Sumburgh in September/October

Photos of commercial airliners
Post Reply
FarnboroJohn
Posts: 3038
Joined: Tue 28 Aug 2012, 6:57 pm

Sumburgh in September/October

Post by FarnboroJohn »

While on a birding holiday in Shetland I ended up next to Sumburgh Airport a few times. It's a surprisingly active place with several operators supporting the oil industry offshore with S-92s (plus Bristow operating the Coastguard contract) and traffic to and from Aberdeen providing the mainland link in the chain. With some birds proving elusive I had time for my attention to wander....

Image20180927 (1)_G-LGNN_Saab_340B by John Dixon, on Flickr

Image20180927 (3)_G-MCGB_Sikorsky_S-92A_Helibus by John Dixon, on Flickr

Image20180927 (5)_G-WNSF_Sikorsky_S-92A_Helibus by John Dixon, on Flickr

Image20180927 (7)_G-CHCS_Sikorsky_S-92A_Helibus by John Dixon, on Flickr

Image20180927 (11)_G-LGNA_Saab_340B by John Dixon, on Flickr

Image20180928 (30)_G-VING_Sikorsky_S-92A_Helibus by John Dixon, on Flickr

Image20181001 (5)_G-LGNJ_Saab_340B by John Dixon, on Flickr

Image20181001 (10)_G-SASD_Beech_B200C_Super_King_Air by John Dixon, on Flickr

User avatar
Ewart
Posts: 420
Joined: Sun 24 Nov 2013, 1:04 pm

Re: Sumburgh in September/October

Post by Ewart »

An interesting selection of not often seen operators (well unless you live there). I do quite like no. 4.

User avatar
Euan Buchan
Posts: 298
Joined: Tue 23 Oct 2018, 1:20 pm
Location: Edinburgh UK

Re: Sumburgh in September/October

Post by Euan Buchan »

Great photos hope you saw great birds im a Birder too.
The Concorde Forum
A Site Dedicated For Concorde Fans
http://theconcordeforum.freeforums.net/

FarnboroJohn
Posts: 3038
Joined: Tue 28 Aug 2012, 6:57 pm

Re: Sumburgh in September/October

Post by FarnboroJohn »

Ewart wrote:An interesting selection of not often seen operators (well unless you live there). I do quite like no. 4.


Thank you! Sumburgh is an interesting airport: the main runway has a hill at each end while the cross runway has the sea at each end. Both make for interesting approaches and departures. Not really an issue for the choppers except in poor weather.

User avatar
alanp
Posts: 329
Joined: Mon 01 Sep 2008, 7:22 am
Contact:

Re: Sumburgh in September/October

Post by alanp »

Great to see something from there, it's on by bucketlist.

Post Reply