London-Heathrow
With the Northolt Nightshoot II set to take place that evening, logic dictated that this would be a good opportunity to spend a day at Heathrow, so at 0515 I set off.
Marana-Pinal Air Park, AZ, USA - Overflight
Pinal is the civillian equivalent of AMARG, the place where commercial aircraft go for storage at the end of their careers with various airlines while they await their long-term fate, be that a return to action with someone else, or scrapping.
Phoenix-Goodyear, AZ, USA
While no commercial airlines currently operate scheduled services from the site, there is always a large number of airliners present. Aero Turbine Inc operates a maintenance, storage and disposal facility on the airfield with many types (predominantly 737s) currently stored on the northside of the airfield. It was these that prompted our visit.
Phoenix-Sky Harbor, AZ, USA
Our second morning at Sky Harbor was spent at the other end of the runway, down by Cutter Aviation's FBO. It was good for on the ground shots as well as landers, and then after the runway change it also provided some nice departures.
Phoenix-Sky Harbor, AZ, USA
Armed with some tips on where to take pictures from at Sky Harbor we headed down to Cutter Aviation, where we'd heard there was a balcony looking out onto the apron. We were informed it'd been closed, so we moved on to the next spot on the list - some elevated wasteland off 40th Street.
