Ted Stevens Int'l, Anchorage, AK, USA - 12/04/2008

Having had such a good day the previous day and with a near perfect forecast, we decided we had to make the most of conditions and were in place at the location on the other side of the runway for 0730.

Compared to the previous afternoon, activity was fairly sparse, and it wasn't until later in the day that we realised we'd missed a trick by not walking along the perimeter to get closer to the rotation point.

By now it was about 1100 and we were rapidly finding ourselves struggling with the now down the runway position of the sun, so we elected to head off to Lake Hood for a scout around and also to visit the resident aviation museum. A sign in the museum insisted that no pictures taken could be posted on the web without written approval, so guess what I won't be sharing with you all! :-)

Once we were done there we headed back to our location from the previous afternoon.

Things were still comparatively quiet and with a Lynden Air Cargo Lockheed L100 (the civillian version of the Hercules) on their ramp, we decided this would be as good a chance as any to pay them a visit.

With their six aircraft fleet, Lynden specialise in the worldwide transportation of oversized cargo.

A flying visit back to the mound before dinner, and after it we went Beaver hunting at Lake Hood.

Finally, back to where we should've started the morning off to see what the opportunities were like for sunset shots. Sadly we only got to see one movement before the sun had gone.

Another excellent day which had seen us shooting for somewhere in the region of 14 hours, excluding meal breaks. I just love this place!