Plane Spotting - The Quiz

[David48]

Plane Spotting - The Quiz

Well, I'm staying at a Farm near an Airport and if the wind is right, I get to see a lot of Aircraft movement.

So, whiles it's a tad quiet during the Festive Season* maybe a spot of Plane Spotting might keep you amused.

Try for the ...

• Airline
  

• Make and Model
  

• What Airport or Country the Plane took off from.
  

No prizes, just a bit of boyhood fun

*hint to the Mods to keep this in General Forum for a while

[David48]

#1 ... Starting with an easy one.

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Try for the ...

• Airline
  

• Make and Model
  

• What Airport or Country the Plane took off from.
  

[Norrad]

Thai Airways

Boeing 747

Suvarnabhumi Airport

I will try to add a new one when I get home

[David48]

^^ ... 2 out of three ...

But what about the What Airport or Country the Plane took off from ... as opposed to what Airport it landed at.

Difficult to do ... but not impossible.

Still ... a good effort.

The actual flight ... apologies for the crap video.

[krisb]

Took off from Thailand?

Theres not many clues to guessing its departure point.

Top pic Id say 737, American airlines. Taken in Florida?

[David48]

OK, it was flight THA103.

Flight link is here

Chiang Mai - Bangkok

THA103

• Airline: Thai Airways
  
• Flight: TG103
  
• From: Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai (CNX)
  
• To: Bangkok, Suvarnabhumi (BKK)
  
• Aircraft: Boeing 747-4D7 (B744)
  
• Reg: HS-TGB
  
• Altitude: 3225 ft (983 m)
  
• V/S: -384 fpm
  
• Speed: 193 kt (357 km/h, 222 mph)
  
• Track: 46°
  
• Hex: 880051
  
• Squawk: 4575
  
• Pos:
  
• Radar: T-VTBD1
  

[David48]

Now, if you have one to share, by all means please post it here.

Don't worry if you don't have all the fancy info I posted above.

As long as you know the info, and let someone else guess.

Norrad, please do one for us and while we are waiting, I'll post the next one.

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[lovelaos]

Good God you must be more bored than me!

[nokbird]

Good God you must be more bored than me!

How about we have a referendum Thai style, and vote to move this to a different kind of spotiing in Pattayas walking street. Even if you all vote NO we will still move it to walking street and have complete disregard for other members wishers

[David48]

Good God you must be more bored than me!

Bored? ... never on the Farm.

But I do want to get away from the usual Bar girl, where is the best Pizza stuff, so I'd thought that I try something completely different.

Hence this Thread.

It might take off (pun intended) or sink a slow death ... who knows.

[bunta71]

Here is one...guess what airport I landed this at....one clue....I broke through the ice and flipped upside down. This was the next day after removing the wings and getting ready to tow it home.

[David48]

^^ Mate ... I once had a Finnish gf and their climate looked like this ... frozen with heaps of lakes.

But thought maybe rather it happened in America, most likely Alaska?

Looks also like it's seen a few miles ...

Maybe a Piper?

Maybe a PA-12 Super Cruiser?

Let me know how close I am ...

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[krisb]

Interesting 747 fact, at the point of takeoff, the pilots are 3 stories off the ground, and the passengers at the very back of the plane are only 10 feet off the ground.

And yes Id have a guess at somewhere in Alaska, and not an airport, a lake. Looks a bit like a Cessna 150?

[David48]

Again, a nice simple one.

Today's plane is ...

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Try for the ...

• Airline
  

• Make and Model
  

Also you might wish to try for the What Airport or Country the Plane took off from.

Difficult to do but if you look at the photo's date stamp and correlate that with the Airport manifest then backtrack it ... for the enthusiast only ...

Good Luck.

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[bunta71]

^^ Mate ... I once had a Finnish gf and their climate looked like this ... frozen with heaps of lakes.

But thought maybe rather it happened in America, most likely Alaska?

Looks also like it's seen a few miles ...

Maybe a Piper?

Maybe a PA-12 Super Cruiser?

Let me know how close I am ...

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You know your cubs...1947 PA-12 Super Cruiser. It actually looked very pristine the day before I flipped it at Willow Alaska. Took two years and about $10,000 in parts for me to rebuild it. I took it completely down to the bare tubed airframe and did a complete rebuild. Every time you crash a cub, during the rebuild it is common to add more mods to improve the cub. I replaced the original headliner (think 1940's grey car headliner) with a smoked glass skylight, extended baggage with a fishing pole holder, and a fibreglass tool box under the back seat. It was a beauty when I finished...

[David48]

Thanks ^^ ... but you give me too much credit.

I grabbed the Registration number off the ******, poked around a bit and got the info.

I'll PM you with the details ...

[chiang mai]

Name the date, the plane, the location and what happened.

[Gulfsailor]

Name the date, the plane, the location and what happened.

Dec 26; "The Transall C-160 military plane approaches the Ballenstedt airfield in Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany, but lands on a side road before the runway."

[krisb]

http://www.check-six...-KBZ-sliced.jpg

This plane was tested on the show Mythbusters. It happened just up the road from me.

Sorry I dont know how to post pics, never works. So cut paste the link.

[David48]

http://www.check-six...-KBZ-sliced.jpg

This plane was tested on the show Mythbusters. It happened just up the road from me.

Sorry I dont know how to post pics, never works. So cut paste the link.

[David48]

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Still no takers for this one ... easy as!

Again, a nice simple one.

Today's plane is ...

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Try for the ...

• Airline
  

• Make and Model
  

Also you might wish to try for the What Airport or Country the Plane took off from.

Difficult to do but if you look at the photo's date stamp and correlate that with the Airport manifest then backtrack it ... for the enthusiast only ...

Good Luck.

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[chiangmaikelly]

In Chiang Mai.

[krisb]

In Chiang Mai.

Am I looking at a model CMK?

[Tywais]

An easy one.

[BookMan]

In Chiang Mai.

P40b Warhawk?

[krisb]

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Still no takers for this one ... easy as!

Again, a nice simple one.

Today's plane is ...

.

Try for the ...

• Airline
  

• Make and Model
  

Also you might wish to try for the What Airport or Country the Plane took off from.

Difficult to do but if you look at the photo's date stamp and correlate that with the Airport manifest then backtrack it ... for the enthusiast only ...

Good Luck.

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Swiss air?

[krisb]

An easy one.

Hillman Minx?

(bottom right)

[Digitalbanana]

.Also you might wish to try for the What Airport or Country the Plane took off from.

Not sure if I'm missing something here, but since the first photo you posted was at CNX my guess is so is this as the sky is blue in both so not many other clues?

[David48]

^^ All the 'What Plane is this' photos submitted by me are those recorded at the Farm where I am staying and flying into Suvarnabhumi Airport.

If anyone is near the Don Muang or any other Thai;and Airport ... please do post for the quiz ...

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[chiang mai]

An easy one.

Hillman Minx?

(bottom right)

I say it's a Renault.