To my brothers from another mother.
I was going through this forums and reading some topics about what to carry with ya to the airports, ie. Scopes, Zoom lens, telescope, and other type of enhancement devices.
My thought on this is..
I enjoy taking the time to build a friendship with the managers of the airport if thats possible. At some larger location it's very hard getting into these top CEO's offices without having a inside scope.
Because of this method, I repeatly go to several of these airports with no problems. Once there, it doesn't take a few times to see certain aircrafts in and out for a person to put two and two together of the type of flight plans or reason for departure and approaches.
Don't burn your bridges trying to get a machine on a runway. It's not worth it. I haven't came across many photos opt. that I would want to throw it all away for some rare Lynx that isn;t all that in the beginning.
So far, knock on wood. I haven't had any problems walking into these top locations and snapping a few photos. But what I have to remind myself is this. I'm a guess! PERIOD. You go trying to zoom in and get a shot of something and search the tail numbers without permission and post it.
You going ot PISS some folks off or worst.
Word will then get around to other airports and your name and/or out-fit will be mud.
And also you burn that bridge for others that are in you tracks as you leave and it's all over then.
The main thing is, there are some folks out there that don't want someone hanging out their laundry to dry for others to see.
There are to many ways now to find out the owners of airports and aircrafts, you may have to explain the who, what , when and how's when you go calling.
I personally go at it in this approach, and this is just me. I make a sale of myself to them and it has open doors and rolled out the carpets.
Just use some common sense when your standing in the bushes with a 500 mm lense sticking it through the links of a chain lin fence to find now you're before the man explaining it then.
But this is me. Guys, gals take care. I do enoy the photos you all have gotten thus far of the Aero Commanders. Keep looking.