Ronaldsway Sunday 15th November

[alexIOM]

Bright Flight.EU Antonov 26 LZ-FLL has arrived at 0730 from Birmingham

[alexIOM]

Annoyingly has just departed at 0820, unfortunately looks like we missed it!

[acklington]

Very nearly missed it! Just 5 seconds later and there would have been no pictures, and as it was I did not quite get there, so was shooting down the lane between two tall hedges. The light, or lack of it, was awful.









These were the only photos, and my camera was still on A400 Atlas (speed-up-the-props) settings. This camera really is an amazing bit of kit - Canon EOS 70D with EF 70-300mm L IS USM zoom lens, all photos taken in RAW.

[alexIOM]

Great photos Acklington, I especially like the prop vortices in the damp air!. I was going to go down to see it as soon as I got the message it was in, but given previous Antonov visits where they have stayed a couple of hours or even a couple of days, I chose (wrongly!) not to rush down. Apparently the crew had a hotel booked in Birmingham and after a whole night of flying were ready for a rest!

After a bit of internet searching, I have found that we have actually seen this frame in here last year with Aviavilsa as HA-TCV

C/n 12201 HA-TCV (Now LZ-FLL) at Ronaldsway 11/08/14
AviaVilsa Antonov AN-26 HA-TCV at Isle of Man EGNS 11/08/14 by IOM Aviation Photography, on Flickr

Preforming a couple of ILS approaches after an exercise with Ramsey lifeboat this morning was HM Coastguard Sikorsky S.92A G-MCGK
HM CoastGuard Sikorsky S.92A G-MCGK at Isle of Man EGNS 15/11/15 by IOM Aviation Photography, on Flickr