Our Local airport viewing areas have been decimated as a result of Peeps who park up for weeks on end and hang there washing on the perimeter fence ( a relatively new phenomina) ...... 911 of course .... and finally the $$$$$ anti-war brigade who try to attack anything painted grey
(the final nail in the coffin) ......
we used to have a good few hundred mtrs of perimeter road immediately adjacent to the main runway with full visibility on approach ....full runway ...and departure (in fact the whole airport) where you could park up on a solid parking strip .... wave to passengers/friends (even Concorde Pilots, I rem
) or do all the normal things spotters do if that was your interest ....
I used to get a kick in the early PC days of taking photo's like the one below ....
but it's all gone ..... a 50 mtr long area now available .... no approach visibility at all on 24 ...... and limited parking of course .....
Even the 'old dog' misses our trips down to the airport viewing area ..... ......
http://tinypic.com/in4lrs.jpg
