Last year we went sailing around the Greek island of Skiathos. The harbor is right underneath the final approach of the airport, with planes coming in spectacularly close to the road and boats.
Alas, we had to leave port before I was able to go to the threshold and take a picture of the approaching airplane.
Then we came back this year, and this time came prepared. We positioned ouselves on the hill opposite, and took a cool shot of the plane in front of the town. But, as it turned out, we still missed the shot right from the threshold, and there wasn’t to be another flight coming in before our own flight would leave.
Except, later that day I checked again and there was indeed one more flight that somehow we had missed earlier. But it would arrive in just twenty minute’s time, and we were currently offroading on a dirt track somewhere in the hinterlands. What followed was one of the most fun I’ve had in a long time: we gunned down the dirt paths, took shortcuts through tiny town streets, all the wile I was monitoring the plane’s approach on a flight tracker. When finally we came to a screeching halt at the barrier before the threshold, the plane was just coming in for final approach:
Of course it said “NO PHOTOGRAPHERS BEYOND THIS POINT” in bold yellow letters on the ground, so we joined the 20 or so photographers already beyond.
So, two regrets, but the third time it worked!