A quick visit to Prestwick tonight, what was about that I was interested in – well there were two aircraft of interest to me one was an RCAF CC-144D 144619. Arrived earlier this evening from Ottawa, looking like an overnight stay. And a Douglas DC-8, the first one that I’ve seen flying for probably ten years. The photograph, taken on a mobile phone and not edited in any way just shows how good the camera in a mobile phone can be. Especially given that it was pretty dark and the aircraft was still moving at a reasonable speed, my DSLR probably wouldn’t have done any better.
It was great to see a DC-8 flying, especially one that I hadn’t seen before – this was its third or fourth visit to Prestwick in as many months. As you can see from the picture it was pretty dark, so maybe on its return trip in a couple of weeks I’ll get a chance to get a shot of it when the light is better.
The Challenger on the other hand is a relatively new aircraft, it looked pretty good from the Monkton side – but I didn’t photograph it as the light was pretty poor when I arrived and it wasn’t well positioned for a photograph.
Once the Covid restrictions are lifted, I’ll hopefully get the chance to spend a bit more time between the airports on the west side of the country and may be able to get a few better photographs.
So I’ll just have to wait for the next half decent visitor to have an excuse for a trip down to Prestwick, or until the wife has to go for another Covid-19 test at car park 4.