Plane spotting video: The Boeing heavies at Bangalore -- 744 Freighter, 777F, MD-11F, 747-400

Today's episode features Boeing heavy aircraft at Bengaluru International Airport, Bangalore.

Three freighters -- Lufthansa Cargo MD-11F, Singapore Airlines Cargo Boeing 744F MegaArk, AeroLogic Boeing 777F and a British Airways Boeing 747-400 heavily loaded with a full load of passengers, their baggage, and tanks full of fuel for its 11 hour flight to London Heathrow.

Observe the steep climb angle of the MD-11F which has the best climb angle of any modern jetliner. See a table of climb angles for Boeing aircraft. Also do observe the wings. Dropping at the start of takeoff, flexed at liftoff.

There is some commentary from fellow spotters. Next time, the video will be more stable as I am learning on how to use the tripod. In the mean time, enjoy the sights and sounds.




As usual, comments are welcome. Praise preferred but brickbats will also help improve.

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Plane spotting photos and Video: AeroLogic Boeing 777F and Lion Air Boeing 747-400 at Bangalore

Last week Bangalore Aviation contributor Vedant Agarwal caught the new started AeroLogic Boeing 777F five times a week service from Bangalore to Leipzig, Germany, and a one off appearance by Indonesia's Lion Air Boeing 747-400 (not an ER), which has been sub-contracted by NAS Air to ferry passengers performing the Haj.

AeroLogic Boeing 777F D-AALD

Lion Air Boeing 747-400 PK-LHG

The 777F freighter is heavily based on the 777-200LR platform and features the huge GE90-115B engines. Boeing delivered the first 777F to launch customer Air France Cargo back in February 2009 (see video here). Boeing has also produced a videos on the 777F in service which is embedded below.

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Videos: Boeing Freighters at Bangalore - AeroLogic 777F, Singapore Airlines Cargo 744F

Due to its lack of a port coupled with high value addition industry, Bangalore ships, as a percentage of industrial output, more cargo by air, than any other major Indian city.

Some weekend spotting videos of freighters at Bengaluru International Airport for your Monday enjoyment. The Boeing 777F of DHL and Lufthansa Cargo joint-venture Aerologic which features the huge and beautiful GE90-115B engines, and the Boeing 747-400F of Singapore Airlines Cargo, still the queen of the skies. This is an original 747 freighter, identified by the short upper deck. The Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF) will have the traditional stretched upper deck of the passenger aircraft. Observe the dust the outboard engines kick-up when throttled up.

Do keep in mind each of these planes can carry about 100 metric tonnes of payload cargo. Sorry for the shakes. I am still learning the art of videography using my Nikon D7000.

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Lufthansa Cargo DHL Express joint venture Aerologic receives it's first Boeing 777F

AeroLogic took delivery of it's first 777 Freighter from Boeing registration D-AALA and powered by General Electric GE90-110B1 engines.

Special thanks to Matt Cawby for the image. Check out Paineairport.com

AeroLogic, formed in 2007 and based in Leipzig, Germany, is a new cargo joint venture between Lufthansa Cargo and DHL Express and will operate an exclusive Boeing 777F fleet. Via leasing company Deucalion Capital, AeroLogic has ordered eight 777F.

Aerologic will use Boeing's Airplane Health Management Fault Monitoring and Maintenance Performance Toolbox to manage its 777 Freighters which provides real-time fault-management tools to identify maintenance needs and communicate with ground teams to enable proactive, planned and timely maintenance operations and address potential issues, while managing technical publications and training, and customizing online maintenance manuals.

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