Definitely yes, as long as Tu-154, Tu-134 and An-12 are still flying...
As per my source, the last scheduled flight is planned to be ZRH-LCY-ZRH on August 14, followed by a media event in GVA the day after. On August 19 three farewell flights from/to ZRH, although for employees only. There is a farewell flight for enthusiasts on August 20, but as far as I know it's sold...
Jump to postThanks. The SD Air and Space Museum is already on my todo-list. However, as of the beginning of this year, the AFB tours are offered only to U.S. citizens and permanent residents, as they wrote me in a otherwise very kind eMail...
I'd like to have options, so I am fine with recommendations for either of them...
Jump to postHi, I'll be travelling to the US during the second half of this month from ZRH via FRA/MUC. My final destination is RAP, with a layover outbound at ORD (in the afternoon until evening) and inbound at DEN (also afternoon). In ORD and DEN I plan to remain airside, and was now wondering about spotting ...
Jump to postHi Yang,
thanks for your fast reply, I will check these options out.
One more question -- are there any issues with security/police while spotting?
Thanks again,
Hans
Hi Yang, I'll be travelling thru <acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym> next week, and I am also interested in spotting. One spotting slot would be [email protected] in T1, [email protected] in T1; the other one [email protected], [email protected] in <acronym title="Eastern Airways (United King...
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The eMail-Interface (e.g. when accessing <a href="http://www.airliners.net/message/?id=2633636&photographer=Hans%20Domjan)" target="_blank">http://www.airliners.net/message/?id...36&photographer=Hans%20Domjan)</a> encodes non-7-bit ASCII characters (like the German "ü") in the subject line i...
Jump to postThanks a lot -- I think that's it (confirmed via google maps )
Hans
Hi, I've just got accepted a photo I've shot during my vacation in Hungary: <br/><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/photo/Hungary---Air/Mikoyan-Gurevich-MiG-21MF/1817286/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/photo/Hungary---Air/Mikoyan-Gurevich-Mi...
Jump to postWell, IMHO the background is really distinctive -- especially for T-342 which has also a substantially different angle. And I completely agree with Thierry with regard to the trees growing -- none at Axalp at all (for those who have not been up there...). Furthermore, the rejection reasons say for "...
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Hans
Hi, here are the photos in question: Accepted 1: <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/photo/Switzerland---Air/Eurocopter-TH89-Cougar/1596227/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/photo/Switzerland---Air/Eurocopter-TH89-Cougar/1596227/M/" target=...
Jump to postHi, I have a photo of a helicopter taken on the famous Axalp range in the data base. Now I've attempted to upload a photo of the same helicopter, taken on the Meiringen Airport (which is about 6km away from Axalp). Now I got the "double" rejection from the screeners, as well as upon appeal. I sincer...
Jump to postClearly this one: <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/1414625/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/1414625/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG SRC="/photos/small/5/2/6/1414625.jpg" alt="Click here for bigger photo!" bor...
Jump to postI've uploaded two pics of the same acft shot at the same day on the same apt. Now in the queue twice the same pic is shown (instead of the two different ones). Furthermore, both have now the "prop" category twice (upload IDs 1434472 and 1434478) Yours, Hans P.S.: As a professional software engineer,...
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Jump to postDear all, I got this one accepted... <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/1406330/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/1406330/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG SRC="/photos/small/0/3/3/1406330.jpg" alt="Click here for...
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Jump to postHi, I got this one rejected for "overexposed" (and contrast/grainy): <a href="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20080129_080125_LSZH_T-331_HD_78N.jpg" target=_blank><img src="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20080129_080125_LSZH_T-331_HD_78N.jpg" width=650 height=440...
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you can find arrival/departure information here -- sorted even by airline and/or aircraft type, if you wish.
Cheers,
Hans
The lamp post in the background seems to lean towards the left to me -- thus <acronym title="Air Marshall Islands">CW</acronym> is justified, I think. Hans P.S.: I also had a couple of uploads ago some categories automagically checked that I definitely did not want to have checked. Now it seems to b...
Jump to postHi, Sorry, maybe I did not express myself clear enough -- I did *not* use NeatImage at all. Just levels, sharpening, and resizing by about a factor of three. <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=95% style="border-top: 1pt #28455E solid;border-right: 1pt #1B2E3F solid;border-bottom: 1pt #1B2E3F solid;b...
Jump to postHi there, I got this one rejected for quality/editing/grainy and a personal saying "too much noise reduction". <a href="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20071227_071223_LSZS_VP-BDL_HD_04N.jpg" target=_blank><img src="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20071227_071223_...
Jump to post<br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/1295894/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/1295894/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG SRC="/photos/small/4/9/8/1295894.jpg" alt="Click here for bigger photo!" border="0" ></a><br>P...
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Jump to postHi there, last weekend I took a couple of shots with my new Nikon D300 and got for both uploaded ones (among other rejection reasons as well...) an "Editing" rejection. I am a bit clueless, since I did to the pictures what I always used to (when they came off my Nikon Coolpix 8800), i.e. cropping/ro...
Jump to postHi Dan, thanks for the suggestions -- tool-wise I usually have the gridlines shown -- but in this case I was really uncertain to decide what to use for leveling. The helipad's edge was one choice, the benches on the hill the other one... I guess I will try the helipad's edge in this case. Cheers, Hans
Jump to postHi there, I got this rejected for level (my standard reject these days...): <a href="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20071025_071009_LSEZ_HB-XPJ_HD_98.jpg" target=_blank><img src="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20071025_071009_LSEZ_HB-XPJ_HD_98.jpg" width=650 hei...
Jump to postHi, this one got rejected for quality/level: <a href="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20071015_071006_EI-RJB_LSZH_HD_63.jpg" target=_blank><img src="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20071015_071006_EI-RJB_LSZH_HD_63.jpg" width=650 height=440 alt="http://www.airline...
Jump to postYet another bug: A couple of days ago, four photos of mine were accepted, and they showed up when I searched for them. I did not receive eMail of acceptance, though. Today, they have disappeared, yet the photo upload page still shows my count of uploaded photos *including* those four... I am severly...
Jump to postThanks for your valuable help guys, 0.6 was indeed the right thing to do: <center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/1275141/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/1275141/M/" target="_blank">View Medium <IMG SRC="/photos/small/1/4/1/12...
Jump to postThat's mine, made it on Jan 7 this year (and no, it's not black and white...): <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/1161047/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/1161047/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG SRC="/photos/sm...
Jump to postHi, what's your opinion on this one? <a href="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20070922_070429_LSGG_VP-BQP_HD_52_3.jpg" target=_blank><img src="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20070922_070429_LSGG_VP-BQP_HD_52_3.jpg" width=650 height=441 alt="http://www.airliners.n...
Jump to postHi, I got a "level" for this saying "needs CCW": <a href="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20070922_070819_LSZH_A7-ACB_HD_88_3.jpg" target=_blank><img src="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20070922_070819_LSZH_A7-ACB_HD_88_3.jpg" width=650 height=440 alt="http://www...
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Jump to postHi, i got this rejected with "centered" and a personal comment saying "low in frame". <a href="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20070909_070825_4X-EAP_LSZH_HD_29_2.jpg" target=_blank><img src="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20070909_070825_4X-EAP_LSZH_HD_29_2.jpg"...
Jump to postDear all, rotating my first attempt by .5 CCW was actually the same as rotating my second attempt by .3 CW...and voila, it got accepted <img border=0 src="http://www.airliners.net/discussions/graphics/smilies/cheerful.gif" width="15" height="15" border=0> : <center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" fac...
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Jump to postActually, since Meiringen is the home base of the Squadron 11 (one of the three equipped with F/A-18 in CH), you're more than likely to seen them.
Enjoy your visit and let's hope for decent weather!
Hans
Hi Bill, you may find also the following site (in English) useful -- it's the official homepage of the Meiringen Air Base Command: <a href="http://www.lw.admin.ch/internet/luftwaffe/en/home/about/organ/einsatzstab/betrieb.html" target=_blank>http://www.lw.admin.ch/internet/luft...out/organ/einsatzst...
Jump to postHi Hongyin,
thanks for the help -- do you have any suggestion what should be vertical thereafter?
Hans.
Hi, looks like I am subscribed to "level" rejections recently <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/wink.gif" alt="Wink"> May I ask you for your opinion on this one? My objective was to go for the vertical of the concrete structure behind the silver Mercedes station wagon... <a href="http://...
Jump to postI guess G-BMUT is quite an odd crop, and as far as I know, "tail" is only accepted for airliners.
(I once submitted a winglet of a PC12, and that got a "motive" as well...)
Yours,
Hans
Submitted that one -- still "level". Probably I overdid the CCW? The pic looks indeed somehow odd, yet the tower is now perfectly vertical... <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/smile.gif" alt="Smile"> Any suggestions? <a href="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20070903_0708...
Jump to postI've got this rejected for "level" -- and I am a bit clueless. I leveled on the terminal horizontals... The tower's left side could get a bit of CCW, though... What's your opinion? <a href="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20070829_070826_HB-IHS_LSZH_HD_42.jpg" target=_blank><img sr...
Jump to postHi, It seems I'm struggling with some "level" rejections lately... What's your opinion on this one? <a href="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20070730_060601_LSZH_9V-SPB_55_HD.jpg" target=_blank><img src="http://www.airliners.net/addphotos/rejections/big/20070730_060601_LSZH_9V-SPB_...
Jump to postHi, I've just gotten a level (and quality/oversharpened) rejection on this one: <a href="http://www.airliners.net/procphotos/rejphoto.main?filename=20070715_070630_LSMF_HB-RVV_HD_13.jpg" target=_blank>http://www.airliners.net/procphotos/...70715_070630_LSMF_HB-RVV_HD_13.jpg</a> Any hints how to fix ...
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