gonzalu
2011-05-11, 09:04 PM
I can kick myself... the short story, I missed the L-1011 :mad::mad::mad::mad:
So, there I was at the official spotting location for KLAS... nothing very exciting happening, one Southwest after another... not even their specials. So, it gets overcast and it begins to rain. I get in my car hoping it would pass. So it did not and I go back to my hotel. As you may know by now, I purposely picked a view overlooking south east so as to have a view of the airport.
As I get to the window, I look out casually and notice the L-1011 MISSING from its parking spot!!
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/LAS-05092011/i-GVtBrps/0/L/D2X3989-L.jpg
It usually sits facing my position to the right of the 747SP.
So I immediately start scanning the field and there she was taxiing to 25R :mad::mad::mad::mad: It would take me 5 minutes JUST to get to the lobby, never mind my car and then driving over to the spotting location. Even to get to the strip and try to catch her as she climbed would take minimum 20 minutes...
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/LAS-05092011/i-fN4hTxX/0/O/D2X3983.jpg
Oh well, what can you do... the images are with a Nikon D2Xs + 200-400mm f/4 + TC17 1.7x Teleconverter for 650mm on 35mm with a crop factor of 1.5x effectively 1000mm+ ... and through heavy shielded pane glass windows and a range of about 4.2 miles!! so apologies for the awful quality...
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/LAS-05092011/i-dnVr7Qw/0/L/D2X4003-L.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/LAS-05092011/i-Dj5H7Q5/0/L/D2X4023-L.jpg
Of course I figured oh well, she is probably on its way to Japan or somewhere with VIPs or to pick up VIPs or whatever. I should have heeded my gut feeling she was coming right back becuse she never put up her landing gear... so of course, I stayed in my room instead of running out. Sure enough, here she comes in again
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/LAS-05092011/i-LnDp5SH/0/L/D2X4046-L.jpg
Missed opportunities.
To add insult to injury, she flew again and returned yesterday, under better weather. But I was stuck in my conference!!!
So, there I was at the official spotting location for KLAS... nothing very exciting happening, one Southwest after another... not even their specials. So, it gets overcast and it begins to rain. I get in my car hoping it would pass. So it did not and I go back to my hotel. As you may know by now, I purposely picked a view overlooking south east so as to have a view of the airport.
As I get to the window, I look out casually and notice the L-1011 MISSING from its parking spot!!
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/LAS-05092011/i-GVtBrps/0/L/D2X3989-L.jpg
It usually sits facing my position to the right of the 747SP.
So I immediately start scanning the field and there she was taxiing to 25R :mad::mad::mad::mad: It would take me 5 minutes JUST to get to the lobby, never mind my car and then driving over to the spotting location. Even to get to the strip and try to catch her as she climbed would take minimum 20 minutes...
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/LAS-05092011/i-fN4hTxX/0/O/D2X3983.jpg
Oh well, what can you do... the images are with a Nikon D2Xs + 200-400mm f/4 + TC17 1.7x Teleconverter for 650mm on 35mm with a crop factor of 1.5x effectively 1000mm+ ... and through heavy shielded pane glass windows and a range of about 4.2 miles!! so apologies for the awful quality...
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/LAS-05092011/i-dnVr7Qw/0/L/D2X4003-L.jpg
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/LAS-05092011/i-Dj5H7Q5/0/L/D2X4023-L.jpg
Of course I figured oh well, she is probably on its way to Japan or somewhere with VIPs or to pick up VIPs or whatever. I should have heeded my gut feeling she was coming right back becuse she never put up her landing gear... so of course, I stayed in my room instead of running out. Sure enough, here she comes in again
http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/LAS-05092011/i-LnDp5SH/0/L/D2X4046-L.jpg
Missed opportunities.
To add insult to injury, she flew again and returned yesterday, under better weather. But I was stuck in my conference!!!