A few weeks ago I did a vlog about train spotting yes I admit it I'm a train
spotting geek but I'm also a plane geek so I thought I'd do another vlog about
plane spotting so here I am at the first of two
locations near Edinburgh airport this is Ingliston
fancy joining me welcome to RogVLOG.
Until recently you could drive all the way up to the airport perimeter fence
but today I found they've put bollards there but it's okay I checked
and it's still all right to park back there and walk
up to the perimeter fence to do some plane spotting
first I headed for a small hill that overlooks
the runway
this hill I'm running up now makes a perfect vantage
point then I realise that the planes are taking off and landing from the other
end of the runway today so I headed down to the perimeter fence
and walked along
I'm using the FlightRadar app to track the planes
so I know the next arrival is from Barcelona a RyanAir plane
you can get really close to the planes as they taxi in
oh I do love the smell of aviation fuel in the afternoon
next an EasyJet flight arriving from nice
and here's a British Airways flight just in from London Heathrow
when the active runway is runway 24 like it is today Ingliston isn't
actually the best place to watch planes land
because they land far too far that way so really all we get is a great view
of them taxiing off the runway towards the terminal
so I think we'll go and try location number two
which is Kirkliston which means going back to the car
well here we are at Kirkliston and the great thing is
it's not as windy here now Kirkliston is on the other side
of the runway so I'm hoping we're going to get some better views
of the aircraft and of course it would be nice to see some takeoffs
this is a much much better location and a much better view of the
airport apron itself
the views are great here but the mesh in the fence makes it difficult to film
so I decided to walk further along the perimeter fence to see if there was
anywhere better
the weather's so changeable today one minute is cloudy the next it's sunny i
wish it would make its bloody mind up but I found a better vantage point here
at Kirkliston it's on the top of the hill and I can
see right over the top of the fence
yeah this vantage point is so much better for filming
a few more planes were taxiing out to the runway now so I decided to sit back
and enjoy these powerful takeoffs
it really is a lovely spot and I decided to stay
for one more landing before heading home
yep that little hill at Kirkliston is definitely the best place to watch
planes landing and taking off on runway 24 at Edinburgh airport
but now I definitely definitely need a coffee
so i'm going back to the car
well I really enjoyed this afternoon plane spotting
around and about Edinburgh airport pity we didn't get to see any wide-bodied
jets landing or taking off but never mind
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