You still can at the Detroit Metro airport - a free parking lot was opened a few years ago to park and wait for arriving passengers. It happens to be directly inline with several runways Ken Waller -----Original Message----- From: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Sep 8, 2021 12:52 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: OT: Presidential Visit to my Home Town One used to be able to go to a location under the departure or landing pattern of a major civilian airport or even a military airbase, watch the planes, and even take images. Now, that will get one on the no fly list, and possible indicted. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Am 08.09.21 um 20:50 schrieb Ken Waller: > You still can at the Detroit Metro airport - a free parking lot was opened a few years ago to park and wait for arriving passengers. It happens to be directly inline with several runways The airport of Vienna, Austria, has installed a "planespotter hill" and a number of dedicated holes in the fence, just big enough to stick a lens through. https://wien.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2615507/ Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de

RDU airport has an observation deck (actually two of them but most people don't know about the upstairs lounge in General Aviation "terminal") The main one now has restricted views because the NC Department of Transportation built their facility right down in front of the observation deck. https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/9509974875/in/photostream/lightbox/ The other observation deck: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/51438223990/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ ... and the view from the balcony: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/51437507193/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ The building you can see across the runway is the RDU maintenance building. Behind it is the North Carolina Army National Guard Armory where I spent the majority of my career. I don't think y'all can zoom in enough to see it, but you can just barely see the front of AASF #1 on the left behind the RDU maintenance building The main observation deck gets the most traffic (because it faces the longer runway), but the best views are blocked the the NCDOT facility. The General Aviation observation deck has better views (along with an air conditioned lounge & a snack bar), but there's not as much traffic. You can photograph from the flight path for either runway, but there's no place to park, so you have to walk carrying your equipment for quite a long way to get into position. Airport police may stop and ask what you're doing, but seem to understand aviation buffs plane spotting ... and it's a lot easier since I've gone digital, 'cause I can show them the little TV screen on the back of the camera. On 9/8/2021 14:50:20, Ken Waller wrote: > You still can at the Detroit Metro airport - a free parking lot was opened a few years ago to park and wait for arriving passengers. It happens to be directly inline with several runways > > > Ken Waller > -----Original Message----- > From: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Sep 8, 2021 12:52 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: OT: Presidential Visit to my Home Town > > One used to be able to go to a location under the departure or landing > pattern of a major civilian airport or even a military airbase, watch the > planes, and even take images. Now, that will get one on the no fly list, > and possible indicted. > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > * > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question.