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===Airport Perimeter Near Taxiway C=== | ===Airport Perimeter Near Taxiway C=== | ||
This spot is an excellent morning vantage-point for departing aircraft on their way to runway 32 or arrivals exiting runway 14 via taxiways C or D. Aircraft in the nearer parking bays in park 9 are also reachable | [[Image: Charlespolidano_yak-42.jpg |thumb|200 px|Yakovlev Yak-42 on taxiway C. Photo taken at 70mm.]][[Image: Charlespolidano_B738.jpg |thumb|200 px|Boeing 737-800 arrival on runway 32. Photo taken at 200mm.]]This spot is an excellent morning vantage-point for departing aircraft on their way to runway 32 or arrivals exiting runway 14 via taxiways C or D. Aircraft in the nearer parking bays in park 9 are also reachable. Runway 32 takeoffs can be photographed with a moderately long lens. There are cutouts for photographers at intervals in the fence so a stepladder is not necessary, though shooting takeoffs through the cutouts is difficult. | ||
However, heat distortion can be a problem on hot days when shooting at any distance and to avoid it you may have to wait for aircraft on taxiway C to get close as possible. | |||
'''Time of day:''' Morning only (not later than around 9 am in winter). | '''Time of day:''' Morning only (not later than around 9 am in winter). | ||
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If you’re travelling by car, head for the airport but when you reach the Gudja/airport/Luqa roundabout take the road to Hal Far (it runs parallel to the airport access road but does not descend). Watch for the above-mentioned VIP and crash gates. Parking is possible to one side of the crash gate and across the road. Just be very careful when crossing the road! | If you’re travelling by car, head for the airport but when you reach the Gudja/airport/Luqa roundabout take the road to Hal Far (it runs parallel to the airport access road but does not descend). Watch for the above-mentioned VIP and crash gates. Parking is possible to one side of the crash gate and across the road. Just be very careful when crossing the road! | ||
===Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto=== | ===Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto=== | ||