re: I did not know watching planes land could be this enjoyable

The amount of people taking this thread seriously as if it's about watching planes take off is alarming

When I lived in Saint Paul, I would go to the Minneapolis airport and watch planes takeoff and land. There was a road just on the other side of the fence and there were parking lots that were rather elevated above the surrounding terrain and you could sit there for hours watching the 747’s takeoff and land. This was around 1981.
I was in school and would post up there and do my reading.

Japanese kids would go to the end of the runway at NAS Atsugi to watch F-18s land. Sometimes inside the security fence, which the Jarheads loved.

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The amount of people taking this thread seriously as if it's about watching planes take off is alarming

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Again for the people in the back, this has zero to do with planes and runways.

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Japanese kids would go to the end of the runway at NAS Atsugi to watch F-18s land. Sometimes inside the security fence, which the Jarheads loved.

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they used to, maybe still do, have bleachers at the end of runway 5L in Mexico City for people to sit and watch takeoffs and landings, usually a pretty good crowd, probably all hard of hearing though

I zoomed in shamelessly.

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Plane landings can be quite a sport

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pretty common for topless girls to be standing on the sea wall and waving their boobs at you as you were landing

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Focus!!!