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Matt Molnar
2008-03-26, 09:00 PM
:shock:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47874803@N ... 1/sizes/o/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/47874803@N00/2358228581/sizes/o/)
flyboy 28
2008-03-26, 09:09 PM
I've always wanted to go there ever since I got into this hobby. I've been saving up to take a spotting expedition somewhere, and it'll likely be there.

That photo though... wow. :shock:
mirrodie
2008-03-26, 09:20 PM
Wow. seems like you can reach out and touch the thing!
T-Bird76
2008-03-26, 09:26 PM
Good god! That looks like its coming right at them! Sick!
wunaladreamin
2008-03-26, 09:30 PM
Wow :shock: :shock:
Lezam
2008-03-26, 09:32 PM
Awesome!
adam613
2008-03-27, 12:25 AM
Um, what??? Is the plane supposed to have its wheels cross the road at car-level??

(If that were an A340, it'd be on the front page of the newspaper!)
Matt Molnar
2008-03-27, 12:38 AM
Um, what??? Is the plane supposed to have its wheels cross the road at car-level??

(If that were an A340, it'd be on the front page of the newspaper!)
I think that road actually crosses or ends at the side of the runway.
PhilDernerJr
2008-03-27, 06:45 AM
Backlit piece of garbage! :-p

The road ends right there I think. Or rather, I think it turns and becomes an "authorized personnel" road on the airside.

The views from there are amazing I've seen other shots from there before and it's just spotters' paradise.
nwafan20
2008-03-27, 03:58 PM
Wow! I really want to go there now!
petertenthije
2008-03-29, 05:08 PM
That spot is on the Polderbaan, approximately 150m from the runway. This is the eastern side, but you can just as easily get to the western side to avoid back-lit planes. The other side is more easily really, since there is a bicycle path running alongside two/thirds of the western side of the runway so you can pick the perfect spot. The eastern side really only has the bit shown on the photo, and a few metres more to the right into the grass field.

The amount of spotters would indicate a pretty standard day in the weekend considering the weather. During weekends with favourable weather it will be more busy still.

Type "ijweg vijfhuizen" into google maps to see the spot at the western side. It does not yet display the new spotters area that has been made (western side), but it is roughly at the same spot as the small concrete parking area near to the runway. At the eastern side nothing has changed landside. Airside some of the roads and buildings have been moved around, but you can't get there anyway.
stuart schechter
2008-03-31, 09:03 AM
I THINK?!?! I want to Shoot at AMS? No, you want to...