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===Templeton Street===
===Templeton Street===
Left at the second traffic light from the airport (15-20 minutes walk). Faces North.
Best location if you want to take airborne shots of the arriving aircraft as most landings are on 26R. You will only miss a few landing aircraft (the bizzjets + freighters + about 2/3 of the flights going to the south terminal = local Props).
Unofficial but popular location beside the approach to 26R, you will see many cars parked on a dirt track beside the road. All 26R movements can be logged and good photos can be had although the subjects are a bit high and the smaller types (Dash-8 etc.) will require a long lens (about 400mm on a fullformat sensor).


You won't be able to log the takeoffs (always use 26L) and some landings (some of those parking at the south terminal + the freighters). The "Templeton" stop of the Canada-Line SkyTrain is right next to this location.
How to get there:
1) By car: Left at the second traffic light from the airport (15-20 minutes walk). You will see many cars parked on a dirt track beside the road. The subjects are a bit high and the smaller types (Dash-8 etc.) will require a long lens (about 400mm on a fullformat sensor).
 
2) By foot: The "Templeton" stop of the Canada-Line Sky Train is a 2min walk from this location and on a rainy day you might even stay and hide from the rain in this stop, but it's tricky to keep the lightpoles out of the picture).
 
You won't be able to log or even see the departures which always use 26L.


==="Avis" Lot===
==="Avis" Lot===
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