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| ==Official Spotting Locations== | | ==Official Spotting Locations== |
| ===Founders Plaza=== | | ===Founder's Plaza=== |
| ''According to the [http://www.dfwairport.com/visitor/founders.php airport's website], Founders Plaza is closed until September 2008.''
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| By runway 35C.
| | The original Founder's Plaza adjacent to runway 35C has been closed. Per the [http://www.dfwairport.com/visitor/founders.php airport's website], a new Founder's Plaza is scheduled to open on the northwest side of the airport in September 2008. In the meantime, a temporary Founder's Plaza viewing area has been setup on the northwest side of the field, along N Airfield Dr between International Parkway and Texan Trail. It's a simple unpaved parking lot surrounded by grass and with a couple of park benches. It is good for photographing arrivals on runways 18L and 18R, and provides views of aircraft lining up to depart on those runways as well, though you will need a long zoom lens and the airport perimeter fence may be a factor. |
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| When DFW is in a North operation, which is only about 20% of the time, the aircraft landing on 35C touchdown really close to this area. The problem with photography is that this area is east of the landing runway 35C and takeoff runway 35L so they quickly become backlit.
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| There's actually better success doing photography from here on a day where there is a Southbound operation. Aircraft landing on 17L, which is a mile east of this area, taxi right in front of the plaza. The taxiway "ER" goes right in front of Founder's Plaza, and it is just north of the plaza so lighting is usually good.
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| This taxiway is not used very much however, and waiting times between aircraft can be quite long. 17L is only an overflow runway, so, during the valleys between the peaks, it can be a long wait. When it is being used, you'll see quite a few. The other day I got to see AA49 a 763 from CDG taxi by.
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| They will taxi by and frequently have to hold short of 17C and 17R so they stop pretty close. Many pictures from DFW on Airlines.net are taken from here.
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| I recommend bringing something to stand on, to get above the fence line, though there are other ways of doing it.
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| ==Other Spotting Locations== | | ==Other Spotting Locations== |