Birmingham: Airport Photos

[Ray Finkle]

The lunchtime A380 is back!

More later 🙂

 

[Brum X]

Awesome photos Ray 👍

 

[Ray Finkle]

Birmingham's central core with an A380 tail in the foreground.

Just to the right of the central core is the CBD with a huge amount of construction going on and plenty more on the way.

Fitting them both in.

An even wider angle with the tail of a Qatar 787 also sneaking in.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

Great photos Ray thanks for sharing👍

Some of them appear to have been taken from quite high up, were these from the top of the multi storey car park (labelled 'car park 1' on Google maps)?

Kevin

 

[Ray Finkle]

were these from the top of the multi storey car park (labelled 'car park 1' on Google maps)?

They sure were.

Thought I'd make the most of it as once the Hilton is up the view will be blocked, unless they offer airport view rooms in which case I may have to get one 🙂

 

[Ianbutty]

Love the snaps and good to see so much construction.

 

[Paulsstrange]

Wow Ray top notch shots there mate.....

 

[Kevin Farnell]

They sure were.

Thought I'd make the most of it as once the Hilton is up the view will be blocked, unless they offer airport view rooms in which case I may have to get one 🙂

Cheers Ray!

I'd often thought what the view might be from that vantage point, but also wondered if I'd find myself surrounded by security forces (lone man on top level of airport car park with long lens, may look suspicious).
I must give it a try, before the Hilton obscures the view. Whilst I have a cracking lens (Nikon 70-200 f2.8) and both Nikon 1.4 and 2.0 teleconverters. My aging Nikon D200 body has only a 10.2MP sensor thus limiting my ability to digitally 'zoom' the photos.

Kevin

 

[BHXsupporter]

And I was complaining about the recent performance of my Brownie Box!

 

[rollo]

My first camera was a Brownie 127 so eat your hearts out, by the way I've got no idea whatsoever about photography or cameras.
So no smarty pant replies required as I won't understand them anyway !!!

 

[Jon Dempsey]

Just bought an analogue zoom (x8) to clip on my iPhone. (nerr nerr ne nerr nerr) 🙂

 

[TheLocalYokel]

My first camera was a Brownie 127 so eat your hearts out, by the way I've got no idea whatsoever about photography or cameras.
So no smarty pant replies required as I won't understand them anyway !!!

Ha, ha. The thought of taking pics at BHX with a Brownie 127 is amusing to say the least. I had one too when I was a kid - it had a white button to press to take the snaps which were tiny anyway. How far we have come since then but no doubt future generations will smile tolerantly at the latest kit of the 2017s.

 

[Ray Finkle]

I must give it a try, before the Hilton obscures the view.

Don't wait too long, construction is well underway.

It's a nice spot offering views of the 33 threshold and the south side of T2 and the remotes. I remembered taking the pictures below but cannot believe they were as long ago as 2012

No runway extension.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Is it wrong that I had to Google Box Brownie? 😵

 

[Brum X]

Those are some of my favourite photo's of Brum skyline Ray, thanks for posting 👍

 

[Ray Finkle]

Great chat, I love reading about peoples experiences of the good ol' days, please, please continue on the Nostalgia thread linked below 🙂

http://www.forums4airports.com/threads/2172/page-32

 

[elmdon74]

Hi all,pictures from last Saturday.Nothing too exiting but visited as last day of the Summer schedules so last flight for Norwegian and Cobalt,also last regular EK 777 before the switch to double daily A380.

BA 744 descending to LHR,crossing underneath trail of AA 787 going to CDG

 

[elmdon74]

28th October,part 2.

Full set on https://flic.kr/s/aHskw6y75e

Regards,Simon.

 

[paul]

Great pictures enjoy looking at them

 

[jfy1999]

I sadly had to cancel the spotting trip I planned for Friday but I am loving the fact that we have so many pictures from everyone catching the end of the summer season flights 🙂