I made my first visit to Lanzarote since 2000 a couple of weeks back when three of us spent a week there close to the Airport.
The traffic and variety has dropped of quite a bit since my last stay but part of the reason for going there was of course the climate where you can usually be guaranteed to don the shorts and top up the tan.
As it happens the Landlady said that Lanzarote has had the worst Winter for 35 years with many cool wet days but fortunately for us the weather picked up a lot just a couple of days before we arrived and day temps were back in the mid to high 70’s F.
Viewing wise it hadn’t changed much since my visit 5 years ago expect for the big fence on the Beach side that I knew about and as detailed from various sources it was possible to shoot with care through the gap between the metal sections. Easier for Digi shooters to multi shoot them but very tricky for landers for those shooting only slides.
For the afternoon there are still small rubble mounds to assist in getting high enough to use a camera over the barbed wire and there were no problems with Security either on the Beach side or in the afternoon on the higher ground once the sun had moved around.
As luck had it there was a cloudy wet day on the Monday which was the best for quality so that was a pity but otherwise we had plenty of sunshine.
This is part one and I’ll add more later from other spots around the field later.
Fred.
By: Airline owner - 29th March 2005 at 14:26
Fantastic shots there Fred. I particularly like the IB 752 with a ship in it. All are of superb quality though.
By: Airline owner - 29th March 2005 at 14:26
Fantastic shots there Fred. I particularly like the IB 752 with a ship in it. All are of superb quality though.
By: seahawk - 29th March 2005 at 13:48
Probably ex Binter pilot 😀
By: seahawk - 29th March 2005 at 13:48
Probably ex Binter pilot 😀
By: kaplan dig - 29th March 2005 at 12:54
How about this Iberia 757 it was one of the four missed approaches on our first day due to poor visibility caused by sand from the Sahara in the atmosphere.
It looked to us he was determined to land after missing out on his first effort this was a steep bank close to touchdown, nice landing in the end.
Fred.
Looks like the same pilot I saw in Tenerife last year, he did this same sort of approach 2 nights in a row over the small town just to the west of TFS but as I didn’t have a scanner I was taken by surprise both times, it seemed he just levelled out just as he was over the threshold, great stuff, not often seen these days.
By: kaplan dig - 29th March 2005 at 12:54
How about this Iberia 757 it was one of the four missed approaches on our first day due to poor visibility caused by sand from the Sahara in the atmosphere.
It looked to us he was determined to land after missing out on his first effort this was a steep bank close to touchdown, nice landing in the end.
Fred.
Looks like the same pilot I saw in Tenerife last year, he did this same sort of approach 2 nights in a row over the small town just to the west of TFS but as I didn’t have a scanner I was taken by surprise both times, it seemed he just levelled out just as he was over the threshold, great stuff, not often seen these days.
By: fredseg1 - 29th March 2005 at 12:26
How about this Iberia 757 it was one of the four missed approaches on our first day due to poor visibility caused by sand from the Sahara in the atmosphere.
It looked to us he was determined to land after missing out on his first effort this was a steep bank close to touchdown, nice landing in the end.
Fred.
By: fredseg1 - 29th March 2005 at 12:26
How about this Iberia 757 it was one of the four missed approaches on our first day due to poor visibility caused by sand from the Sahara in the atmosphere.
It looked to us he was determined to land after missing out on his first effort this was a steep bank close to touchdown, nice landing in the end.
Fred.
By: seahawk - 29th March 2005 at 11:51
Wonderfull pics – I love the Iberia 757
By: seahawk - 29th March 2005 at 11:51
Wonderfull pics – I love the Iberia 757
By: EGNM - 29th March 2005 at 01:17
I have been there only twice and popped down most mornings on my bike. I was lucky enough to catch the DC-8 a couple of times (must have been first mornings when I was sober!), but never saw the Gando FA-18s there, only CASA-235s 🙁
Would love to go there again tho!
By: EGNM - 29th March 2005 at 01:17
I have been there only twice and popped down most mornings on my bike. I was lucky enough to catch the DC-8 a couple of times (must have been first mornings when I was sober!), but never saw the Gando FA-18s there, only CASA-235s 🙁
Would love to go there again tho!
By: davforr - 28th March 2005 at 23:29
Great pictures
looks like you were kept busy
By: davforr - 28th March 2005 at 23:29
Great pictures
looks like you were kept busy
By: fredseg1 - 28th March 2005 at 23:09
I was hoping there might be a Cygnus Dc8 when we were there but no luck as they come when the Tuna season starts to uplift the catch but it hasn’t started yet.
I think with them it’s something like two visits a week in the mornings but not totally sure about that.
We did okay for Spanish military with a number of Casa 212’s, a Casa 295 that came in twice, the two Hornets and best of all a Spanish AF A310.
During the previous week before we arrived there was a solitary Casa 212 and that was it.
One to look out for is a very occasional visit of a Binter Beech 1900 we saw it twice and I only managed a few shots in very low light, the other was in almost darkness when we had left.
Looks like they only operate into ACE at the weekends late on, I think they are based at TFS.
Fred.
By: fredseg1 - 28th March 2005 at 23:09
I was hoping there might be a Cygnus Dc8 when we were there but no luck as they come when the Tuna season starts to uplift the catch but it hasn’t started yet.
I think with them it’s something like two visits a week in the mornings but not totally sure about that.
We did okay for Spanish military with a number of Casa 212’s, a Casa 295 that came in twice, the two Hornets and best of all a Spanish AF A310.
During the previous week before we arrived there was a solitary Casa 212 and that was it.
One to look out for is a very occasional visit of a Binter Beech 1900 we saw it twice and I only managed a few shots in very low light, the other was in almost darkness when we had left.
Looks like they only operate into ACE at the weekends late on, I think they are based at TFS.
Fred.
By: cheesebag - 28th March 2005 at 22:29
Back in Feb, the hornets were there then… NOISEY!!!!!, there was also what looked like a military 707 but I only caught that driving back from Deiland to PDC so didn’t get a great look 🙁
By: cheesebag - 28th March 2005 at 22:29
Back in Feb, the hornets were there then… NOISEY!!!!!, there was also what looked like a military 707 but I only caught that driving back from Deiland to PDC so didn’t get a great look 🙁
By: cheesebag - 28th March 2005 at 22:27
Been 8 times in the past 3 years, last time in February, next time June!!!! 🙂
By: cheesebag - 28th March 2005 at 22:27
Been 8 times in the past 3 years, last time in February, next time June!!!! 🙂
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