Evening all, I took my first spotting trip to LGW today. The original plan for me and Airline owner (Ben) was Heathrow but we had a last minute change of heart and after some wondering around Gatwick we found our spot!
Anyway here’s my brief selection….
Hope you enjoyed! variable weather so quiality isn’t good but comments welcome…:D
Cheers,
Tom
By: Manston Airport - 6th March 2008 at 15:56
That’ll be the one. Now that I have a better look at the splurge I’d say possibly a heron flying left to right ?
Looks like the colours of a Canadian goose 😀 guess it could be a heron.
James
By: widmeister - 6th March 2008 at 10:28
Not on about the bird are you?:diablo:
That’ll be the one. Now that I have a better look at the splurge I’d say possibly a heron flying left to right ?
By: Future Pilot - 5th March 2008 at 23:45
What’s that behind the XL 737 ? Is it a 146 departing or something ?
Not on about the bird are you?:diablo:
I haven’t been to LGW for ages. What’s ot like at that spot at 08 … as
in is it easy to avoid getting bits of fence in your shots ? I seem to remember
a DC10 being around 50-60mm side on from there. These were at times when
we were lucky to be able to shoot through the hole for the lock on the gate
as there were no other photographers there.
Well the shots of the NW/XL/EK were taken from the gate and it was no problem at all and the lens sounds about right, admittedly I can see it being sort of a scrum in the summer like you say with loads of other spotters but that’s really unavoidable.
As for the car park at the pub. Is it possible to reach the pub without a car ?
Is there any public transport goes bye the place where the pub is ?
Ask the other Tom ^ :D.
By: widmeister - 5th March 2008 at 16:35
What’s that behind the XL 737 ? Is it a 146 departing or something ?
I haven’t been to LGW for ages. What’s ot like at that spot at 08 … as
in is it easy to avoid getting bits of fence in your shots ? I seem to remember
a DC10 being around 50-60mm side on from there. These were at times when
we were lucky to be able to shoot through the hole for the lock on the gate
as there were no other photographers there.
As for the car park at the pub. Is it possible to reach the pub without a car ?
Is there any public transport goes bye the place where the pub is ?
By: Manston Airport - 5th March 2008 at 16:01
Nice shots there Tom like the 1st three shots 😎 I saw that MON A330 fly over my house .
James
By: Future Pilot - 5th March 2008 at 14:31
Cheers again guys and to answer your question Si no I’m not :).
No problem regarding photography/spotting there but there is no parking allowed on the side of the road – you will get moved on sooner or later. There is a large car layby opposite a pub (always forget its name) to put the car in, then walk about 5 minutes back to the spotting place.
Well you say that Tom but we were parked in this lay-by near a field entrance the other side of the approach lights to where the crash gate is for the best part of 4/5 hours not including times to go get something to eat etc and had no problems from anyone all day despite police driving by at least twice…
Must of been lucky this time :D.
By: tomfellows - 5th March 2008 at 14:10
is this spot tolerated for spotting and photos by the local constabulary and can you park easily without causing problems ??
No problem regarding photography/spotting there but there is no parking allowed on the side of the road – you will get moved on sooner or later. There is a large car layby opposite a pub (always forget its name) to put the car in, then walk about 5 minutes back to the spotting place.
By: MATaxi - 5th March 2008 at 13:14
Very nice snaps indedd Si….is this spot tolerated for spotting and photos by the local constabulary and can you park easily without causing problems ??
By: Si Jones - 5th March 2008 at 11:44
Lovely stuff Tom, my favourite….the A310. Are you shooting in RAW format?
All the best
Si
By: ryan_bradley - 4th March 2008 at 22:29
Nice Work 🙂
Love the NWA 😉
Many Thanks,
Ryan
By: Future Pilot - 4th March 2008 at 21:45
Ta for the comments people :).
Lovely pics–especially the Olympic A340 and NWA–you must have been there when they changed the runway ends to 08R as the OA was one of the last ones to go off 26L!!
Were you at the crash gate in the Lowfield Heath Rd?
Happy Spotting!
Spot on Charley B, I’m not entirely sure of the road name but from your description that sounds exactly like the place we were at. We preety much got there as the last 2 departures left 26L one of which as you say was the Olympic A340 which climbed dissapointingly quickly! we were hoping it would just clear the roof of the car :diablo:.
By: flcriminal - 4th March 2008 at 21:15
Great!!!!
NWA Superb!!!!
By: tomfellows - 4th March 2008 at 20:45
Nice work – always nice to see some other members’ Gatwick photos.
By: Charley B - 4th March 2008 at 19:42
Lovely pics–especially the Olympic A340 and NWA–you must have been there when they changed the runway ends to 08R as the OA was one of the last ones to go off 26L!!
Were you at the crash gate in the Lowfield Heath Rd?
Happy Spotting!
By: adamdowley - 4th March 2008 at 19:36
Very nice work Tom! The nwa 330 sure is a beaut! 🙂
By: heslop01 - 4th March 2008 at 19:26
Great shots Tom! I like the TCX and Olympic myself 😀
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