5 airports in sight ...

gprellwitz

gprellwitz

Touchdown! Greaser!
Joined
Jun 19, 2005
Messages
12,799
Location
Romeoville, IL
Display Name
Grant Prellwitz
Home Airfield
1C5
From where I sit in the Hyatt I have 5 airports in sight, each towered. Granted, 3 of them are carriers, and one of those is decommissioned. It raises an interesting question. From what location can one see the most towered airports well enough that you can actually identify the tower?
 
I guess looking at a chart on my laptop does not count.
 
Well, I'd vote for the top of Mt Baldy (Big Bear CA) on a day when the Santanas are blowing. You could count a lot of airports from there.
 
I think I know exactly where you are. I spent the night at the Holiday Inn (Express?) just down the pier. I took a bunch of night pictures of CVN-70 and CV-41 by putting my camera on the table on the deck. Way cool. I got to watch a few LCACs haul ass around the harbor, too.
 
rmciottijr said:
I guess looking at a chart on my laptop does not count.
Click to expand...

:)

I have:
KSAN San Diego Intl
CVN 72 (USS Abraham Lincoln)
CVN 70 (USS Carl Vinson)
CV 41 (USS Midway)
KNZY North Island
 
Last edited:
Henning said:
Well, I'd vote for the top of Mt Baldy (Big Bear CA) on a day when the Santanas are blowing. You could count a lot of airports from there.
Click to expand...

Maybe, but could you clearly make out the towers?
 
gprellwitz said:
Maybe, but could you clearly make out the towers?
Click to expand...

Depends on your eyesight I guess. I figure I could see half a dozen with the naked eye (my distance vision is still 20/12) and considerably more with binoculars. It's amazing how clear the air is there when the Santanas are blowing.
 
Henning said:
Depends on your eyesight I guess. I figure I could see half a dozen with the naked eye (my distance vision is still 20/12) and considerably more with binoculars. It's amazing how clear the air is there when the Santanas are blowing.
Click to expand...

Thanks, I was just asking :). Cool!
 
Correction, the third carrier I saw was CVN 70, the USS Carl Vinson, back from burying Bin Laden.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top