Civilian Aviation

Two weeks in Washington in the middle of June gave me the opportunity to make a couple of brief stops at Washington National Airport between activities. Fortunately the volume of traffic meant I got plenty of action in the time available. The shots were taken from Dangerfield Island and the famous Gravelly Point Park - one of Washington’s best attractions if you ask me. None of the traffic was particularly unusual but for a first time visitor to the States I was a kid in a sweetshop with every single movement a new one for me. Shooting in shirt sleeves and not a wooly hat & gloves was also kind of nice.

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ALAN_POTTS_20160612_MG_3307 by A POTTS, on Flickr

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ALAN_POTTS_20160619_MG_3830 by A POTTS, on Flickr

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Very nice,must remember the name of that park

very nice, I particularly like the first 2 with the national memorial and the Capital building as backdrops, not seen that angle before. great pics and thanks for posting them

andy

Great memories of my trip to National in May/June 72, albeit with slightly different hardware!

Now that I'd love to see pictures of... can't imagine how noisy it would be with full fat 727's, 737's & DC-9's.

Great shots - the last time that I was there was October 1976, an incredibly busy, small airport with stacks of 727s, DC-9s, 737s, F-28s, BAC 1-11s, Eastern Electras, Piedmont YS-11s and stacks of biz-jets. 130 logged in less than 3 hours on a Saturday afternoon.