Ah no problem mate:)

Well that sounds like fun!!! I wish my photography was good enough i would have magazine editors getting me to take pictures of there planes air-air. Just out of interest. What magazine, can we get it over here?

Josh

The magazine is called Planet Aerospace (http://www.planet-aerospace.com, and is mainly sold in Europe. Its acually published in 4 languages including English with over 80,000 copies selling per issue, but I suppose it’s not yet ready for the UK market.

Which ones are backlit, the one of the US Airways?

They were all taken from the same spot, but the RWY is RWY28. Therefore at this time of year the sun rises just to the north, at around 080. By about 0800 its moved down the runway to around 100, and then for the rest of the day they become properly lit. The spot is well known at Dublin, and is just on a mound round the side of the runway. It’s quite easy to get to, but quite a dangerous walk along some busy roads. It takes about 40 minutes from the terminal.

Thanks very much guys, much appreciated!

Cheers for the fantastic response, glad you all liked them! It is really great for photography, and certainly the closest you’ll get to SXM in Europe (and much cheaper too…….my flights in December on GB Airways cost £86 rtn inc tax….and an apartment is £6pppn!). Maybe you should consider coming out when I plan to live there next Summer, then I could show you around etc?

And then it was down to the touchdown zone, my favourite part of Lanzarote photography. It really is incredibly close, probably about as close as you’d ever get at an airshow. All of these shots were taken with my 18-55mm, a 737 side on requires around 28mm!

And finally, a perfectly timed touchdown. A moment later, he slammed down on the right creating a huge amount of smoke, and a few seconds later I was literally engulfed in this big white cloud of burning rubber. It sounds fun thinking back, but I could barely breath when it happened!

So that’s it, another week in ACE over. 🙁 Not long til I go back though, and weather for photography is better in December (less heat haze problems, less hazy skies etc). We flew home on Thomsonfly 757-200 G-BYAN. Here’s a quick one of the interior..

It’s nice and fresh, but having those pockets right in my face annoys me!

Cheers for looking.

Unfortunately, I only managed to make 2 trips round the corner to the perimeter during the week, because we had other things planned such as meals, and day trips etc. I managed to escape briefly for an hour one evening….

Last one of the day..