LSZH (Zürich) 26-01-2013

Hello everybody,

I flew back from Zürich last Sunday, but already during the flight home, I was struck by the flue, meaning I spend most of my time of the last few days in bed. But, feeling almost well again, time to get my mind on something else.

Let's start with the pictures from the spectators terrace on a cloudy Friday morning.

1. One of the many Gulf V's, but this one was Air Canada-style blue:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8498/8...44c1a25d_b.jpg
G5-PVT-N890A-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

2. A new type for me on photo; a Gulf 650! Great looking planes:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8476/8...6af41389_b.jpg
G6-PVT-N762MS-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

3. Shortly thereafter followed by another!
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8073/8...4ab77920_b.jpg
G6-PVT-N524EA-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

4. Smokey engine start-up of this ERJ190 of KLM Cityhopper:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8329/8...b6099138_b.jpg
E190-KLC-PHEZA-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

5. This nice Moroccan Falcon departed, enabling to take a better picture of it than the day before:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8368/8...5dca9d52_b.jpg
DA50-MAR-CNANO-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

6. One of the few private helicopters that came in range:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8498/8...4e362f77_b.jpg
A109-PVT-HBZSM-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

7. Arrival of Angela Merkel:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8473/8...885203bd_b.jpg
AS532-SAF-T333-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

8. And she was on her way five minutes later:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8351/8...edde0e47_b.jpg
A319-GAF-1502-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

9. Just before leaving the terrace to join the Buchair WEF platform-tour, this nice baby taxied by:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8324/8...215cd2e4_b.jpg
A319-MAL-9MNAA-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

To be continued!

Cheers!

The platform tour, arranged by Buchair, took about two hours and during those two hours the sun broke through for some nice sunny winter pictures.

1. We started at the SR Technics, where two A330-200s from Kingfisher are stored:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8513/8...7b0b363f_b.jpg
A332-KIN-VTVJP-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

2. And the other one:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8...65816b09_b.jpg
A332-KIN-VTVJO-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

3. This very nice JASDF B747-400 was also parked there:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8187/8...970ea599_b.jpg
B744-JASDF-201101-ZRH26jan13-2 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

4. Next stop was a ride near runway 10-28, where a lot of general aviation planes could be found, like this red PC-12:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8097/8...22926522_b.jpg
PC12-PVT-HBFPS-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

5. As well this Polish one:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8491/8...22a120e6_b.jpg
PC12-PVT-SPNPC-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

6. One of the more exotic visitors was this Korean Gulf V:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8332/8...c90e34ee_b.jpg
G5-PVT-HL8200-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

7. We were transported to the E-dock and let out on the platform, near the exits for runway 14, which was in use for landings. Nice Citation taxiing by:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8185/8...7824212d_b.jpg
CE560-PVT-LXJCD-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

8. Very nice Swedish AF Gulf:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8230/8...519213aa_b.jpg
G4-SWEAF-102004-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

9. Nice surprise, return of the Philippines A340:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8516/8...861d52f4_b.jpg
A342-PAL-RPC3431-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

10. Don't see them often, private A320s:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8213/8...339802cf_b.jpg
A320-PVT-9HAWK-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

11. Head on with a Qatar A330:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8357/8...9966c874_b.jpg
A332-QTR-A7ACM-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

12. Then on to the W-stands, which are the stands straight opposite the spectators terrace. Some nice planes could be photographed up-close, like this Mexican Navy Gulfstream:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8193/8...500f48bd_b.jpg
G4-ARM-XCLMF-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

13. And this C-40B:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8184/8...ceca6828_b.jpg
C40C-USAF-050932-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

14. And the white C-40C:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8080/8...85b62aab_b.jpg
C40C-USAF-020042-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

15. It was then again to the maintenance area, where this "new" SAS A320 could be photographed:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8333/8...6f2db483_b.jpg
A320-SAS-OEIBM-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

16. The tour ended with this very nice Connie. Does she has Dutch props now? Too bad the tail wasn't there. Hope she will fly soon!
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8213/8...18137a5f_b.jpg
C121C-BRT-HBRSC-ZRH26jan13 by LifelinerOne, on Flickr

To be continued!

Cheers!