It’s currently 8AM. That’s kinda early for me, which only means one thing. Off to the airport.

Today’s Plan

So I’m not flying to today. Very unfortunate I know. But, I am going to see a plane. The goal is to photograph an A380, the largest passenger jet. The thing is huge, and I want pics of it.

The plan is to get to the top of parking Garage 2, before it pushes back at 10:33AM. I’m going to use my Sony α7II, with a 300mm Tamron lens. That focal length should be fine. Spotters Guide recommends a 250mm lens for the A380 from that spot.

With all that in mind, let’s go.

The Airport

Pulling into the parking garage, I got the camera set up. Then, I waited. Traffic was way better than I was expected, so I had a while to wait. Luckily, there were some plane to take pictures of. Like a 33 year old UPS MD11.

After a small delay, the A380 started moving. And… It went to a different runway than I was expecting… Great. Luckily, I could still see it, and still get some shots.

Yeah, it’s a big plane.

Plane spotting is a lot of fun, and I got plenty of good shots. The camera did crash on me a couple times. I still think it’s a cold weather thing, I’ll test that more when I get the USB-C adapter I talked about in my last post in.