AMS 08/04/2006

Yaroslav · Post by **Yaroslav** » 11 Apr 2006, 01:22

Hi all!

I know, I wasn't the first to go to AMS this week. But I had a lot of fun and it's just the second time that I'm coming to AMS for spotting.
When I arrived to the Schiphol railway station at 11:22 there was a heavy rain, so I was a bit disappointed. But finally after a short stop at the "World Of Wings" shop (where I bought EuroJP, a really very useful thing), when I went to the observation deck the rain was practically finished and in 1 hour we started to have a bit of sun coming from the clouds.
After having a lunch, I decided to try to go to the Kaagbaan spot (runway 06/24) by bus. Thanks to two other spotters I didn't miss my bus stop and after 20 minutes of walking I arrived there. The runways 18L and 24 were used for takeoffs. I should say that this spot is excellent especially when you get some Martinair Cargo MD-11's taxing just in front of you. Also I should say "Bravo, dutch guys" for the idea about a small channel instead of a fence. We should do the same in Brussels

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Then I came back to the airport, went again for a half-hour on the observation deck, but the airport looked already empty compared to the morning. I took my train back to Brussels at 17:40 (nearly missed it

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Conclusion: 6 hours of spotting, 6 hours of fun and I should come to AMS more often

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I've tried to log as many aircraft as I could. The result is 85:

4X-AXK El Al Cargo B747-200F
5B-DAV Cyprus Airways A320-200
5X-BON DAS Air Cargo DC-10-30F
9M-MPG Malaysia Airlines B747-400
9V-SFF Singapore Airlines Cargo B747-400F
9V-SVG Singapore Airlines B777-200
B-18203 China Airlines B747-400
B-HXK Cathay Pacific A340-300
B-KAB Dragonair Cargo B747-300F
CN-RMZ Royal Air Maroc B757-200
EC-FQY Iberia A320-200
EC-ICV Iberia A320-200
EC-JDR Iberia A321-200
EI-CVD Aer Lingus A320-200
F-GFKV Air France A320-200
G-DBCB BMI A319-100
G-EUPZ British Airways A319-100
HB-JJA Privatair (KLM) B737-700W
HL7436 Asiana Airlines Cargo B747-400F
JA8080 JAL B747-400
N224NW Northwest Airlines DC-10-30
N237NW Northwest Airlines DC-10-30
N66056 Continental Airlines B767-400
N776UA United Airlines B777-200
N803NW Northwest Airlines A330-300
N806NW Northwest Airlines A330-300
N809NW Northwest Airlines A330-300
N854NW Northwest Airlines A330-200
PH-AHX TUI Airlines Nederland (Arkefly) B767-300
PH-BDG KLM B737-300
PH-BDI KLM B737-300
PH-BDN KLM B737-300
PH-BDP KLM B737-300
PH-BDT KLM B737-400
PH-BFB KLM B747-400
PH-BFG KLM B747-400
PH-BFL KLM B747-400
PH-BFM KLM Asia B747-400 Combi
PH-BFN KLM B747-400
PH-BFO KLM B747-400 Combi
PH-BFR KLM B747-400 Combi
PH-BFS KLM B747-400 Combi
PH-BFW KLM B747-400 Combi
PH-BPC KLM B737-400
PH-BQA KLM B777-200
PH-BQB KLM B777-200
PH-BQD KLM B777-200
PH-BQF KLM B777-200
PH-BTB KLM B737-400
PH-BTG KLM B737-400
PH-BXB KLM B737-800
PH-BXD KLM B737-800
PH-BXE KLM B737-800
PH-BXF KLM B737-800
PH-BXG KLM B737-800
PH-BXK KLM B737-800
PH-BXM KLM B737-800
PH-BXS KLM B737-900
PH-BXT KLM B737-900
PH-BZF KLM B767-300
PH-BZO KLM B767-300
PH-HZN Transavia Airlines B737-800W
PH-KCB KLM MD-11
PH-KCC KLM MD-11
PH-KCE KLM MD-11
PH-KCF KLM MD-11
PH-KCI KLM MD-11
PH-KLI KLM Cityhopper F100
PH-KVD KLM Cityhopper F50
PH-KVI KLM Cityhopper F50
PH-KZO KLM Cityhopper F70
PH-MCI Martinair B767-300
PH-MCJ Martinair B767-300
PH-MCM Martinair B767-300
PH-MCR Martinair Cargo MD-11F
PH-MCU Martinair Cargo MD-11F
PH-MCW Martinair Cargo MD-11F
PH-OFA KLM Cityhopper F100
PH-OFB KLM Cityhopper F100
PH-OFI KLM Cityhopper F100
PH-OFL KLM Cityhopper F100
PH-XRC Transavia Airlines B737-700W
SX-BKF Olympic Airlines B737-400
TC-JFH Turkish Airlines B737-800
TC-SKE Sky Airlines B737-400

Pictures are in the next post

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Yaroslav · Post by **Yaroslav** » 11 Apr 2006, 01:35

First, the pictures from the observation deck in the morning:

The weather is gray. KLM Boeings:

PH-KCE, and not only she:

PH-KCB:

Some Northwest Airbusses:

PH-BFW at the gate F2:

Some cargo containers are being loaded in PH-BFW:

Two brothers:

Pictures from the kaagbaan spot are coming...

Yaroslav · Post by **Yaroslav** » 11 Apr 2006, 02:03

Now the pictures from the Kaagbaan spot:

-Special thanks to Avro for the information on how to get there by bus-

N237NW:

CN-RMZ:

PH-BDN:

PH-BDP:

PH-BPC:

B-18203 (my personal highlight of the day):

5X-BON (there I understood how great was the Kaagbaan spot):

PH-AHX:

PH-BDT:

PH-BFN (what's happened with her nose?):

HB-JJA:

PH-BTG:

PH-KLI:

PH-MCI:

PH-BTB:

PH-BXB:

G-DBCB:

And the Bird of the Day - PH-MCU:

Again:

And the Surprise of the Day was that she came back

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The last one of her:

PH-BXE:

N803NW:

PH-KCI:

N66056:

Martinair Cargo is back! PH-MCW:

Again:

Have a nice flight:

PH-BFS:

N224NW:

Our old friend, PH-MCW:

9V-SFF:

PH-XRC:

B-KAB:

PH-KVI:

N806NW:

HL7436:

Last pictures from the observation deck are coming...

Yaroslav · Post by **Yaroslav** » 11 Apr 2006, 02:15

And finally the last pictures from the observation deck:

PH-BFR, pushback:

PH-BXF, also pushback:

PH-BXT (note that PH-BZO is still there

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Just wanted to take a nice picture of a 737 nose (PH-BXT)... (look attentively at the cargo department):

JA8080 just arrived (nearly missing my train):

That's all!
Hope you like them

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Comments are welcome! But please don't beat me too hard for the quality of the pictures, I just have a Canon Powershot A75

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Andries · Post by **Andries** » 11 Apr 2006, 02:33

Your pics look very good, Yaroslav ! Apparently you were lucky to see the special colored Martinair MD-11. Last wednesday I didn't get lucky, but I am hoping I will be next monday ( yes, I'm going back allready

)

Keep up the good work !

Greetz,

Andries

stevie · Post by **stevie** » 11 Apr 2006, 11:41

hi

what a pics i like them very much

->northwest comes always whit 2 types of aircraft to AMS
the : DC-10-30
and the :A330-300
why do they that? an AMS spotter that a lot of time to AMS go will see them (all) in no time->in the JP that you buyed you can see that northwest have a lot of them

flying greetzz

steven

glabbi · Post by **glabbi** » 11 Apr 2006, 11:57

Hi spotterfriends

I'm glad to see that ph-bfn is back in the sky because I believed she had a little accident with a pushback truck

Nice pics by the way
Ams is always nice to spot

Greetz

Post by **luchtzak** » 11 Apr 2006, 12:05

Nice report and great pictures Yaroslav! Thanks for putting time and effort to create this great topic!

Andries · Post by **Andries** » 11 Apr 2006, 12:59

stevie wrote:hi

what a pics i like them very much

->northwest comes always whit 2 types of aircraft to AMS
the : DC-10-30
and the :A330-300
why do they that?

Corection, 3 types. Since a few months they also fly A330-200

Years back they flew to AMS only with DC-10's. As you probably know, the DC-10's arent amoungst the youngest anymore and needed replacement. So Northwest ordered the A330-300 and A330-200. So every time they get a new A330 from the Airbus factory, they put it into service replacing a DC-10. Years back you could go to AMS and see up to 10 NW DC-10's. Nowaday's there are only 4 left ... Eventually, the NW DC-10 will disappear from our sights ...

Greetz,

Andries

ehamspotter · Post by **ehamspotter** » 11 Apr 2006, 16:24

Nice pictures and log Yaroslav!!!

rgds:Jeroen

EHAM · Post by **EHAM** » 12 Apr 2006, 11:43

Andries wrote:Years back they flew to AMS only with DC-10's.

Don't forget they also used the 747 as well (both -200 and -400). We even get the NW Cargo 747-200F in november, when the Beaujolais wines are ready for consumption.

But as said before, for us SPL spotters it's easy to get the complete NW fleet in the books (except the 747). For me NW is just as boring as all the KLM, Martinair and Transavia

Grtz,

stevie · Post by **stevie** » 12 Apr 2006, 12:29

your right
somethimes I go to AMS and see some planes of klm 2/3 times -->boring

Andries · Post by **Andries** » 12 Apr 2006, 12:42

EHAM wrote:
Andries wrote:Years back they flew to AMS only with DC-10's.
Don't forget they also used the 747 as well (both -200 and -400).

Indeed, now that you mention it, it comes back to me !

I wouldn't say KLM and Transavia are boring. Maybe if you go every dayn, than I can understand you. But when you don't go more than 10 times / year, you can't say it's boring, cause there is always some KLM flying out there you don't have yet. Same for Transavia. The change in colorscheme of both airlines also makes it nicer tyo go as you will see old and new colors.

Hell, I dare to even say that SN Brussels Airlines isn't boring. Look at their lastest Avro-paints, like the Asterix Avro, Obelix Avro and now the Atomium Avro.

"Boring" is only what you make of it yourself ... I, for instance, would always try to make a better image of a plane I allready have. This way you stay busy and don't get bored. I went to AMS last wednesday and I am allready going back next monday. I now allready know that I wont be bored any second of that day !

Anyways, just my opinion.

Greetz,

Andries

EHAM · Post by **EHAM** » 16 Apr 2006, 20:20

Andries wrote:I went to AMS last wednesday and I am allready going back next monday. I now allready know that I wont be bored any second of that day !

Tomorrow could be a nice day for you! JASDF 744 20-1102 is expected to arrive at 1400LT.

Grtz,