Thank you all! I figured I was lucky with the C-130HE, even the local photographers were excited!
I'll continue with another airfield I visited during our stay in Taiwan, this one's a little more off the beaten track, Magong at the Penghu Islands!
September 15th:
In the second week of our trip through Taiwan we travelled to the Penghu Islands for some sun & fun. We ended up in Shanshui on the south side of the island in a nice hotel right across the beach. Turned out to be a perfect spot, both from the beach and roofterrace of the hotel you had a distant but good view on the approach of Magong airport. Magong houses a RoCAF detachement equipped with F-CK-1's.
First day was spent at the beach, in the afternoon I heard some fighters getting airborne, so grabbed my camera and walked to a uphill park on the east side of town. Found a nice shady place in a pagoda and was able to get some distant shots of two arriving F-CK-1's.
1. F-CK-1A 1434, heavy crop, photo taken from Shanshui.
Log 15/09/15 RCQC Magong:
F-CK-1A 1434 28th TFG/3rd TFW
F-CK-1A 1432 28th TFG/3rd TFW
plus 1 unknown S-70C(M)-1 doing circuits over the old airport W of Shanshui.
September 16th, RCQC Magong:
Rented a scooter this day and drove off towards the airport. While driving alongside the airport terminal I noticed a helicopter approaching, turned out to be nice colourful SAR EC225.
Found a nice shady spot in a two story pagoda in a little village on the east side of the airport, were I waited for things to come.
Unfortunately no mil traffic was seen during the rest of the morning, first mil movement was a Fokker 50 departing at 12.30h.
One hour later the F-CK-1's came out to play, had to settle for some backlit take off shots by then.
Next thing to do was finding a good spot for landingshots, the threshold area was surrounded by high vegetation with no sight on the approach, so opted for a spot along the main road south of the airport. From here you had a clear view on the approach, nice bonus besides the F-CK-1's was a Beech 1900 arriving. After spending the whole day in the heat it was now time for a swim, back to Shanshui beach! A second Beech 1900 was seen here turning over Shanshui beach inbound Magong.
1. EC225 2251
2. Fokker 50 5001
3. Fokker 50 5001
4. F-CK-1A 1438, unfortunately the high walls block a clear view on the taxitrack.
5. F-CK-1A 1406
6. F-CK-1B 1605
7. F-CK-1B 1601
8. Beech 1900C-1 1908
9. F-CK-1A 1438
10. F-CK-1A 1434
11. Beech 1900C-1 1909 over Shanshui
Log RCQC Magong 18/09/15:
EC225 2251 SAR Sq
Fokker 50 5001 VIP Sq
F-CK-1A 1438 28th TFG/3rd TFW
F-CK-1A 1434 28th TFG/3rd TFW
F-CK-1A 1440 28th TFG/3rd TFW
F-CK-1B 1601 7th TFG/3rd TFW
F-CK-1A 1406 7th TFG/3rd TFW
F-CK-1B 1605 7th TFG/3rd TFW
F-CK-1A 1436 28th TFG/3rd TFW
Beech 1900C-1 1908 VIP Sq
Beech 1900C-1 1909 VIP Sq
September 17th:
Turned out I picked the right day to visit Magong airfield the day before, no F-CK-1's were seen flying on the 17th.
Stayed at Shanshui beach and saw 2 C130's and one Beech 1900 inbound Magong in the afternoon.
1. C-130H 1304, heavy crop, photo taken from Shanshui beach.
Log RCQC Magong 17/09/15:
C-130H 1304 6th T/EWW
C-130H 1319 6th T/EWW
Beech 1900C-1 ? VIP Sq
September 18th:
We ended our stay on Penghu and flew back to mainland Taiwan on this day. Flying is cheap in Taiwan, flight from Magong to Taichung only costed 32 Euro's. You have a good view on the platform from the departure terminal, but signs are warning you that photography is not allowed.
So unfortunately the camera stayed in the bag while 2 F-CK-1's landed and taxied passed the terminal. When we approached Taichung it was announced that photography at Taichung was not allowed due to being a military airfield. Still managed to take a snapshot of a F-5E with my pocketcam while we landed.
1. Heavy crop of F-5E 5289 with a F-CK-1 in the HAS in the background.
Log RCQC Magong 18/09/15:
F-CK-1A 1406 7th TFG/3rd TFW
F-CK-1A 1401 nn/3rd TFW
Log RCMQ Taichun 18/09/15:
F-5E 5289 TT&DC
F-CK-1 units mentioned are those noted on the nose of the aircraft.
That was it, thanks for looking!
Cheers,
Marco
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