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Thanks all for the comments here are a few of the main attractions as they taxied for the morning mission, (departures and arrivals when I can) thanks for looking in https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49001555127_9ce0858bc4_h.jpg McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ Phantom II JASDF 437 436 416 by NTG842 , on F...

So my first visit to an operational airbase in Japan on Tuesday 24th September 08.30-15.00ish Managed to see about 20 Phantoms but only 2 missions of 4 each flew (these will appear here when I can get to them), there was a good selection of visiting aircraft/helicopters through the day though as see...

Arrived later than I wanted due to taking over an hour to pick up the car at Narita , and then traffic getting through Tokyo etc so it was 14.30/14.45 when we arrived(museum closes at 16.00) not to worry still enough time, only then to find it was open cockpit day so the museum was rammed full of pe...

wow these are looking good ! I think this is a new museum... The museum has been there for many many years, but has recently(last couple of years) been renovated to the standard it is today the original building was built in the 1960s (pretty sure thats what our guide told us) If in Beijing its wel...

The final part for this museum (The Tanks etc will be on my flickr pages if anybody has interest in those) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48928260471_fc427f809d_h.jpg North American P-51D-25-NA Mustang PLAAF 03 (44-73920) by NTG842 , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48927726248_1d8...

a very quick visit(20 mins) on Wednesday 25th so ground shots only of the RF-4s, Tuesday 24th all day visit will be posted when pictures are edited https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48902552871_23d0ba07c5_h.jpg Kawasaki T-4 JASDF 06-5631 by NTG842 , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48...

The following noted on a run out this weekend, not everything logged just those of intrest or photographed Gatwick we stayed at the Premier Inn Manor royal, floors 5/6 facing the airport give decent vies of arrivals and departures at both ends of the runway, we were in 631 more or less dead center a...

A few more https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48825771913_d3c0ebe19d_h.jpg Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis PLAAF 70209 by NTG842 , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48826148421_7fc29661b1_h.jpg Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis North Korean Air Force 079 by NTG842 , on Flickr https://live.staticfli...

Will keep adding as I get to them but for now I thought you might like this

Xian H-6A PLAAF 20210 by NTG842, on Flickr

A visit to Ibaraki on Tuesday noted these between 08.30 and 15.30 B-30A3 Airbus A320-251N Spring Airlines JA6913 MD Helicopters MD 902 Explorer Asahi Koyo JA73NM Boeing 737-81D(WL) Skymark Airlines JA73NP Boeing 737-8HX(WL) Skymark Airlines JA73NT Boeing 737-86NWL Skymark Airlines JA73NU Boeing 737-...

We took a weekend away from Tokyo to visit Nagoya (Mt Fuji on route sadly low cloud put paid to that), Visited Hamamatsu Museum on route 64-3501 Boeing 767-27CER (E-767) Japan Air Self-Defense Force 84-3504 Boeing 767-27CER (E-767) Japan Air Self-Defense Force Stayed at the Centair Hotel Nagoya, had...

as seen from the room and then T1 observation deck 08.30-16.00, a few from T2 observation decks at 17.00 then the rest from the room up to 21.00 arrivals on 34R are to far away to see(for me) from the middle right end of the viewing deck , its a trade off between getting as many sightings as possibl...

The following logs all made via eyeball, camera and FR24 Our base for our time in Japan was Hotel Nikko Narita a short 110 min shuttle bus ride from the airport had requested a high floor airport view room and was duly allocated room 1073 on arrival, this is the very end room on the right of the hot...

as promised here is my notes from Tuesday 08.30/15.30 Hyakuri-Ibaraki, Japan (IBR/RJAH) 24-Sep-19 07-8428 McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ Phantom II Japan Air Self-Defense Force noted in Hangars when doors were opened (97-8)426 McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ Phantom II Japan Air Self-Defense Force (77-8399) McDon...

Only one day allocated for spotting at Beijing so Sunday/Monday night saw is in room 1039 of the Cordis Hotel spotting done from the room with aid of FR24 and the mound in the park where departures were photographed along with very few arrivals most arrivals were on the outer two runways which were ...