This afternoon I took another ride around town and landed at North Las Vegas Airport, a general aviation airport that is different than our huge McCarran International Airport. I tried for some decent photos but the 18-140mm lens was a bit lacking. A 200mm lens or higher would be better.
It’s fun to sit still and tune my ham radio down to the aircraft frequencies and listen to the tower and aircraft talking to each other. The low 80s and a gentle breeze make for a nice time to chill. I’ll have one more set of photos from this location if you want to see them, they aren’t very good photos really.
My grandfather was a crop duster and flew little planes so I really enjoy seeing them!
That’s an interesting job, not really work either if you love to fly.
He taught pilots in WWII so planes were his thing, he loved it.
This looks like a neat place to visit and take some pictures. The small planes look very cute.
It’s not far from the Strip and there are hotels near the airport. This airport serves the general aviation crowd.
This is something I also used to do when I was younger. Now I have no more radio to follow the conversations but airplanes still interest me a lot.
Airplanes are fascinating! I don’t know what the laws are in Belgium, but here you can buy receivers to listen to the aircraft band. My ham radios tune to those frequencies.
Did you go to The Bacon Bar? I considered taking my Ex there a while back, but, he had no desire.
No, it happened to be there and it reminded me of an episode of Bar Rescue with Jon Taffer. He did an episode these in 2013 I think. I love watching the people who own these bars, some are crazy! Taffer lives in Vegas too.
Sharp looking little planes. 👍
They are cute little puddle jumpers, nothing like the big airliners I like to photograph at McCarran International. Those are exciting to see pass about 200 feet or less over you!