The next stop was Phoenix Deer Valley Airport DVT with absolutely nothing interesting to photograph.
About 15 minutes down the road was Scottsdale Airport SDL, again only small stuff on the ramps so no photos.
From Scottsdale we've continued to Mesa Falcon Field MSC. On the east side you've got some kind of storage place with Albatross and few ex US Navy S-2. The gate was open but the signs plastered all over it made me skip the place. Only shot was taken from the car at the gate of Chalks G111. Next place was helicopter hangar area. The nicest thing that was there I couldn't photograph as it was parked right against the fence and the palm tree. It was Colombian National Police Bell still in full colors - reg and - rotor.
From there I went to the next row of hangars. Saw one with 2 Lockheed Harpoons parked outside + C-47 and Beech 18. I took my camera and went to knock on the hangar doors to ask for permission to shoot the C-47. The answer was "I can't let you in in the hangar..."
That was a big disappointment. He couldn't let me in because the hangar floor had so much =censored= inside? (not airplanes, but literally parts of the airplanes all over the floor). But graciously I've been given permission to shoot the planes from the fence. The only shot from the fence you can get is the backlit 3/4 angle of Harpoon in RAF colors. All other planes are blocked by one thing or another.
I've continued to the end of the road and saw another Harpoon parked at different location. Got it from the fence.
There were few other warbirds scattered on the field but unshootable without ramp access. This airport takes the cake for most spotter unfriendly airport in Arizona so far.
Falcon Field Mesa MSC
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