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Airplane watching brings back fond memories during pandemic
Looking for something to do while social distancing? There aren't as many planes due to the pandemic, but it sure is fun to watch them take off and land (video) (www.news5cleveland.com) 更多...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
In the 1970s I'd sit in my car in a parking area just across the street from McCoy in Orlando and watch the planes go right over my head! Now it's called OIA and there's a huge highway (528) where that spot was. I miss that time.
When living in Toronto my wife and I used to spend a fair bit of spare time at YYZ and/or YTZ. My radio scanner programmed to the appropriate frequencies we'd get a coffee and enjoy an hour or so listening to approaches and watching take-offs. A great stress reliever and a real source of enjoyment. Even had the privilege of watching the Concorde on its last flight back to Europe. (Thankfully we had the scanner and found that the'd changed runways at the last minute.)
We are now retired in a much smaller community (I no longer drive) where there are maybe half a dozen flights a day and the airport is on the other end of town. Greatly miss the opportunity to enjoy planewatching and monitoring the Air Band.
Only traffic nearby is the odd seaplane or the Air Ambulance.
We are now retired in a much smaller community (I no longer drive) where there are maybe half a dozen flights a day and the airport is on the other end of town. Greatly miss the opportunity to enjoy planewatching and monitoring the Air Band.
Only traffic nearby is the odd seaplane or the Air Ambulance.
I have great memories back in the 70's while living about 30 miles from LHR! Every day after school we were in our back yards with binoculars and our aircraft registration books. Back then you also could use the observation decks at LHR and we would take frequent trips their with my plan spotting buddies! To this day, I still love to watch planes, although today my flight path is the Scottsdale Airport (SDL)!
IND used have upper outside deck then blocked it off after 9-11. Also had a small parking lot south-west side off I-70 until I-70 was redone and the new terminal and control tower was built.
Been taking slides of planes for 50 years... know all the places to go all over the West... 911 killed a lot of access but there are still some tricks to play... AF 1965-68 - 100 missions in Nam... ATC for 6 1/2 years...fired in '81... sales for 25 years on airplanes every other week... still get out... big fires in NorCal and McClellan AB full of fire fighting tankers.. 744, DC10s, C130s, P3s, L188, Ba146... helios..MD87s
So, for you folks who enjoyed as much, or more time watching them come and go as I did, The front seats of any jet have a great perspective too, and, you get to watch a bunch of takeoffs and landings while 'holding short' at TEB.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Juliana_International_Airport#Runway
My favorite arrival and departure by far! And after you did it a time or two in a Lear, JetStar, C650 or Challenger, you didn't exactly have to spend all your time lookin' at the runway 10 paint cause' it ain't exactly ASP and it don't take much to miss the fence.
Bein' a blow boater, the environment was home for me and bein' the unheralded rock star for the plane spotters was a bonus, the paychecks were nice and Jimmy Stewart did it too, "It's a wonderful life". Cheers!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Juliana_International_Airport#Runway
My favorite arrival and departure by far! And after you did it a time or two in a Lear, JetStar, C650 or Challenger, you didn't exactly have to spend all your time lookin' at the runway 10 paint cause' it ain't exactly ASP and it don't take much to miss the fence.
Bein' a blow boater, the environment was home for me and bein' the unheralded rock star for the plane spotters was a bonus, the paychecks were nice and Jimmy Stewart did it too, "It's a wonderful life". Cheers!