Hi all,
my partner and I will be around the Tullamarine area on Sun 8/Mon 9 Nov and are keen to do some spotting, particularly internationals which we don't see in Adelaide.
I would like some local knowledge as to which sites are the best in particular to hear the engines wind up for takeoff on a) a northerly wind & b) a southerly wind as the wind direction will be an unknown quantity until the day of arrival. From experience, I have found somewhere forward of where the aircraft starts its windup is good, maybe a few hundred metres.
I have visited the site to the north of Tullamarine which is good for arrivals when a southerly is blowing. Do international flights in general predominantly use the N-S runway?
At this stage, I will only have internet access until about 330pm tomorrow (Fri) afternoon so any thoughts posted by then would be good. I may have internet access on Sat 7 Nov but unsure at this stage.
regards,
Werner