IAD 7/31 - Hunting Qatar

[tipek]

Today was my second attempt to catch Qatar Airways A340-600 at IAD. I finally got it in nice weather. Below couple of shots from today:

http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/qatardwa31.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/klmbqp.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/nw940nciad.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/lhclimb.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/ibclimb.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/ua777n218sa.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/afqta340.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/seaclimb.jpg

Take care,
Rafal

[PhilDernerJr]

Nice grab on the Qatar. I'll be going there this weekend.

All the toehr shots are nice, too. I love the bank on the Iberia.

[cancidas]

i love the IB 340 banking with the gear coming up!

[SoPictureThis]

FINALLY some recent pix from IAD! I've been checking jp and anet a bit lately and nobody is doing IAD justice! God, sometimes I miss going to school in D.C...Perhaps it's time for me to come over and get in on some of this nice, new Dulles action :P

Great work Rafal, and I'm sorry to hear you're no longer interested in uploading to a.net, but from hangin' out with you I know your thoughts behind your actions. Keep 'em coming, even if they're no longer sent to a.net :wink:

Catch an OS 772 dep for me some time! :D

- jMay

[AirtrafficController]

Those are beautiful shots. Star Alliance should have a 10 year celebration :D

[njgtr82]

Great stuff Rafal, I wish EWR had the A340 instead of the A330 from Qatar. So for now I'll just hope for an upgrade eventually.

[mirrodie]

jaw dropped when I saw the Iberia! NICE

[Iberia A340-600]

Absolutely great IAD shots, some of the best I have seen!

Congrats on catching the Qatar and what an awesome Iberia bank shot!

[MarkLawrence]

Great shots Rafal. Out of interest - what times do the SA planes arrive and depart? Do you get hte SA Star Alliance A346 there much?

[PHL Approach]

Those are beautiful shots. Star Alliance should have a 10 year celebration :D

They are having one, it's in Beijing I believe in December.

[Mateo]

The Springbok arrives early in the morning, sits all day, and departs in the latter half of the 1700 hour. Star Alliance (SNC) comes around, well, about 1 out of 9 :>

[Gus]

That Iberia shot is bad to the bone. Congrats.

[tipek]

For some reason, Iberia A340's are always banking like that.
I'm adding two hotties from today at IAD.
RAF L1011
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/rafl1011iazd948.jpg
and Compass EMB-175
http://home.comcast.net/~tipek/comdotcom.jpg

Rafal

[nwafan20]

WOW! Nice catch on my baby, the Compass E175!