b glad to learn from u guys.Lungker, i would like to know u if u don't mind knowing ppl from the same company.Sorry, I left SIA December 1982 to further my studies in the States. Still had many straight friends there and in the aviation industry.Good company to work for - an iron rice bowl but the pay is below industry standards.Cheers. Please play safely! Use a condom if you are having anal sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest V.g.p. Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Hi , so r u from SIA too?Yea, u r in sq?Sorry, I left SIA December 1982 to further my studies in the States. Still had many straight friends there and in the aviation industry.Good company to work for - an iron rice bowl but the pay is below industry standards.Cheers.1982! Wow, tht was before I was born.... U still in aviation industry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeowPrince Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 (edited) Oh noes, seems like almost everyone here is into commercial planes instead of military ones. got military planes lah...and here is one of the Beluga...and a military plane, the B1 Edited October 21, 2011 by MeowPrince Instagram @the_meowprince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungker Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 1982! Wow, tht was before I was born....Anyone want to help me answer this? I need another cigarette.... :hat: Marineboy and caltan14 2 Please play safely! Use a condom if you are having anal sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloo Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 (edited) we all love aeroplanes... big ones little ones, fast ones, fat ones, sleek ones, ones that carry huge loads, ones that are single seat, propeller planes, jet planes, gliders and sea planes... very phallic thing... plane... especially we get to wash the aeroplane head...Lungker, LONG TIME NO SEE..... still smokin' I see... and golfing? we should really do another round sometime... cheep one as always... I'm poor... . and 19th hole optional and all that hahaha...Been building planes on Airfix, Tamiya, and Morgan 1/72 and 1/48 scale models since Secondary School days... unfortunately lots get ... lost when mother gave them away to kids as 'toys' arrrgh.... Love reading and looking at them yes... bot lots of illustated books too... not to keen on 'shooting' them as they are on the ground when that happens (boring) and i don't have the kind of ZOOM/Telephoto length required for film shooting in my time...now of course can lor... digital 20 megapixels on 200x digital zoom also can... love them all... from the Sopwith Pup to the Fokker Tri-plane to the Spads all the way to the F22s and everything in between heh heh... Edited October 21, 2011 by Baloo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest V.g.p. Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Anyone want to help me answer this? I need another cigarette.... :hat:Sorry Lungker, I didn't mean that.... Just amazed by ur experience in the industry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest V.g.p. Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Anyone want to help me answer this? I need another cigarette.... :hat:Sorry Lungker, I didn't mean that.... Just amazed by ur experience in the industry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungker Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 You must be real sorry to post it twice. No problem young man...I will be 53 later this year.I left the industry after I left for the States. Only dealing I have with the industry now is the friends I had from SIA from years back. They are spread all over the industry and some of them left SIA and are in senior positions in CAAS. BTW, they are all straights.Be happy. Please play safely! Use a condom if you are having anal sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgbotl Posted October 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 You must be real sorry to post it twice. No problem young man...I will be 53 later this year. I left the industry after I left for the States. Only dealing I have with the industry now is the friends I had from SIA from years back. They are spread all over the industry and some of them left SIA and are in senior positions in CAAS. BTW, they are all straights. Be happy.whoa.. i'm sure you have a lot of stories from SIA to tell. do share Weird, i do exactly the same things and go the same places to spot planes. BTW, any other even better places to spot those big birds? Really love them!You can try changi coast road. The road that parallels the runway. Great view but don't stand too close to the fence or the polcie will come!I work in the Aerospace Industry. I see a lot of planes, military and commercial. I love planes a lot I live in Changi Village, and I see planes every and still love it Hit me up if anyone is going there for plane spottingYou live at Changi Village?I'm jealous! haha. Lucky you. It's like aeroplane heaven there. Don't have to step out of your house to spot Me too! Me too! Have a display cabinet of SQ, TG, Swiss, Star Alliance, Boeing and Airbus model planes. Sometimes we go to the side of the runway via the small road next to Changi Prison to look at planes. The police would try to chase us away, but we just stand on the bridge above the canal and they can't do anything.Sounds like a good place to spot! could you point it out on the map?Oh noes, seems like almost everyone here is into commercial planes instead of military ones. that probbaly has something to do with the stereotype of AJs being more feminine? haha.. i dunno. for myself, i used to like military jets but started to prefer commercial as i grew up.. i still keep up with military aviation here and there tho..my earliest studio shot of plane models (yeah, I know the A380 isn't that old....) and the Simpsons! Nice! i like the simpsons plane! western pacific had the most interesting liveries among american airlines (and so did america west, but both of them are gone now )Here's my collection of model aircraft..and lastly, the airplane graveyard... benice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benice Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 @sgbotl: nice collection! I like the retro continental and ba Concorde especially!! Haha, I feel like a big kid again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Anyone want to help me answer this? I need another cigarette.... :hat:And a strong whisky...Those youngsters are so direct sometimes...But I thought that in Asian societies, respect to the elders was a solid value? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marineboy Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 (edited) Hello allI have interest in aviation too....was in engineering...rsaf trainee....looong time ago :smokin: better smoke a ciggy first and join hmm Lunker It will be nice know more people with the same interest.Anything that flies is intersting isn't it....even PIGs :oops:I miss my airforce uniform and the flying suit as they call it back then. Wasted should have kept a set for mermories :smokin:sgbotl.....the rainbow plane of SQ....should be a collectors item....I wished i had it....or bot it when i had the chance. Edited October 22, 2011 by Marineboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Ah.. I spotted the tropical livery.... the doomed SQ006 Sad sad day.Anyone ever been to Princess Juliana International Airport? Or rather, the beach besides it...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeowPrince Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 (edited) @sgbotl - Wow, that is one big collection. Too bad my pics are all solo birds. Must slowly retrieve from the archived drives to post. I'll definitely go dig out those colorful liveries. Have a pretty complete collection of SQs as well, though just short of the A330-300.Anyway, here is another Beluga...and an ATR-72 taken a couple of years back... Edited October 21, 2011 by MeowPrince Instagram @the_meowprince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungker Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 And a strong whisky...Those youngsters are so direct sometimes...But I thought that in Asian societies, respect to the elders was a solid value? No lah, he wasn't being rude at all.My fault. I just realised how old I am compared to most readers here. However you are right, a couple of Johnny Black on the rocks might get me feeling young and randy again.... Please play safely! Use a condom if you are having anal sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 No lah, he wasn't being rude at all.My fault. I just realised how old I am compared to most readers here. However you are right, a couple of Johnny Black on the rocks might get me feeling young and randy again.... I was (partly) kidding; I had not seen the clever answer he found. Better be considered "experienced" than "old". When I told a youger British colleague that I was about to take an"old man job", he politely replied: "No, a wise man job"...Anyway, if you come to Paris, I buy you a Chivas, Glenfiddich, or Yamazaki (yes! Japanese produce splendid whiskies!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest V.g.p Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Hi Lungker and Phil, Pardon my insensitivity when selecting words. Drinks on me if we have the chance to meet in the future.Well, my friends ranging from 18yo to 70+yo, and myself in late twenties, consider the older category too in grindr. Lol.The point is, I really don't see ppl elder than me as old. I will be there too within a few blinks. I like to listen to stories of ppl from all walks of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marineboy Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Hey boys, saw this thread rather late...I'm into aviation too, the flying part...I do basic commercial plane recognition only, would b glad to learn from u guys.Lungker, i would like to know u if u don't mind knowing ppl from the same company.V G P...you not member of BW? so cannot send you PM.So VPG.....very g** pilot? v good pilot? v gungho person? hahahaha just kidding hor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marineboy Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 I was (partly) kidding; I had not seen the clever answer he found. Better be considered "experienced" than "old". When I told a youger British colleague that I was about to take an"old man job", he politely replied: "No, a wise man job"...Anyway, if you come to Paris, I buy you a Chivas, Glenfiddich, or Yamazaki (yes! Japanese produce splendid whiskies!).BonJour....do the rest of us get the same offer should we end up in Paris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faberC Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 V G P...you not member of BW? so cannot send you PM.So VPG.....very g** pilot? v good pilot? v gungho person? hahahaha just kidding hor Leave it to ur imagination... Lol...I just registered an Acc. I'm v.g.p.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Slayer Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 I just came back from changi business park moments ago from a session of spotting. A friend of mine who's a BW lurker alerted me to this thread.An avid aviation photographer here with very questionable skills but it don't stop me from trying. Used to do spotting trip overseas and my fav airport would be HKG followed by SYD. Back when BKK was still Don Mueang, I loved it but these days Suvarnabhumi is shits for a plane spotter. Here's a loud holler to all out thereSlayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Hi Lungker and Phil,Pardon my insensitivity when selecting words. Drinks on me if we have the chance to meet in the future.Well, my friends ranging from 18yo to 70+yo, and myself in late twenties, consider the older category too in grindr. Lol.The point is, I really don't see ppl elder than me as old. I will be there too within a few blinks. I like to listen to stories of ppl from all walks of life.Don't worry, I appreciate your polite and clever answer... And if we meet, I'll buy the drinks, as being probably the oldest (ooops, sorry, "most experienced"... ).We'll also be able to talk about aviation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 BonJour....do the rest of us get the same offer should we end up in Paris? Bonjour MarineboyYes, of course! Just PM me before arriving. faberC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avalux200 Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 ME ME three! HAHA! (:I grew up loving planes...since maybe I was about 10 and rode on my first plane ride. Sadly I do not have enough moolah to get aas many plane collections as some of you guys here do! :/I always get these chills every single time I see a plane roar into the sky. I use to remember spenind gmy weekends at the old T1 viewing gallery taking down these planes and their registration numbers...my mom thought I was abit obsessed then HAHA!andddd everytime I fly I always get the same thrill I got when I was 10 and first rode a plane Marineboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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