07.05.2019 VKO + CKL
Marcus woke up quite early and checked for the hotel bar on the highest floor. The view was great and he could get some nice pictures but he also saw that the landing direction changed over night, so we had to check our options. We took a taxi to the position at the footbridge for arrival on 01. From there the view was nice and we got some good pictures.
Marcus woke up quite early and checked for the hotel bar on the highest floor. The view was great and he could get some nice pictures but he also saw that the landing direction changed over night, so we had to check our options. We took a taxi to the position at the footbridge for arrival on 01. From there the view was nice and we got some good pictures.
After 2 hours we took a bus back tot he hotel in order to get our luggagge because we had to move to SVO. Our plan was to use once again the express trains but we missed one and so we decided to use a taxi. We choosed for YANDEX Taxi and our helldriver Juri brought us in less than 1,5 hours from VKO to SVO. To be honest it was a pain in the ass because he drove like crazy, it was scary. Neverless we saved more than 1 hour compared to the trainride and this hour was very important!
Moscow-Chkalovskiy CKL/UUMU
We picked up our rental car and went to CKL Airport. The driving was less chaotic than expected and aprox 8km prior CKL I checked FR24 and saw a Tu-134 most probably inbound for CKL just on the southerparts of Moscow. We arrived at a petrol station west oft he airport and went to an open field just at the flightpath. After 5 minutes wes a that beauty for final approach and got some nice pictures.
I never expect an aircraft movement in CKL within the first 5 minutes and ofcourse no Tu-134 so this was great!
I never expect an aircraft movement in CKL within the first 5 minutes and ofcourse no Tu-134 so this was great!
After that we went to a field on the eastern part oft he airport in ordert o get some departures but we saw only 2 inbounds. An IL-20 and a fresh delivery of a Tu-204 from Ulyanovsk. That was a bit disapointing for me but within 1 hour it changed completely because even it became a very busy day at CKL. We had from time to time 4 aircrafts flying touch and gos at the same time! IL-76, Tu-204, Tu-154 an An-148 and IL-62. After several flights I thought okay… the next take-off I won’t take any pictures I’ll just enjoy the sound and the feeling!
In the evening we went totally satisfied back to the hotel. We choosed the HolidayInn Express at SVO Airport which we can highly recommend.
https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/moscow/mowsa/hoteldetail
https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/moscow/mowsa/hoteldetail