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Originally Posted by ColdUpHere
Thanks for the tips, fellas.
I was wondering if there's a place under the east & west sides of ATL to maybe get a face-full of airplanes. Maybe we'll drive around and explore to find something like that. Look for me short final...my kids & I might be the ones being arrested.
I was leaving the terminal at ATL yesterday and chuckled to myself a bit at how much louder the Maddog is than the 777. The MD sounds like it's in burner on departure.
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Originally Posted by Sputnik
Convention center is a place to start.
Let us know if you find a space, like to do same thing
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Originally Posted by ColdUpHere
It may not be for a few weeks, but I'll chime in if I happen across something interesting.
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Originally Posted by orvil
The cell phone lot at ATL isn't a bad place to watch the planes. The quality of the show depends on which way they are landing. No bathroom. Kids cannot run around. Air conditioning in the car.
Driving south from downtown ATL yesterday so the family and I stopped at the Convention Center and found an empty parking lot to watch for a little while. Jets were taking-off to the west so departures were overhead. Not a bad show but the planes were reasonably high by the time they went over the CC and lots of trees to navigate away from for a decent view.
Haven't seen arrivals from that spot and also haven't tried the cell phone lot yet. I think the ideal viewing location would be around the perimeter of the airport on the arrival or departure (east & west) ends but I don't think there's a place off of those roads to pullover and stop to watch. That said, I might try the parking lot at the Porsche test track underneath short final for 26R but some German engineers might chase us off for parking our Honda Odyssey on their premises.