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[Tom Caswell <derpimpkar AT yahoo.com>]

The dead end road with the Rescue Squad by Park and Ride 3 leads to the National Guard Armory.  I was going to suggest that people avoid taking pictures down there but everything seems to be in order here.  Move along.

 

Tom

"Michael D. Thomas" <mdthomas AT mindspring.com> wrote:

> >From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Tom
> Caswell
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:10 AM
> >Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Unmarked Boeing 747 At RDU
>
> >Is the rescue squad building you're mentioning the one near Park and
> Ride 3?
>  
> Hmmmm.... according to this map, it is Park & Ride 2. This map shows
> Park and Ride 3 to be the one out towards I-40.
>
> http://www.ridetta.org/rdumap.html
>
> Here are the directions to get the photo shot. If you have a tele-photo
> lens you should bring it.
>
> - Come in to the airport from I-40.
> - Drive past Terminal A
> - Take a right before you get to Terminal C
> - Now you are on the road that'll snake all the way out to highway 70
> past parking lots, fed ex and cargo planes, etc.
> - As soon as you
>  go around the curve, you'll see the tail of the plain
> and the right wing. If you are someone that observes planes and are used
> to the smaller ones that populate RDU, it is pretty startling. This is
> the closest shot you can get of the plane, but I don't think that there
> is a good place to stop right there. Also, you only get a shot of the
> plane from the back.
> - Follow the road on around. You can't stop along there.
> - The road splits in to two one way roads. You'll bear right.
> - There is a dead end road that has the rescue building at the end on
> the left. That's the only place you get a really good view of the bird
> without being on a heavily traveled road.
>
> >From there, there is one more shot that you can get, but you'll have to
> take it from inside a moving car.
>
> - Get back on the road out to 70. (You'll only be able to go one way.)
> - Follow the signs to the observation park.
> - Don't bother with the observation park. You can't see
>  it from there.
> - Get on the road back to the terminals. 
> - As you are driving down that road in the area of the two bridges,
> you'll be able to get a shot. But you'll have to take it while moving --
> it's a busy road.
>
> It's socially acceptable to be doing anything weird around airports
> these days. However, I don't think that anything that I'm proposing is
> illegal. At the very most, you might be risking getting your car towed
> or maybe a parking ticket, but I don't think that it would take that
> long to snap the picture.
>
> Cheers!
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