malaysia and thailand

[passat man]

planning to go to Malaysia and Thailand in December

does anyone have contact details for tours of bases /airfields/museums and W and R in

KL
Penang area
BKK

I have written to RMAF museum and have a positive reply
Ihave written to RMAF no reply
I have not yet written to anyone else

steve

[Optimus]

Steve,

as you are probably also heading to old Don Muang airport in Thailand, you can either take a taxi from here to the RTAF-museum or from your hotel. What could help, because of the language, if you bring along a book about this museum (it's even mentioned in the Lonely Planet, and ask someone from the front desk in the hotel or at the information desk at the airport to write down the name and address of it on a sheet for the taxi driver.

I'd suggest to go directly from your hotel to the RTAF and/or the Thai Police Force museum first and from there on take a cab to Don Muang airport. There you can still (well... at least last year) spot from the windows on the top floor of the teminal. Keep a good look out as you can read off the tails behind the trees.

By the way, Bangkok is crowded with wrecks and relics, so please visit the following link as it is very useful when visting the area, and some of those places can be visited by using the metro instead of (often frustrating) taxi rides.
http://www.thai-aviation.net/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Best regards,

Kees

[SteveDarke]

Feel free to contact me directly.

Steve Darke
http://www.thai-aviation.net" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[passat man]

Hi Steve

We have 'spoken'....I was just seeing if anyone else had an address for RTAF tours

I will contact you shortly regarding contacts for Tango sqdn....we have nearly finalised our dates

Steve

[Rabbit]

I'm planning to go to Thailand and i would like to know how the Thai (locals. police, military, etc) think about our hobby. Is it ok to spot and photograph at military airbases?

[Le Addeur noir]

I'm planning to go to Thailand and i would like to know how the Thai (locals. police, military, etc) think about our hobby. Is it ok to spot and photograph at military airbases?

I live in Thailand during the northern winters and am in Thailand now.

At this time tension with Cambodia and expected protests in the new year by supporters of the ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra have caused the authorities to tighten security at airports across Thailand.

Open photography is not advised at any field as a result and utmost discression should be exercised.

Someone I know was ordered to leave Suvarnabhumi airport for spotting landside around a month ago by security.

Normally spotting is no problem at bases,but in light of the above,caution is highly advised.Local civilian people should be no problem,but open photography on main roads(this has happened despite the obvious dangers in the past) outside bases should be avoided.Keep out of sight.