Delhi (VIDP/DEL) - 2009

[sniper 1]

hi all
Finally my boss send me to Delhi/stayed in the Radisson near the airport first in rm 452 later in rm 472.
Lucky for me no fog(last couple off days fog is heavy and flight schedules are up side down)and dep rwy was 28 with arr.rwy the new 29(sometimes the used 28 to land.In the Radisson you have to be on the 4th floor oherwise you will see trees.
Distance to the rwy 28 is approx. 1.6km
The problem is if you are in room 452 most Spicejet and some other remote parked a/c will take a entrance to the runway behind the Air Force hangar.For that reasen rooms 470 till 472 will have a better view.
The new Terminal which gone a be a mixed terminal (domestic and int)should be open before oct 2010 (commonwealth games)and is located besides the new rwy 29 and than maybe the new runway will be more used for depatures because of taxitimes.
In two days i logged the following a/c
19/20 dec

Air India
A310 VT-EJG
A319 VT-SCI/J/Q/R/S/T/U
A320 VT-EVP/R
A320 VT-PPA/B/D/F/J/N/O/Q
B747 VT-ESO/P
B777 VT-AIK/ALA/B/D/E/R


AI Express
B738 VT-AXQ

AIR India regional
ATR42 VT-ABA+2
CRJ700 VT-RJB+2

INDIAN A/L
A320 VT-EPD/F/H/J/L/M/S/T/ESC/F/L/EVT/EYB/K



GO Air
A320 VT-WAF/G/H/J/K/L/N

INDIGO A/L
A320 VT-INA/B/D/F/J/K/L/O/P/R/T/V/X/Y/Z/IGH

JET A/W
ATR72 VT-JCN
B737/8 VT-JBE/N/P/JGC/D/G/H/J/L/N/S/T/X/Y/Z/JNG/H/J/U/Z
B777 VT-JEH

JETLITE
B737/8 VT-SIV/SJA/E/G/JLB
CRJ200 VT-SAL/P/S

KINGFISHER
A320 VT-ADU/KFC/D/E/F/G/M/T/V/X/
VT-DNY(KFR/DECCAN titels
VT-DNZ(DECCAN)
A321 VT-KPN/Q/R/S/W/Z
ATR 72 VT-DKI(DECCAN)/VT-KAS + 3


SPICEJET
B738/9 VT-SGD/E/F/K/L/O/P/Q/R

INDIAN AIR FORCE
IL76 K3012/13/14 +1 DEPARTING
G3 K2962/VT-ENR
B707 K-2899
HS748 H1513
EMB135 K3602
B737 2X



N603FE FM
9V-SQL SQ
D-AIPC LH
ET-AKC ET
OH-LTO/P AY
A6-EBG/ECC/ECN/EAR/EKX EK
HZ-AWA1/2 B744 ALWAFEER AIR
HS-TEA/H TG
N496MC ATLAS
VT-AIO A310F DECCAN 360
HZ-AKN/S SV
9N-ACB RA
G-VFAR VS
G-YMMD BA
A40-BF/R OMAN AIR
HB-AFK FARNAIR
B-HLB CX
OE-LAT OS
9K-AMC KU
S2-ADP MD80 GMG
D-AALB AEROLOG.
A9C-EO GF
B18310 CI
3B-NBM MK
YA-BAB FG
EY534 B732 EAST AIR
A6-EIM ETD
AND MY RIDE PH-BFB

off course there a lot more to see if you going around or having a domestic depature.
above is all seen from my room between sunrise and sunsett (17.00).
there is also the air force museum at Palam AB which will be visit in march


brgds and happy new year
HH

[phantom]

B707 K-2899

How was the 707 looking, stored or active ?

Phantom

[sniper 1]

[quote="phantom"][quote]B707 K-2899[/quote]

How was the 707 looking, stored or active ?


only top and tail partly visible from my location /no sign off action seen

rgds HH

[HV7572KC]

2 shots from me of the 707s @ DEL

They seem stored to me and totally unflyable

February 2009



September 2008

[kungfuman]

Have been doing some research on these aircraft.

Just thought I'd point out that from the above photo, you can see that K2900 is in a poor state, while K2899 (on the right) is looking comparitively gleaming!

Photos of this apron are fairly scarce (for obvious reasons), but what they tend to show is that K2900 is always parked up in the corner, whereas K2899 is often in different places - and sometimes not even present. Google Earth historical imagery goes some way to confirming this, however the latest images are not particularly up-to-date.

This suggests to me that K2899 is in fact still active - probably in its intended ELINT role, hence hard facts are hard to find.

[kungfuman]

In fact, looking again at that photo, you can see the Side-looking type radar pods on the lower forward fuselage of the aircraft on our right - just infront of the wing-root. The USAF's "Snoopy" C-135 aircraft sometimes have similar fairings attached at that position.