Liege is an airport in the east of Belgium, since it was decommisioned as a military airbase it has been building up as a civilian, mainly cargo hub.
Its largest customer is TNT with normally several dozen aircraft on the ramp, including their jumbo’s en triples.
Like most couriers these however fly mainly at night. Its is also served by cargo carriers from the middle east like Qatar, ELAL, and Ethiopian.
These 3 B737 were photographed with a big ladder + tripod in the air over a double fence. Its a good airport for numbercrunchers but photography is frustrating.
Avient has gone bust but is restarting again as AV Cargo. They have 2 MD11’s, one of which has been at Zurich for some time. This DC10 has not left the aiport for some time.
rgds
EC
By: Culpano - 10th June 2013 at 09:35
Wow lots of stuff at Liege. Thought most stuff moved at night. Regarding your last photo I bet you didn’t try that at Antalya Airport !!! Great shots.
By: civilspotter - 9th June 2013 at 22:20
Hi Tenthije
The ladder is only a 4 step, but it may be the total length of body arms and monopod (I am 1.84M long, I won’t mention the width)
One of my companions caught me in the act. We took turns using the equipment.
rgds
EC
By: tenthije - 9th June 2013 at 22:07
Damn! How large is that ladder of yours?! I’ve got a five step ladder and was unable to get proper shots of the TNT ramp, except for the narrow bit alongside the parking lot were (it lookgs like) you took the landing shots from.
By: EGTC - 9th June 2013 at 18:21
Lovely 🙂 Liege looks like a great place.
By: Tartan Pics - 9th June 2013 at 14:17
Excellent set!! and some great traffic too, on the couple of visits i have made to Liege i only ever got a TNT lump moving
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