Zee71
2013-03-02, 11:10 PM
While waiting for my departure flight back home I was able to do a little spotting, unfortunately heat distoration killed these shots.
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/Orlando-International-Airport/i-tvXhVMv/0/L/SunWing_02_MCO_02Mar2013_Ramp_C_FYUH_18-300mm-L.jpg
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/Orlando-International-Airport/i-WNLJPBx/0/L/SunWing_01_MCO_02Mar2013_Ramp_C_FRZJ_18-300mm-L.jpg
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/Orlando-International-Airport/i-Rbn5vcs/0/L/AirTransat_01_MCO_02Mar2013_Taxi_C_GITS_18-300mm-L.jpg
The remaining shots below were taken at Standford International Airport (about 25 miles north east of MCO) when I arrived on 2/24. After arriving at MCO I headed right for SFB. There is a nice park and area where the RA-5C sits on a pedestal near the edge of RWY 36. Unfortunately the main RWY is 9L/27R that seems to get the most use there. Allegiant looks like the main carrier there, and MTA Cargo. I did some scouting but was unsuccessful. I even pulled over Standard Air Police and asked about spotting locations. He informed me that basically the park where the RA-5 sits is the spot (but it's far from the main runway for any reasonable shot). I sure there are probably other locations (maybe next time I will some more scouting on the north side of the field). Looks like SFB gets some unique visitors as well as seen below.
This was the best shot I could get of this........she was tucked in, and drove around to see if I could get a better shot, but no luck!
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/i-63C6qdv/0/L/Special_01_SFB_24Feb2013_18-300mm-L.jpg
During my scouting of the field came across this.....now I knew what part of the field I was in (who needs GPS's when you got tails!).
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/i-rXVntVt/0/L/Tail_01_SFB_24Feb2013_18-300mm-L.jpg
RA-5C
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/i-j5vZXWg/0/L/RA_5C_01_SFB_24Feb2013_156632_18-300mm-L.jpg
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/Orlando-International-Airport/i-tvXhVMv/0/L/SunWing_02_MCO_02Mar2013_Ramp_C_FYUH_18-300mm-L.jpg
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/Orlando-International-Airport/i-WNLJPBx/0/L/SunWing_01_MCO_02Mar2013_Ramp_C_FRZJ_18-300mm-L.jpg
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/Orlando-International-Airport/i-Rbn5vcs/0/L/AirTransat_01_MCO_02Mar2013_Taxi_C_GITS_18-300mm-L.jpg
The remaining shots below were taken at Standford International Airport (about 25 miles north east of MCO) when I arrived on 2/24. After arriving at MCO I headed right for SFB. There is a nice park and area where the RA-5C sits on a pedestal near the edge of RWY 36. Unfortunately the main RWY is 9L/27R that seems to get the most use there. Allegiant looks like the main carrier there, and MTA Cargo. I did some scouting but was unsuccessful. I even pulled over Standard Air Police and asked about spotting locations. He informed me that basically the park where the RA-5 sits is the spot (but it's far from the main runway for any reasonable shot). I sure there are probably other locations (maybe next time I will some more scouting on the north side of the field). Looks like SFB gets some unique visitors as well as seen below.
This was the best shot I could get of this........she was tucked in, and drove around to see if I could get a better shot, but no luck!
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/i-63C6qdv/0/L/Special_01_SFB_24Feb2013_18-300mm-L.jpg
During my scouting of the field came across this.....now I knew what part of the field I was in (who needs GPS's when you got tails!).
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/i-rXVntVt/0/L/Tail_01_SFB_24Feb2013_18-300mm-L.jpg
RA-5C
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/i-j5vZXWg/0/L/RA_5C_01_SFB_24Feb2013_156632_18-300mm-L.jpg