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===Park 4=== | ===Park 4=== | ||
[[Image: CharlesPolidano_C-130.jpg |left|thumb|200 px|Canadian C-130 in park 4 (60mm).]]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. There are cutouts for photography at intervals in the fence. 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. | [[Image: CharlesPolidano_C-130.jpg |left|thumb|200 px|Canadian C-130 in park 4 (60mm).]]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. There are cutouts for photography at intervals in the fence. 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. Nightshots are also possible in this location. | ||
'''Time of day:''' Late afternoons, evenings and nights. | '''Time of day:''' Late afternoons, evenings and nights. | ||
'''Directions:''' As above, but continue on the road as it winds along the airport perimeter fence. You will see a large building site behind the fence where a new Lufthansa Technik hangar is being built, following which the road rises briefly and levels out again. At this point you have reached park 4 | '''Directions:''' As above, but continue on the road as it winds along the airport perimeter fence. You will see a large building site behind the fence where a new Lufthansa Technik hangar is being built, following which the road rises briefly and levels out again. At this point you have reached park 4. | ||
{{jplink|5876060}} (Il-76 nightshot - 110mm) | {{jplink|5876060}} (Il-76 nightshot - 110mm) | ||