Philippine Aviation Guff - Part 2
Greetings, ladies, gents, and miscellaneous upright-walking life forms,
Over the years, I’ve managed to accumulate a rather unhealthy number of aviation photos from my many jaunts to the Philippines. It turns out that snapping planes, while enduring mindless automatons (security guards), on an airport perimeter fence is a hobby. Who knew?
Now, here's the problem: these photos span over a decade of trips, and organizing them all by date is roughly as fun as herding cats with commitment issues. Still, I figured it's time to put all this guff onto the internet — if only to justify the amount of storage space they’ve consumed and to entertain you for a few minutes.
Full disclosure: I am not an aviation photographer. My natural habitat involves trains, train stations, and occasionally cursing at delayed departures. I can tell an Airbus from a Boeing (usually), and I’m reasonably confident helicopters are the loud ones that hover. Beyond that, I wouldn’t recommend asking me technical questions unless you're looking for wildly speculative answers or creative lies.
Anyway, with that disclaimer out of the way, brace yourself for an onslaught of airplane photos. This series will be delivered in several gloriously average installments, brought to you courtesy of my fifteen (yes, fifteen) trips to the ever-intriguing, occasionally chaotic, always photogenic archipelago known as the Philippines.
You’ve been warned.
Oh, and note that, unless otherwise mentioned, all these shots were at the 'Manila International Airport', or 'Ninoy Aquino International Airport' if you feel a need to use that name.
Philippine Airlines - A319-112 - RP-C8603
2015: To Aurora Airlines
2021: Scrapped
Photo: Brad Peadon
Philippine Airlines - A320-214 - RP-C8606
Still in operation.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Philippine Airlines - A330-300 - RP-C3337
2014: Withdrawn
2015: Scrapped
Photo: Brad Peadon
Philippine Airlines - A320-214 - RP-C8613
Still in operation.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Singapore Airlines - B777-212ER - 9V-SQA
2012: To Scoot
2015: To AerSale Inc
2015: Scrapped
Photo: Brad Peadon
Philippine Government - Fokker F24 - RP-1250
AFAIK it is still in use.
It is going on towards 46 years old.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Cebu Pacific - ATR 72-500 - RP- C7257
2025: .To FlyJaya Indonesia
Still in operation.
Photo: Brad Peadon
QANTAS - A330-303 - VH-QPC
Still in operation.
Seen above at Sydney Airport before departing to Manila, and below over the Philippines.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above and below
Philippine Airlines - A330-300 - RP-C3330
2013: Withdrawn
2014: Scrapped
Photos: Brad Peadon
Cebu Pacific - ATR 72-500 - RP- C7258
2023: .To Hi Air, Republic of Korea
2023: Stored five months later.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Cebu Pacific - ATR 72-500 - RP- C7253
2020: re-configured for cargo
2024: Stored till today.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Airphil Express - Bombardier DHC-8-314 - RP- C3017
2013: To PAL Express.
2019: Stored (Clark) till today.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Japan Airlines - B767-346ER - JA602J
Still in operation.
Photo: Brad Peadon
A couple of locals somewhat fascinated by that Aussie chap with the camera.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above and below.
Japan Airlines - B767-346ER - JA602J
Still in operation.
Photos: Brad Peadon
Philippine Airlines - A330-301 - RP-C3332
2014: Withdrawn and stored.
Now scrapped.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Philippine Airlines - B777-300ER - RP-C3332
2024: All 12 tyres burst during a high speed rejected takeoff.2024: Returned to service.
Currently parked.
Photo: Brad Peadon
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Video Above: Planes of Taguig in Manila.
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Onyo Artocillo, Richard Hoi, Alfred E Newman, Kuya Pia, David Xuereb.
& the usual idiotic security guards.
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