A Brief Look At My Flickr Photos – December 2022

Welcome to another edition of  ‘A Brief Look At My Flickr Photos’.  I will review some of the photos I uploaded to Flickr during the past month. For each photo I will share the following information:

• Subject
• Location
• Date & Time
• Equipment
• Camera Settings
• Comments

In a nutshell, I hope these posts will not only help you to appreciate some of my Flickr photos, but will hopefully also assist you in becoming a better photographer yourself.

Now, let’s get started by reviewing some of my Flickr photos I uploaded in December 2022, shall we?

• Subject: Sun With AR 3112, 3116, 3118, 3119 and Norwegian B737
• Location: Mechelen, Belgium
• Date & Time: October 11th 2022 – 17:04 LT
• Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mk II | Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM | Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
• Camera Settings: 400mm | 1/640s | f/8.0 | ISO100
• Comments: The Sun as seen through a Mylar filter, designed for solar observing. Clearly visible in this picture are NOAA AR (Active Region) 3112, 3116, 3118 and 3119. When this photo was taken, AR 3112 was classified as a Beta region (Mount Wilson magnetic classification system) and consisted of 12 sunspots. AR 3116 was a Beta region and consisted of 17 sunspots. AR 3118 was a Beta region and consisted of 3 sunspots. AR 3119 was a Beta region and consisted of 14 sunspots. As an added bonus, Norwegian Boeing 737-8JP SE-RPF showed up at 17:04 local time, flying in an southerly direction as flight D82886 HEL-AGP and making a perfect crossing. The aircraft was cruising at FL 370.

• Subject: Air Traffic Control Tower 
• Location: Brussels Airport (BRU/EBBR)
• Date & Time: November 12th 2022 – 15:48 LT
• Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mk II | Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM | Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
• Camera Settings: 370mm | 1/320s | f/8.0 | ISO100
• Comments: View of the skeyes ATC tower at Brussels Airport. Note Brussels Airlines Airbus A320-214 OO-SNI on short finals for RWY 25R, inbound from Malaga as flight SN3736 AGP-BRU.

• Subject: TUI Fly Belgium Boeing 737-8BK OO-JAA
• Location: Brussels Airport (BRU/EBBR)
• Date & Time: November 12th 2022 – 15:46 LT
• Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mk II | Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM | Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
• Camera Settings: 100mm | 1/60s | f/14.0 | ISO100
• Comments: Landing RWY 25L. Flight TB1752 TFS-BRU.

• Subject: British Airways Airbus A319-131 G-DBCG
• Location: Brussels Airport (BRU/EBBR)
• Date & Time: November 12th 2022 – 16:31 LT
• Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mk II | Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM | Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
• Camera Settings: 400mm | 1/200s | f/8.0 | ISO200
• Comments: Landing RWY 25L. Flight BA402 LHR-BRU.

• Subject: Jumbo Stay Boeing 747-212B
• Location: Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN ESSA)
• Date & Time: August 25th 2022 – 12:26 LT
• Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mk II | Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM | Lowepro Flipside 400 AW
• Camera Settings: 32mm | 1/800s | f/8.0 | ISO100
• Comments: This Boeing 747-212B is preserved since 15 January 2009 and known as ‘Jumbo Stay’, a hotel at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. It was delivered factory fresh to Singapore Airlines on 30/03/1976 as 9V-SQE. After serving the airline for more than six years it went on to Pan Am in June 1984 as N727PA where it operated for 8 years. After that, it operated for other airlines including Nationair, Garuda, Cathay Pacific and Tower Air. On 17 January 2002 it was delivered to Swedish charter airline Transjet Airways as SE-RBN. In that same year however, Transjet Airways was declared bankrupt and this Boeing 747 was permanently grounded at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. After being parked for a few years at the airport, it seemed that the aircraft would go to North East Airlines of Swaziland as it was registered as 3D-NEE and it went into the airport’s maintenance hangars to get it airworthy again. Eventually this plan did not materialise and so the aircraft remained grounded at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. In 2006 the airframe was bought by Oscar Diös who was developing a concept of running hostels in boats, trains and lighthouses. Diös’ plan was to turn this Boeing 747 into an airport hostel. After he got the necessary building permit in December 2007, a 3 million dollar restoration program began in 2008 and the aircraft was towed to its current location just near the perimeter of the airport, near the airport’s car rental facilities. The aircraft was renamed ‘Liv’, after the owner’s daughter. The hotel opened its doors in January 2009. It has 33 rooms, each offering between 1-4 beds. There are 76 beds in total. The master suite is located in the cockpit of the aircraft.

That concludes this episode. I hope you enjoyed reading.

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