The US has been getting a lot of bad press recently in various forums (Airliners.net, Jetphotos) re their treatment of spotters/photographers. A recent visit to the east coast to a couple of airfields didn’t cause me any problems whatsoever, but an other airport on the east coast did, but that’s another story.
The first pic is of the excellent viewing terrace provided at Raleigh-Durham Airport in North Carolina, this offered shade, seats, cold drinking water, clean bathrooms, a picnic area, free parking, and until very recently a live ATC feed, oh, and an excellent elevated view over one of the runways!
By: green320 - 28th July 2004 at 21:43
I get confused.
By: LBARULES - 28th July 2004 at 21:39
Yep, definitly a triple 7.
By: Bhoy - 28th July 2004 at 21:37
It’s a 777, not a 767…
By: green320 - 28th July 2004 at 21:19
I like the DL 763 in particular!! Great photos.
By: kaplan dig - 28th July 2004 at 21:03
[sarcasm]No. Really?[/sarcasm]
Even before scrolling down, and just seeing the top of the photo, I thought that looks like the Fabric on the AF A330 seats… I scroll down, and, lo and behold, it’s an Air Frog screen… so… would I be right in plumping for the A330?
Darn! Too easy! 😀
By: LBARULES - 28th July 2004 at 21:03
LOL @ Bhoy 😀
Lovely shot out of the window Kaplan 🙂
By: Bhoy - 28th July 2004 at 20:59
was that reference to top Gear. They did a mondeo as well
[sarcasm]No. Really?[/sarcasm]
And here’s the return flight, looking ‘down’, guess what type?
Even before scrolling down, and just seeing the top of the photo, I thought that looks like the Fabric on the AF A330 seats… I scroll down, and, lo and behold, it’s an Air Frog screen… so… would I be right in plumping for the A330?
By: kaplan dig - 28th July 2004 at 19:18
And out the window 😉
By: kaplan dig - 28th July 2004 at 19:03
And here’s the return flight, looking ‘down’, guess what type? 😉
By: Airline owner - 28th July 2004 at 18:38
‘Stand clear’? no warning about not parking your 2CV up near the Jet Blast? 😉
was that reference to top Gear. They did a mondeo as well
By: Bhoy - 28th July 2004 at 18:30
‘Stand clear’? no warning about not parking your 2CV up near the Jet Blast? 😉
By: kaplan dig - 28th July 2004 at 18:15
On top of the South Car Park at Atlanta where this was taken.
Or here, sitting on the grass at Atlanta’s DeKalb Peachtree (nice name 🙂 ) Airport in north Atlanta, a biz jet paradise 😀
By: kaplan dig - 28th July 2004 at 18:10
serving nice frothy cold beer
On top of the South Car Park at Atlanta where this was taken.
By: clearedtoland - 28th July 2004 at 15:24
serving nice frothy cold beer
By: Whiskey Delta - 28th July 2004 at 15:12
Now you’re talking. 🙂
By: Hand87_5 - 28th July 2004 at 08:17
All you’d need is a BBQ and a cold drink and you’d be in paradise
Maybe a couple of “Hooter Air” girls as well
By: Airline owner - 28th July 2004 at 08:15
like Southwest’s c/s (well that one) and i like the viewing facilities
By: steve rowell - 28th July 2004 at 06:32
Charlotte, North Carolina also has a spotter location. There is a parking lot/viewing area right next to the approach end of runway 18R. Every nice weather day it’s common to see a group of folks sitting out their in their lawn chairs watching the arrivals.
All you’d need is a BBQ and a cold drink and you’d be in paradise
By: Whiskey Delta - 27th July 2004 at 19:56
Those places are still open after 9/11 ????
The only closures I’ve seen have involved on-airport observation decks. Most are still open but have closed access to the outdoor deck portions.
Off airport viewing areas, no matter how close, are still open from what I’ve seen. It’s odd that you can’t stand on an open platform on the airport property that places you about 100 yards from the nearest aircraft AFTER you’ve passed through security but you can still stand less than 200 feet under the runway arrival path where there is no security in place. Obviously those in charge don’t understand where the real threats lie.
By: kaplan dig - 27th July 2004 at 19:35
Charlotte, North Carolina also has a spotter location. There is a parking lot/viewing area right next to the approach end of runway 18R. Every nice weather day it’s common to see a group of folks sitting out their in their lawn chairs watching the arrivals.
Yes, I’ve heard of that one in fact departing there one time I noticed a group of people sitting watching the departures, abeam Runway 18R I think it was. 😉
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July 27, 2004 at 6:37 pm