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    CDG Spotting Break

    Hi,
    Made a pit stop spotting break at CDG on my recent visit to India. I was blessed with some great springtime weather.
    BTW, photography is prohibited at Paris airports and require permission from local law authorities. You will be checked out when spotting.
    Please make sure to contact Kerozen.org (excellent group) for the proper procedures.

    First sighting for me, and I like them looks of SA on 757....


    With Air France head quarters in the back...


    Shot at first good light of the day... tons of contrails


    Kuwaiti 300 heading for the south rwy departure,


    BA's 76 are regular visitor to CDG


    No need to wait for UN week...


    Jet2... looked more like Shamu from far


    OZ and KE always arrived at 17:30 back to back


    Another great color scheme


    Was not aware of this one...


    Finally caught AZ heading out of the gates to south runway,


    To be continued...

    Raj

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    Re: CDG Spotting Break

    wow @ Air Mauritius old colors, Balkan Holidays and Kuwait A300. I'm jealous! Great stuff!

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    Re: CDG Spotting Break

    Nice stuff!

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    Great stuff........
    It's hard to take chances but sometimes it's better if you do

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    Re: CDG Spotting Break

    Few more.... Saturday is Egyptian charter day!









    And the mainline...


    Few others...






    Cheers,
    Raj

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    Re: CDG Spotting Break

    Some more pics are nice to see, but since I must have missed the normal "thank you" somewhere, I'm just gonna say "your welcome!" :borat:

    Wonder how many spotting hours it takes to get these many airlines at CDG, also wonder if a Tupolev 204 has ever come to the US...

    Btw that's actually the first A320 for Strategic (as strategically boring as that paintscheme might be) is still a new catch. Must have been on delivery or a test flight, still on French register.

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    Re: CDG Spotting Break

    Hi !
    Great Shot :)
    Why you don't tell me that you come at Paris ??
    Good day

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    Re: CDG Spotting Break

    Quote Originally Posted by Mayi757
    Some more pics are nice to see, but since I must have missed the normal "thank you" somewhere, I'm just gonna say "your welcome!" :borat:

    Wonder how many spotting hours it takes to get these many airlines at CDG, also wonder if a Tupolev 204 has ever come to the US...

    Btw that's actually the first A320 for Strategic (as strategically boring as that paintscheme might be) is still a new catch. Must have been on delivery or a test flight, still on French register.
    Thanks! I was there for 4 days and had sun just bout 8 hours a day. Actually I skipped the runway action and stayed in the 'middle' and in process did miss out quite a few other stuff that included the night traffic.

    Quote Originally Posted by Cartman
    Hi !
    Great Shot :)
    Why you don't tell me that you come at Paris ??
    Good day
    I changed plan last minute and ended up at LFPG (most of my stay was visiting Dad in India). And did not have any net / phone to contact while my stay. However did run into few nice spotters and one AF Cabin crew even treated me with the lunch at the AF headquater.

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    Re: CDG Spotting Break

    Swet shots, hate it though when airports are nazis about spotting.
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    Re: CDG Spotting Break

    Quote Originally Posted by seahawks7757
    Swet shots, hate it though when airports are nazis about spotting.
    Yes but at least they allow you to get pretty close to the planes once the give you permission or whatever it is they do.

    Here at MCO the head of airport security had the grandiose idea of closing off the parking area under the approach and then put No Parking signs everywhere even in remote places. Nobody has been able to even watch planes since then.

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    Re: CDG Spotting Break

    Nice shots man....really like the KU and french air force.

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