What Planes/Airlines/Schemes Are You Dying To Get Pics Of?

[PhilDernerJr]

I love doing this topic every now and then.

In your local spotting adventures, what are the specific new airlines, aircraft, or special schemes that you've been hunting for?

(maybe share ones that are a part of normal traffic, and a little fantasy ones that would be a special visitor as well?)

[gonzalu]

Pratt and Whitney B747SP and any of the Iran Air SPs but that's just fantasy now...

[TriStatePlaneSpotting]

This one is tough but my top 10 needs right now are:
1. The Slovak TU-154M (OM-BYO)
2. The Belarus TU-154M
3. The Gambia IL-62
4. Rossiya Airlines IL-96
5. Congo 707
6. Sands Casino 747SP
7. Saudi Arabian 747SP
8. Volga-Dnepr IL-76 (since I botched it at PHL as it decided to rotate early!)
9. Polet Flight An-124 (haven't seen one of those buggers in 4 years!)
10. Any AN-2 Colt

Runner Up 1: Elan Express/Colorado Rockies 727-200
Runner Up 2: Burkina Faso 727-200
Runner Up 3: Sierra Pacific 737-200

[Aviation.High.Guy]

The silver Niki A320 with Fly and S7 neon green, in any type. Two are at top of my hit-list for Europe next summer. :tongue:

[Gintaras B.]

The silver Niki A320 with Fly and S7 neon green, in any type. Two are at top of my hit-list for Europe next summer. :tongue:

This one:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10451140_10201762440623337_2153780107840878843_n.j pg?oh=a47c4c27f77161aec9362b95258f6aa3&oe=550AFC24&__gda__=1426921793_75db8cc2f75e4f83c944c336b001d44 3

[MarkLawrence]

US Airways Heritage Schemes with American Titles
Any oneWorld American or British Airways
Southwest Heart One/Heart Two
Southwest Colorado One
Any Sands that make it back to FLL

[Aviation.High.Guy]

Yes Gintaras. I didnt know they had those colors on the A321. Is that shot from your trip last summer?

[sdspinelli2]

My number one is without of doubt A6-EHJ (Etihad F1)

I'd also love to catch the Sands, Frys, and pretty much any other 747sp still flying. I also would love to get some more 727's and hopefully the Congo 707 and Gambia IL-62 in flight.

[megatop412]

Type: any operational Lockheed Tristar I can get my lens focused on. Or an SP. I get those and I can retire(but I won't)

Carrier: Yangtze River Express. Love that livery. Surinam Airways, Air Mauritius, Air Bridge Cargo are a close second

[Landing Lights]

As I call it, my unicorn list:
~Any 747SP I can find.
~Ditto for a 707, though I'd particularly like to catch the Congo one in the air. (I have it on the ground)
~Any of the large Antonovs. I would quite possibly do something slightly crazy to catch the 225.
~An L-1011 would absolutely be icing on he cake for me. My all time favorite, its a shame that the only pics I have are in my head.

As for carriers, I'm thrilled to catch anything I haven't caught before. Thats part of the reason why I love UN Week so much.

[Mateo]

~Any of the large Antonovs. I would quite possibly do something slightly crazy to catch the 225.
The -124s are fairly regular visitors at Philadelphia, picking up helicopters made at the PNE Agusta factory and Chinooks made at the Boeing facility just to the south of PHL.

I saw the An-225 at Newark sometime in the 2006-2007 range (on a tip that I saw here, I think!). Has it been back to the Northeast since then?

[Gintaras B.]

Yes Gintaras. I didnt know they had those colors on the A321. Is that shot from your trip last summer?

Yes Don, I took this @ HER.


I'm kinda "greedy" and I want a lot....Atlas passenger, Atlas Panalpina's, Polar...etc...etc...Lots of Star Alliance, One World...

And this one Aeroflot - isn't it a beautiful scheme :

http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss35/gbmax/0_eea02_8a71bf3_XL.jpg (http://s559.photobucket.com/user/gbmax/media/0_eea02_8a71bf3_XL.jpg.html)

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And what(If...)???:

http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss35/gbmax/00015774.jpg (http://s559.photobucket.com/user/gbmax/media/00015774.jpg.html)

http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss35/gbmax/7526249_orig.jpg (http://s559.photobucket.com/user/gbmax/media/7526249_orig.jpg.html)

[skyteam18]

You sure know how to make me going into DayDream mode, Phil!

Hoping to get one day:
Etihad's A6-EHJ (formula 1) starting her engines after dark at Dulles.

Wish list: A retro piedmont liveried Dash-8
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Piedmont-Regional-(Henson/De-Havilland-Canada/0739591/&sid=78b9201b7cfafb7421f0b9234487575f

[Bangkok Airways]

A few weeks back I made a list like this for myself when I was bored, looking though pics at jetphotos in the cateogry special and came up with a list of around 100 Aircraft.
The list includes:
A6-EHJ: Hoping for it in January when Etihad brings an A346 to DUS instead of the normal A330.
A6-EYH missed it the last time
VP-BNT the Aeroflot Retro and a lot of other Aeroflot specials like the one two posts up. The ManU A321
VQ-BAS of Rossyia is way up on my wish list too.
A lot of Easyjet specials
The special LOT E-Jets
Vueling with "Linking Europe" A320S

and then there are a lot of jets which do not fly in europe or are rare around here so the chance for me are quite low to catch them:
ANZ All-Blacks, Hobbits...
Azul They have lots of specials
Jet Blue They have lot of nice stuff too :-)
I need all of the former US Airways Retros now flying for AA
Same for the tonnes of colorful Southwest birds
Continental Retro
Hongkok Trader
the whole Bangkok Airways fleet, which I love, but never been there :-(

And if you don't know them have a look all the specials Air China has, especially on the A320 and B737... I was not aware of those for a long time:
http://jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?aircraft=Airbus+A320&airline=Air+China&country=-2&photog=-2&category=6&year=-2&keywordrange=all&keywordlimiter=2&keywords=&sort=1&genre=1&size=-2&mainsearch=search&displaymode=1&display=15

http://jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?aircraft=Boeing+737&airline=Air+China&country=-2&photog=-2&category=6&year=-2&keywordrange=all&keywordlimiter=2&keywords=&sort=1&genre=1&size=-2&mainsearch=search&displaymode=1&display=15

And the list is getting longer...think about the relatively new Azul A330:redface:

[MSN007]

There is no end to the list every time I catch one and take it off of my list I will have two more coming in. Besides those fantasies I find my self struggling to catch The Spirit of Hong Kong. I refused to shoot it once thanks to really bad weather, took off 4L while I was fighting traffic and the third time which I thought was the time under clear blue sky, all of us were lined up on the mounds fired up, excited and ready to shoot, the sound from the engines came behind us. For the first time it became clear how I lost my hair and now what's left is turning to grey and I am only forty.

[SengaB]

Basically anything and everything that flying or driving will not help to achieve a successful outcome. The bane of my aviation existence and a nightmare that keeps haunting me.


Twelve years later and I still am getting screwed over the two below. So close so many times just to have them slip away.

T.17-2 T.17-3

Senga

[captmjk16]

I'd have to say damn near any 727-200 is on that list for me as far as airliners go, though I'd be geeked to shoot anything mentioned so far in this thread.

In fantasy land I'd love to get out west to catch an F-117 still in the air on the military side of things.

[cv880m]

1st post. Couldn't resist a list:

- Druk Air A319
- Japan Gov't 747-400
- Anything from Air Koryo
- Anything from Iraqi Airways
- Peach Air A320

HC

[Gintaras B.]

struggling to catch The Spirit of Hong Kong.....all of us were lined up on the mounds fired up, excited and ready to shoot, the sound from the engines came behind us.

Fasil, I wouldn't forget that day...You missed not only "Spirit Of Hong Kong" but Kallita with yellow DHL tail too(you remember?)...Spotting...sometimes is a mix of joy and frustration...And I caught finally "Spirit Of Hong Kong just a few months later...But you could consider yourself lucky because you got Etihad A340 F1...some here still waiting for that one....

[megatop412]

I am adding one more to my list, should it ever take to the skies again.

Tu-144, The "Charger"

[MSN007]

Fasil, I wouldn't forget that day...You missed not only "Spirit Of Hong Kong" but Kallita with yellow DHL tail too(you remember?)...Spotting...sometimes is a mix of joy and frustration...And I caught finally "Spirit Of Hong Kong just a few months later...But you could consider yourself lucky because you got Etihad A340 F1...some here still waiting for that one....

Gintaras how could I forget that day is tattooed in my brain not to be forgotten.

[Delta777LR]

I would love to catch any DC8s

[jerslice]

Anything Air Kroyo. I've seen lots of 747SPs but never gotten a good photo...I'd give a LOT to get an L1011.

[Landing Lights]

The -124s are fairly regular visitors at Philadelphia, picking up helicopters made at the PNE Agusta factory and Chinooks made at the Boeing facility just to the south of PHL.

They also visit BDL pretty regularly to pick up helicopters from Sikorsky.

[steve1840]

They also visit BDL pretty regularly to pick up helicopters from Sikorsky.

It's true.....got these two within 6 days of one another...

http://www.fursteditionphotography.com/Airplanes/Cargo-Aircraft/Antonov-An124-Ruslan/i-J6bJdZp/0/L/An124%20Ruslan-L.jpg (http://www.fursteditionphotography.com/Airplanes/Cargo-Aircraft/Antonov-An124-Ruslan/i-J6bJdZp/A)

http://www.fursteditionphotography.com/Airplanes/Cargo-Aircraft/Antonov-An124-Ruslan/i-ZNbDLkM/0/L/AntonovDesignBureau-An124-UR82008-KBDL-03202014-L.jpg (http://www.fursteditionphotography.com/Airplanes/Cargo-Aircraft/Antonov-An124-Ruslan/i-ZNbDLkM/A)

and then this one about a month after that...

http://www.fursteditionphotography.com/Airplanes/Cargo-Aircraft/Antonov-An124-Ruslan/i-LKBfdRD/0/L/ADB-An124-UR82072-KBDL-07022014-L.jpg (http://www.fursteditionphotography.com/Airplanes/Cargo-Aircraft/Antonov-An124-Ruslan/i-LKBfdRD/A)

[Zee71]

Can't say I have a list, but I've been after a few of the Alaska special schemes. During my trips to LAX I always hope to catch one or two that I haven't shot before. Otherwise, any unique visitor that pops into JFK or any of those rare species of birds that come in during the UNGA week!

One lady I've been after was the bronze Atlas. Last time I saw her at JFK was over two years, and I was fortunately to catch her this year departing off 22R.

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/Kennedy-JFK/i-LMWwhqV/0/L/Atlas_01_JFK_17Jul2014_22R_N322SG_80-400mm-L.jpg

[Fly]

WestJets Disney Magic Plane and the USAir Arizona Cardinals a319, because they are my favorite football team.

Edit: I was lucky enough to get Saudi's 747SP and Bahrains 747SP. What a cool looking airplane.

[Landing Lights]

1st post. Couldn't resist a list:

- Druk Air A319
- Japan Gov't 747-400
- Anything from Air Koryo
- Anything from Iraqi Airways
- Peach Air A320

HC

Welcome aboard! Given your list, You'll want to be around for UN Week next year. This year we had both Japan 744s and 2 Iraqi Airways planes.

[Bangkok Airways]

New Kid on the block:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bradley_at_egsh/15985438512/in/photostream/lightbox/
A chance for you in NYC? I have no clue. Maybe for me in AMS or FRA. Looks really stunning

[cv880m]

Welcome aboard! Given your list, You'll want to be around for UN Week next year. This year we had both Japan 744s and 2 Iraqi Airways planes.
Thanks Ben. I plan to be around for UN week in 2015.

[Boston Spotter]

Looking forward to catching the new Icelandair Northern Lights special scheme. We get 3 flights a day once the warmer months roll around.

[captmjk16]

Looking forward to catching the new Icelandair Northern Lights special scheme. We get 3 flights a day once the warmer months roll around.

She looks like a beaut! Can't wait to see some better shots of her up in the air!

[Gintaras B.]

I met this girl on FB - spotter from Iceland Jekaterina Filipova, she has an incredible collection of planes - I would die to get some:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10012899_308633462622743_2482345336343583496_o.jpg

https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/l/t31.0-8/10348777_317725865046836_8774417308968034090_o.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/1669719_320394211446668_4751889817379894625_o.jpg

https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10454059_331915306961225_8271270327825646380_o.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t31.0-8/10515209_329680727184683_4716563318477973602_o.jpg

https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/10256787_307348886084534_1168805326680360074_o.jpg

Just wonder, if our friend Senga wouldn't be drooling of some over those...

[SengaB]

Nice shots Gintaras. I have been trying to get some shots of the FAC F28 for many years and lost a chance at ADW when it was in the old colors. It passes through KBGR on its way up to Europe. I just need to be up for the trip when it it go there next.
Senga