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Nice stuff but very cloudy weather, and the German didn't start at 0800 hours sharp :wink:

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Re: ETNT 27-01-2009

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Hi Caspar,

Can you provide me with updates on the situation of the fence ? Below you can see what the situation was like half a year ago, and rumours have it that the fence had not even been finished in October. What can you add to this rumour ?

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I drawed a red line as you can see, after that the situation is not changed. The road and parking area within the red area isn't accessible anymore. The little green road to the viewing area at the center of the runway is not there, take the (unpaved) road next to it wich lead to the fence.

Perfect place by the way to take some take-off shot's :D

Hope it's a little bit clear now.

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Re: ETNT 27-01-2009

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Caspar107 wrote:I drawed a red line as you can see, after that the situation is not changed. The road and parking area within the red area isn't accessible anymore. The little green road to the viewing area at the center of the runway is not there, take the (unpaved) road next to it wich lead to the fence.

Perfect place by the way to take some take-off shot's :D

Hope it's a little bit clear now.

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Wow, that is GREAT news !!!

It seems that they only took an area with the size of one shelter area and left the rest of the photo opportunities in tact. If you check http://www.dappa.nl/wittmund.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; you will find that nearly all of these shots can still be made now that the fence has been finished. Maybe (in my dreams) they will create another shelter area and you will get new photo opportunities for aircraft taxiing in and out. That would be something.....! (or just wishful thinking)

I think I will go over to Wittmund again soon.

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Maybe (in my dreams) they will create another shelter area and you will get new photo opportunities for aircraft taxiing in and out. That would be something.....! (or just wishful thinking)
Hope so, in the red area there is nothing, maybe they are going to expand the base.........
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Wittmund will get a new tower in the near future. It will be positioned within the red area.
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Re: ETNT 27-01-2009

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Otto wrote:Wittmund will get a new tower in the near future. It will be positioned within the red area.
Wow, THAT big ?! :wink:

It makes sense to put the tower on the south side. That way they won't have to wear sunglasses all the time.

What I noticed is that the red area provides the base with 50% more surface area. Right now Wittmund has 20 shelters and several hangars, but looking at the future of the Eurofighter, they might need more. Could I be right ?

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Re: ETNT 27-01-2009

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Iwan Bogels wrote:What I noticed is that the red area provides the base with 50% more surface area. Right now Wittmund has 20 shelters and several hangars, but looking at the future of the Eurofighter, they might need more. Could I be right ?
AFAIK no new shelters will be built. There is no need for it, they have always operated more aircraft than the 33 EF2000s they are getting and never had problems housing them.

A new Eurofighter simulater building (quite a large one) is to be built at Wittmund. Maybe that is projected in the 'new' area as well.

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Re: ETNT 27-01-2009

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Indeed Iwan they can leave their sunglasses @ home. More important: From the new TWR they can oversee all movements in both shelterareas.
In the current situation they can only see some movements :wink:
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Re: ETNT 27-01-2009

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From the new TWR they can oversee all movements in both shelterareas.
In the current situation they can only see some movements
And they have a better view on the spotters :shock: :(
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