Spotting AMS

Buzzydriver · Post by **Buzzydriver** » 29 Jun 2005, 19:52

Hello planefreaks,

Someone can give us practical spottinginformation about Schiphol airport,visit is planned during july

thanks in advance

EHAM · Post by **EHAM** » 29 Jun 2005, 19:56

Hi!

2 Sites with lots of info about SPL: www.aircolours.com or www.scramble.nl/mbciv.htm

Grtz,

sab319 · Post by **sab319** » 29 Jun 2005, 21:15

the visitors terrace is surely worth a visit, it's amazing to see all those heavies standing right under your feet...

B744skipper · Post by **B744skipper** » 29 Jun 2005, 23:43

Be sure to check out this link, it will give you practically all the information you could ask for: http://www.scramble.nl/airports.htm

And I agree, you definitely need to visit the spotters terrace, between 8.00 and 12.00 most of them leave, so be sure to visit then. I've got really great pictures taken from there, and you can view a lot of heavies from there. A really must for every aviation enthusiast that visits Amsterdam Schiphol.

MD-11 · Post by **MD-11** » 17 Jul 2005, 20:17

Went to AMS today. Saw the regular stuff, but didn't want to keep these ones from you...

JAL Cargo B747-446F, reg. JA401J shining in the hot sun.

Arkefly ( never heard of it

) B767-383ER, reg. PH-AHX

Dragonair Cargo B747-312M(SF), reg. B-KAB
I didn't want to start a new topic for this so I just placed them here.

V-Bird · Post by **V-Bird** » 17 Jul 2005, 20:32

To MD-11
Arkefly = Tui Airlines Netherlands

( Former Air Holland and HollandExel )

MD-11 · Post by **MD-11** » 17 Jul 2005, 20:34

Thank you Bart for the info, greetings from Bart

Seems that there are a lof of "Barts" here 8O

Ivan_Eagle · Post by **Ivan_Eagle** » 17 Jul 2005, 21:25

hehe, thank you for the 3 pictures of Schiphol, I wane go to Schiphol to but

Greats Ivan

ehamspotter · Post by **ehamspotter** » 27 Jul 2005, 13:23

Hello;

>MD-11:
The JAL cargo, at which runway is that?????????

rgds:Jeroen

Antonov22 · Post by **Antonov22** » 27 Jul 2005, 15:24

ehamspotter wrote:Hello;

>MD-11:
The JAL cargo, at which runway is that?????????

rgds:Jeroen

That is at Runway 06 near the S(ierra) platform, i think

Peter

Russian planes are the best

Ovostar · Post by **Ovostar** » 27 Jul 2005, 16:19

Thank you for the pictures MD-11 !!!(it's the first time i am in a aviation forum, and it's quite funny to call people by names of planes hehehe)
Impressive these 747 cargo pictures. I am fascinated of what's going on in these planes, and also who are in the 2nd floor of cargo planes....

NLmember · Post by **NLmember** » 27 Jul 2005, 19:53

Hello all,
Indeed the JAL in this picture is parked on the S-platform situated next to runway 06-24.
For the ones who would like to see a JAL B744F, keep in mind that they are only coming on the Sundays. The other times during the week it will be a B742F.

Regards,
NLmember

ehamspotter · Post by **ehamspotter** » 28 Jul 2005, 11:53

Hello;

Thanks NLmember :cheers: , that was just what i thought, but i wasn't sure.

rgds:jeroen

EHAM · Post by **EHAM** » 28 Jul 2005, 13:13

Ovostar wrote:Thank you for the pictures MD-11 !!!(it's the first time i am in a aviation forum, and it's quite funny to call people by names of planes hehehe)
Impressive these 747 cargo pictures. I am fascinated of what's going on in these planes, and also who are in the 2nd floor of cargo planes....

Well to be honest, the outside of a cargo 744 is much nicer than the inside. Inside you only have a rolling system on the floor on wich cargopallets are rolled onto their position. Their isn't a ceiling so you can see all the wires and stuff. And there is a ladder on wich you van climb to the upperdeck. The upperdeck of a cargo 747 is the same as a passenger 747. There are a few seats, crewrest, and a paintry.

Grtz,

Ovostar · Post by **Ovostar** » 28 Jul 2005, 14:22

Thank you, it must be a weird experience to fly on it,`did some of you ever did a flight in a 747 cargo plane ? (or antoher aircraft?)

EHAM · Post by **EHAM** » 29 Jul 2005, 12:20

Ovostar wrote:Thank you, it must be a weird experience to fly on it,`did some of you ever did a flight in a 747 cargo plane ? (or antoher aircraft?)

I haven't flown in a cargo plane, but I work for a cargo handling company at SPL. We have daily several freighters on the ground (SQ, MH, KA, KE, QR, etc.) So I've seen many of them from the inside.

Grtz,

moons · Post by **moons** » 29 Jul 2005, 13:30

I miss Schiphol

Talking about cargo planes... I've seen enough on TV from the inside, but it's not a beautiful sight in my opinion. A good friend left yesterday for Canada with a guy who works for DHL. He is the head of the global information system or so. Remember the 757 which had been hit by a missile in Iraq ? This man had to go up there with a team to "fix" the problem. My friend told that this guy travels all over the world to open new routes. Sounds exciting.

Maybe if I ask friendly he can give me a private-tour trough the brussels hub... but probably he doesn't have any time to do this.

Post by **Bottie** » 29 Jul 2005, 13:36

moons wrote:Remember the 757 which had been hit by a missile in Iraq ?

A300

moons · Post by **moons** » 29 Jul 2005, 15:14

Owww... my bad.

This link will proove it's a A300B4.

http://www.aviationexplorer.com/dhl_strike_pictures/

AirforceNiels · Post by **AirforceNiels** » 03 Aug 2005, 10:41

Hello guys,

I'm planning a spotting trip at AMS but I'm still hesitating about which day I can go the best ( Saturday or Sunday). Which of those 2 days is the most busiest ?

Niels