Civilian Aviation

With my new 70-300L IS USM arriving last week i thought id take a trip to manchester, also with a big thanks to karl for showing me around and lending me a set of steps . and gotta say im sooooooo pleased with the lens. I took 296 shots in all but the head ons were my fave so thought id share them .


Emirates Boeing 777 Manchester by Chris Wade Reptiles, on Flickr


Emirates Boeing 777 Manchester by Chris Wade Reptiles, on Flickr


Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 Manchester by Chris Wade Reptiles, on Flickr


Aer Arann ATR 72 Manchester by Chris Wade Reptiles, on Flickr


American Airways Boeing 757 Manchester by Chris Wade Reptiles, on Flickr


Antonov An-124 Manchester by Chris Wade Reptiles, on Flickr

And a nice pic of an Easyjet just because i like it :p

Easyjet Airbus A319 Manchester by Chris Wade Reptiles, on Flickr

Nice work Chris

Unfortunately, unless you're on the north apron, we don't get the sun as direct on the nose as you do at Manchester......

Good choice of favourites I'd say, nice set you have there

Steve

Great shots! The light on that 777 is amazing!

Quick question ... Is that spot back open at Manchester now? Looks closer than it actually was?

Danny

im not sure how to explain the spot. its a large gravel path infront of jet parks 3. my first time there

Very nice Chris, especially the Antonov.

Thank you for the information Chris, how did you enter in front of the car park? Had a look on google and bing maps and cant see how to get there. Going to try and check this place out on Saturday.

Hope this helps and makes sense. Ive done this little map for you.

The green circle is now all carpark too!

The blue circle is where you can park. you dont need to enter the carpark, its a patch of gravel on the right hand side as your driving down so totally free. a few people park here. might be a little further down the road than the blue circle though.

then just follow the white path all the way to the red circle and you can choose where to view from can walk most the length of the runway. just take a set of steps with you

have they put the new fence in this area yet, and how big a set of steps did you use to get over the fence ?

this area used to be fantastic before they extended the car parks and you could go down and stand on the large banks and get fantasic views of the line ups

Yeh i heard there used to be mounds etc. I was using a 4 step and just got over it. I wouldnt go no lower than that.

chriswade wrote:Yeh i heard there used to be mounds etc. I was using a 4 step and just got over it. I wouldnt go no lower than that.

IMG_6092 by machone photos, on Flickr

that shot was taken off the top of one of the mounds that used to be at that spot, shame we lost it to a carpark, it was my fave spot at man when the were on single runway ops

Brilliant, thanks for the information Chris ... just need some good weather now!

tomorrow looks real good