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Re: Spotters days Tiger Meet 7/13 October 2010

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Thijs wrote:will there be any announcement in advance what the wind direction is? because sometimes it is not always clear what runway is in use.
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IrishAirPics wrote:Another question regarding positions but this time it's about being outside the base... The tigermeet.eu info pages regarding spotting locations are in Dutch and sometimes Google Translate changes the meaning of the text so forgive me for asking.

The maps have green shaded areas where spotters are permitted but these are either northside of the base or under the approach, if we park in the designated areas as requested can we still walk to the N264 or N277 in order to take pictures from the southside of the approach?
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Having never visited Volekl before, can anyone tell me what lens I will require on a 1.6 crop camera so I can take pictures of the a/c on the main runway? It seems the location of the spotters area, south of the parallel runway is quite a way from the main runway? will a 70-200mm be enough or do I have to resort to my 100-400mm??

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Re: Spotters days Tiger Meet 7/13 October 2010

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Spacedust wrote:
Austria wrote:Short quistion: Can you still use the parking at the side of the N264, pointed out as no.4 on the scramblesite "where to go"??

It has been a long time since I've been there, so I don't know if they are still there?

Thanks in advance, Brian.
These parkings are still there, but closed during the spotter days, because of safety. Use the parking instructions on tigermeet.eu.
That was my question, thanks Spacedust.
However does it mean it will also be closed on the other days? Planning to go on monday for the arrivals.

Thanks in advance, Brian
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stranexuk wrote:Having never visited Volekl before, can anyone tell me what lens I will require on a 1.6 crop camera so I can take pictures of the a/c on the main runway? It seems the location of the spotters area, south of the parallel runway is quite a way from the main runway? will a 70-200mm be enough or do I have to resort to my 100-400mm??

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During the spotterdays, you will need the 400 mm for the main runway. Depending if they use 06R or 24L you have to use the 70-200 or 100-400 for the parallel runway during take offs.
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Austria wrote:
Spacedust wrote:
Austria wrote:Short quistion: Can you still use the parking at the side of the N264, pointed out as no.4 on the scramblesite "where to go"??

It has been a long time since I've been there, so I don't know if they are still there?

Thanks in advance, Brian.
These parkings are still there, but closed during the spotter days, because of safety. Use the parking instructions on tigermeet.eu.
That was my question, thanks Spacedust.
However does it mean it will also be closed on the other days? Planning to go on monday for the arrivals.

Thanks in advance, Brian
The parkings will be closed during the whole exercise. The traffic circulation plan which is active during the exercise will be published (hopefully) today on tigermeet.eu.
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Does anyone know yet if the smaller southern runway will be confined to the local F-16's only or will that runway be used by all participants?

If the visitors are confined to the northern runway then heat haze or indeed rain for that matter could be a problem when taking pictures of anything other than a Volkel F-16.

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IrishAirPics wrote:Does anyone know yet if the smaller southern runway will be confined to the local F-16's only or will that runway be used by all participants?
I haven been told (by someone who should know) that the Southern runway will be used by other a/c as well. The majority of the a/c will operate from the main runway though.

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Thanks Stefan

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Stefan wrote:
IrishAirPics wrote:Does anyone know yet if the smaller southern runway will be confined to the local F-16's only or will that runway be used by all participants?
I haven been told (by someone who should know) that the Southern runway will be used by other a/c as well. The majority of the a/c will operate from the main runway though.
Stefan, your last sentence is not certain regarding the spotter days!
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Spacedust wrote:
Stefan wrote:
IrishAirPics wrote:Does anyone know yet if the smaller southern runway will be confined to the local F-16's only or will that runway be used by all participants?
I haven been told (by someone who should know) that the Southern runway will be used by other a/c as well. The majority of the a/c will operate from the main runway though.
Stefan, your last sentence is not certain regarding the spotter days!
Ok. I can only quote and share what I have heard.

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Everybody who also spends a (part of the) day outside the base, take a look at http://www.tigermeet.eu/index.php?optio ... 29&lang=en for the current situation regarding the driving directions, available parkings and most important the spots you can use. If you use the information provided, there will be no problems with the police or the farmers.

This message concerns also the people who are familiar with the normal situation at Volkel!
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Small question, where will the Dutch Tiger F-16 be parked?
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Re: Spotters days Tiger Meet 7/13 October 2010

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Stefan wrote:
IrishAirPics wrote:Does anyone know yet if the smaller southern runway will be confined to the local F-16's only or will that runway be used by all participants?
I haven been told (by someone who should know) that the Southern runway will be used by other a/c as well. The majority of the a/c will operate from the main runway though.

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Thijs wrote:which aircraft did use the parallel runway, for landing as well as take off?

Thanks in advance!
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So only the "regulars" will use the parallel runway and the specials the main. Anyone have seen the tribune / spotters place already from outside? same place as during the spottersday ahead of the airshow? (guess not)

Or is there some special arrangement that all aircraft will backtrack the parallel runway after landing? would be great, but do not expect it because of operational reasons.
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