Glenrothes Piaggio P.136

[wallace]

I had a stroke of luck today being able to photograph N40040, a Piaggio P.136 seaplane, which briefly stopped at Glenrothes before continuing its flight to the Italian lakes.

Some detail shots first
For no other reason than I liked the High key effect.
N40040 Piaggio P.136, Glenrothes 01 by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

Doors. Note the windscreen on the left, which can be opened for mooring
N40040 Piaggio P.136, Glenrothes 02 by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

Rivets
N40040 Piaggio P.136, Glenrothes 03 by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

Gear down mirror
N40040 Piaggio P.136, Glenrothes 04 by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

A bit of Italian tail
N40040 Piaggio P.136, Glenrothes 05 by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

The forward fuselage. Getting ready to start the engines
N40040 Piaggio P.136, Glenrothes 06 by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

Engines running, what a beautiful sounding racket that was.
N40040 Piaggio P.136, Glenrothes 07 by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr
N40040 Piaggio P.136, Glenrothes 00 by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

Taxying out
N40040 Piaggio P.136, Glenrothes 08 by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

Power checks on the south side of the apron
N40040 Piaggio P.136, Glenrothes 09 by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

Ready to go and using every inch that the runway had.
N40040 Piaggio P.136, Glenrothes 10 by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

... and lastly rolling.
N40040 Piaggio P.136, Glenrothes 11 by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

That was by far the best movement through Glenrothes this year. I'm as happy as a dug wi' twa tails!

[DJ17]

Nice catch.

[Lumix]

Superb! Lovely set of photos of a very unusual machine! You certainly got lucky there!

[bogopper]

Thanks for getting these pics. We passed in the skies of Lincolnshire Sunday afternoon about 3:30...

I was somewhat surprised to see a flying boat, but more surprised to see it was a Piaggio. I didn't get too close as I didn't have my camera with me

Mark T

[ikarus]

Superb catch , thanks for posting

[st24]

What a rare bird! Great stuff!

[ArabJazzie]

Fantastic as per usual Wallace! Think that must be the best ever movement for Glenrothes!
Arabest,
Geoff.

[planemadbird]

Great catch Wallace, she's a beauty

[Flare Path]

Marvellous!

[Big Eric]

Nicely caught, Wallace.