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'''Directions:''' Leave the terminal building and cross the carpark to get to the main road. Turn right and follow the road as it curves to the right. As soon as you are past the VIP entry gate and crash gate 3 you can pick your spot. | '''Directions:''' Leave the terminal building and cross the carpark to get to the main road. Turn right and follow the road as it curves to the right. As soon as you are past the VIP entry gate and crash gate 3 you can pick your spot. | ||
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. | 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! | ||
{{anetlink|1068643}} (Yak-42 on taxiway C - 70mm) | {{anetlink|1068643}} (Yak-42 on taxiway C - 70mm) | ||
{{anetlink|1076174}} (B737-800 on runway 32 - 200mm) | {{anetlink|1076174}} (B737-800 on runway 32 - 200mm) | ||
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===Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto=== | ===Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto=== | ||
An elevated vantage-point for runway 32 landings and take-offs in either direction, although it is only just high enough to clear the airport perimeter fence and the street lights present an additional obstacle. If you have a step-ladder you would be better off shooting runway 32 take-offs and landings from next to the perimeter fence. | An elevated vantage-point for runway 32 landings and take-offs in either direction, although it is only just high enough to clear the airport perimeter fence and the street lights present an additional obstacle. If you have a step-ladder you would be better off shooting runway 32 take-offs and landings from next to the perimeter fence. A possible alternative is using the ladder near the chapel in order to clear the light poles. | ||
'''Time of day:''' Morning only. | '''Time of day:''' Morning only. | ||
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The occasional executive jet, civil or military transport or light plane may be parked here, though light aircraft tend to be parked far from the fence at a point where the ground dips, making them hard to photograph. Unless your subject is close to the fence you'll have to watch out for heat distortion and you may have to wait for the sun to start descending. | The occasional executive jet, civil or military transport or light plane may be parked here, though light aircraft tend to be parked far from the fence at a point where the ground dips, making them hard to photograph. Unless your subject is close to the fence you'll have to watch out for heat distortion and you may have to wait for the sun to start descending. | ||
'''Time of day:''' Afternoons and | '''Time of day:''' Afternoons, evenings and nights. | ||
'''Directions:''' As above, but keep going past a [http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5719418 dilapidated BAC 1-11] in the grass by a gate until the road rises and levels out again. You can stop by the roadside long enough to take photos. | '''Directions:''' As above, but keep going past a [http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5719418 dilapidated BAC 1-11] in the grass by a gate until the road rises and levels out again. You can stop by the roadside long enough to take photos. Nightshots are also possible in this location, by either manouvering a tripod to fit the camera through the holes in the fence, or by climbing a wall across the road at the top end of Park 4. | ||
{{anetlink|0903861}} (Il-76 - 50mm) | {{anetlink|0903861}} (Il-76 - 50mm) | ||
{{anetlink|1077907}} (Light plane at a distance - 270mm) | {{anetlink|1077907}} (Light plane at a distance - 270mm) | ||