Stuttgart-Echterdingen - 11th July 2008

Having spent the morning back at Heuberg for Exercise ELITE 2008 we headed back to the airport for our return flight. We were quite early so we did some scouting around and whilst doing so we spotted a collection of old aircraft on the roof of the terminal, so that's where we headed!

For €2.50 you could gain access to the "Terrasse", an area overlooking the main apron and affording a close-up view of the the aforementioned 'museum'. There's even a restaurant and bar out there, and the whole experience seemed quite popular with the airport's users.

A thick barred 'fence' impedes the view of the ramp, but it's possible to pop your lens through the bars. While we there a nice mix of movements ranging in size from 757s down to GA, and nationalities including Tunisia, Turkey, Bulgaria and Macedonia all moved.

With our check-in time approaching we quickly shot the preserved airframes, and as luck would have it, just in time before the heavens absolutely opened!

Another very pleasant, relaxed way to kill an hour or two.