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dmpop
Dmitri Popov
Personal blog of an amateur airplane photographer, Linux user, and clues coder.
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Even though I felt under the weather, I ventured to NUE last night to catch the SprintAir Saab 340A(QC) (reg. SP-KPC). It was surprisingly chilly, and I wished I wore warmer clothes. The machine was a no-show, but there was some activity...
Last night, exhausted and confused, summer bumped into autumn and dissolved into a gloomy and chilly morning weather with a sprinkle of drizzle. I took a shower, and it felt like I washed away what was left of the summer.
I went to NUE on Saturday. Not because I was expecting anything in particular, but because I wanted to spend some time photographing airplanes. My catch was rather modest: an Airbus A320 belonging to Freebird, a stripey Condor Airbus...
With an insurance sticker firmly attached to the rear mudguard, I wanted to give my electric scooter a proper test. So I've been zooming around NUE all day long on Sunday.
Surprise! I didn't go to FRA this Saturday. Instead, I spent time on fixing an issue in Tinble that had been bothering me for a while. You see, when deleting a page or an article, the orphaned .reads files would cause all kinds of problems.
While Metar Viewer - Metar Reader is not on the same level as Metar-Taf when it comes to functionality and polish, the former does have a couple of useful features that make it worth having on your Android device.
Yes, I have. Because 1) riding a bike hasn't been an option for quite a while due to my knees, 2) walking to spotting locations takes too long, and 3) new toy!
By now, it's an established fact that I cannot resist the pull of FRA, which explains why the missus and I spent yet another weekend there. This time around, I decided to forgo my absolute favorite sport on the A5 motorway overpass in...
A flight tracker like Flightradar24, a METAR viewer, and a decent weather app are de rigueur tools for any serious aviation enthusiast and aircraft photographer. But finding a weather app that does exactly what you need can be a...
I haven't visited FRA for several weekends, which felt like an eternity. And even though the weather forecast promised rain and a dip in temperatures along with changing wind directions, the pull of FRA was impossible to resist.
Last Monday, I went on a day trip to MUC. Because it was scorching hot, I decided not to be a hero and opted for the observation deck in Terminal 2 instead of Besucherhügel. Not that it made a huge difference. Although there are a few...
Advanced age demands advanced solutions. My knees are killing me: walking is fine, but standing still is not. So after doing some research (that is, browsing Amazon), I've splurged on a collapsible stool.
We went on a 9-day trip to Istanbul, and it was great. The only fly in the ointment was the shiny new Istanbul International Airport (IST). That is the most aircraft photography unfriendly airport I've been to. Admittedly, I haven't been...
My Saturday's visit to NUE was what I call a fishing expedition: there were no interesting airplanes in the schedule, but I hoped that something interesting will show up anyway. I didn't have time to make my own lunch pack, so I dropped...
Yesterday at 14:08:35 local time, my ADS-B station tracked 62 aircraft. It is by far the highest number of airplanes my station tracked at any given moment. Normally during the rush hour in the skies, the average number of machines in...