That are some miles Keith, I thought petrol was expensive in the UK!

The 737 looks like a former KD avia. At least 2 each were parted out in Lasham and Kemble last autumn.
The grey electricty box on the back makes it look like its there to stay.

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hi Tartan

I was in Vienna in 2008. The runways are accesible, only not with motorised transport. Al the country lanes leading to and along the runways are “Verboten fur Motorfahrzeuge”. The police patrol regularly aswel so better not to try.

The best spot in the morning is in Klein Neu-Siedl on the L156 to the east of the airport. If you park your truck on or near the Katharinenhofstrasse you can walk the last couple of hundred meters to the runway (assuming they fly from the south). The fence is about shoulder hight so you only need a small elevation to shoot over the fence. also if you move closer to the threshold you can shoot landing shots just above the ground. To the west of the runway is also possible but you would have to walk some 30 minutes from the nearest point that you can park a car.

The southside of the runway in front of the terminal is a long walk from anywhere.

for extensive info about spotting in Vienna go to
http://www.vap-group.at/
and then to Vienna/Vienna information

If you like to see some of the traffic, this was there may 2008
http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=41771&hilit=vienna

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Thanks Neil. I must have mistaken that open other doorpanel for the gear being on that side.

some more for you entertainment

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Incident looks a lot like that Lufhansa A320 at Warsaw many years ago.

In that instance the runway was so slippery from snow and ice that the landing gear sensors did decide that no contact was made with the runway and the aircraft systems therefore didnot engage trustreversers and brakes.

It is true that aircraft can stop on brakes alone but in snow conditions braking may be impaired. Also when one of the wheel(sets) hits an ice spot the aircraft can start skidding very sideways. Trustreversers are not effected by the runway condition and provide a safer way to stop in a straight line.

The runway surface is not visible in the video so its not possible to comment on the braking conditions.

just my 3 cents

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Very nice additions Vino, can’t help you with the dates since they are some way before my time.
You scans look a lot better JB, pehaps you can check if the film is flat in the mount and if not reframe them to improve sharpness
(the Titan short has an out of focus tail which suggest a bending piece of film)

Here are some more from my side

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