Great selection there! I am beginning to get quite tempted about heading upto ABZ. Is the ‘farm road’ in walking distance from the terminal, and is it in the right place with the Sun for most of the day? And by ‘official viewing area’ is it actually a terrace or anything, or just somewhere that security etc encourage people to gather? Is it mainly just ramp shots available from there?
Yes, the farm road is right next to the Official Viewing Area, which is about a 5 minute walk from the Terminal, just turn left as you come out.
All it has is a Bus Shelter and a couple of seats, but it’s better than nothing, the farm road is right next to it and you can just walk along here for different angles, and the sun will be behind you most of the day.
For a different view turn right when you come out of the Terminal and you’ll see a grassy mound, this overlooks one of the helicopter aprons and the remote parking fixed wing apron and there can be quite a bit of variety here, I think there is a Polish An26 parked there during the day for a night mailrun?
And if you just continue following the Perimeter Fence you will come to another couple of helo aprons.
The only place you won’t get access to if you don’t have transport is the East Apron (some visitors park there) and Bond Helicopters and also BMI Regional Maintenance but if you have a decent pair of bins you should be able to read the reggies.
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