ringway - manchester aiport photos

mfacer · May 25, 2005

Manchester airport (UK) is only 10 minutes away from my house so decided to go down there one afternoon...

more here

...ps) I'm not a plane spotter..... honestly! ;-)

Meysha · May 25, 2005

Ohh nice. Last one's my favourite.

The first one's interesting how you chose that part to be coloured.
Good Work!!!

mfacer · May 25, 2005

Meysha said:
Ohh nice. Last one's my favourite.

The first one's interesting how you chose that part to be coloured.
Good Work!!!

thanks

- I just loved the colour of the BA plane's tail... so decided to play around a bit!

Diamond · May 25, 2005

Nice shots.. I liked the first shot most

AIRIC · May 25, 2005

Looked like a good day to be at the airport. Nice shots.

Eric

PlasticSpanner · May 25, 2005

1st one definately looks better than in its' origional form!

Where did you take the photos from? Was it from the viewing park or in the airport grounds?

mfacer · May 25, 2005

thanks for the comments guys!

airic - it was actually raining all around manchester - except the airport - very weird... my g/f was about 10 miles away and said she was getting drenched!

plasticspanner - there is an aviation viewing area which is right next to one of the run ways - its £3 to go in - but you can stay all day (should u want to!). They have concorde there too which on certain days I believe you can go on a guided tour. It's not bad actually - it is always busy at weekends. PEople take their kids who are clearly not interested in being there!! Other than shouting "Look mummy there's a really big one taking off" then crying when it's too noisy.... wonderful!

PlasticSpanner · May 26, 2005

I'm about 15 miles away & keep meaning to pop up for a few snaps (but never get the time!)

Is there only the 1 viewing area? Everytime I've been past the one I know of it's been shut & the gate locked!

What size lens were you using to get those shots?

mfacer · May 27, 2005

there's only the one official viewing area - but there are loads of places to stand there. I was using my 17-85mm lens at full res - so some of the pics are cropped at a higher zoom. The planes are so darn close though - you can get some cracking photos with a bigger lens. There was a guy there with a 500mm lens - very impressive!

JohnMF · May 27, 2005

every time i look at pictures like these, i cant help but wonder how the hell those things get off the ground!

i think the last one is my fave here

mfacer · May 27, 2005

JohnMF said:
every time i look at pictures like these, i cant help but wonder how the hell those things get off the ground!

it is rather amazing - when you're this close to them also - the noise is tremendous - especially when the 747's take off (or land!) - the last photo is a cargo plane and it was MASSIVE! that taking off was brilliant!