Spotting At Pakistani Bases ?

[Hans Rolink]

Oh God. Now how may I do that ?

Oh, that's easy.
The numbers of the runways represent roughly the compass direction in which an aircraft would depart when starting off from that number. In other words, say the runway would be 09-27, with an easterly wind (90° is exactly due east), you would have to be at the 09 end to see them taking to the runway or landing. Note that when you substract the lower value from the higher, you always end up with 18 as the other end points to the other side of the compass. The last zero is always deleted to account for small deviations from 90. A runway pointing to 87° is also known as an 09.

Hans.

[Wildpicture]

I get the feeling that yasirbhojani is operating from within Pakistan. So 'such' country is probably 'his' country and I will leave it up to him to do whatever he is comfortable with.

My remark about "such" countries wasn't meant to be negative. I intended to refer to countries with a very high security risk. With the ongoing operations against the Tabilan and the internal threats by extremists, guards around an airbase might be very sensitive and trigger-happy. As Pakistan is not really known for democracy, transparency and human rights, I just want to caution about hanging around military installations "undercover". This looks far more suspicious than showing yourself out in the open. The response from Pakistani security forces will be quite different from what we are used to in Europe. But as the original poster is from Pakistan, he will know best. Although being just 16 years old, he may still have some youthfull naïvity and boldness. So just be VERY carefull!

[yasirbhojani]

Hans.

Oh God. Now how may I do that ?

Oh, that's easy.
The numbers of the runways represent roughly the compass direction in which an aircraft would depart when starting off from that number. In other words, say the runway would be 09-27, with an easterly wind (90° is exactly due east), you would have to be at the 09 end to see them taking to the runway or landing. Note that when you substract the lower value from the higher, you always end up with 18 as the other end points to the other side of the compass. The last zero is always deleted to account for small deviations from 90. A runway pointing to 87° is also known as an 09.

Hans.[/quote]

Thanks a lot my friend for helping me out but actually, it didn't helped me a bit. Its like, way too complicated for me to understand. Isn't their an easier option ? Like maybe, an article or something for beginners at this ?
But hey, don't take it in a wrong way or something, its not your fault you know. So thanks anyways.

[yasirbhojani]

Normally, at every Paf Airbase, these things are present and I guess these things are somehow related to wind direction. The best part is that, they are clearly visible from a long distance from the airbase itself and so, anyone can see it. So, is there anyway I can use this for determining the wind direction ??

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[Hans Rolink]

Normally, at every Paf Airbase, these things are present and I guess these things are somehow related to wind direction. The best part is that, they are clearly visible from a long distance from the airbase itself and so, anyone can see it. So, is there anyway I can use this for determining the wind direction ??

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Yes, the thing in the image is a windsock and used to indicate wind direction. If you can see one and see what it is pointing at, it will be very useful. Otherwise, just throw some sand or grass into the air and see where it goes. That's what I always do in that case
About the compass which you found confusing,
0 = North, runway heading 36 (short for 360)
90 = East, runway heading 09 (short for 90)
180 = South, runway heading 18 (short for 180)
270 = West, runway heading 27 (short for 270)

See?

But like Wildpicture wrote, be very very careful or face bed and breakfast from the Pakistani Government.

Hans.

[Stefan]

Thanks. And any idea about Sargodha ?
Actually, I am new at this forum. I've just signed up one or two hours ago. I will be uploading my photographs shortly but most of my photographs are actually self-satisfactory and you might not get satisfied by the resolution or quality but I still will be uploading them. I spotted C-130E's too at Chaklala airbase but that time, I didn't had a high-quality camera and so, I was forced to photograph them with my mobile phone and so, they are not of good quality. But now, I am looking forward to film some F-16's at Sargodha, though, I am not even sure that roaming around the airbase would be allowed or not as it is the most important airbase of Pakistan, I guess. Anyways, thanks for helping me out with this.

Just wondering whether there are any logs or pics you can share with us!

Regards,
Stefan