Abu Dhabi Intl 13-Mar-23

[Cavemonster]

Sat on a hotel balcony at Yas Island a number of interesting aircraft were on short final, various CN-235, C-130, C-17 all of which defied identification. One I'm curious about was an all white CN-235 with just a '0' (zero) on the tail (where the reg normally is for the likely candidates, USAF 66043 etc). I've had a google, can't find anything similar and the UAE examples don't seem to be white. Any ideas?

[raameagle]

Any photos of the arrivals or indeed any information about how close the aircraft are to the hotel etc?
Thanks
Mark

[Cavemonster]

Afraid I didn’t have a camera, only mini bins and didn’t take any photos with phone.

We were in the Rotana £90/nt, room with balcony overlooking the F1 circuit with the airport in the distance. Inbounds close to overhead but not visible until abeam hotel. I suggest that the nearby Crowne Plaza as mentioned https://www.spotterguide.net/planespot ... -auh-omaa/ would give a better view.

One C-130 pinged on adsb but during the day we were there, 3 C-130s, 4 CN235, 2 C-17, 1 A330 didn’t.