webfact Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Phuket’s perfect plane-spotting selfie By The Thaiger Mai Khao Beach, any day day of the year. People are assembling, not to swim, but to take photos of planes taking off from the Phuket International Airport. Every 5-10 minutes planes will come and go making Mai Khao Beach one of Asia’s top plane spotting locations. For now, you can still capture your special moment with a plane, taking off or landing on Phuket’s northern coast. One end of the Phuket Airport runway is just metres away from the beach making it a perfect spot for a plane-selfie. Alongside the hordes of amateurs with their mobile phones are the pros who bring much more sophisticated gear to capture the ‘moment’. There’s also always plenty of aviation geeks – plane spotters – who will fuss over the model of plane, the aircraft’s history, and enjoy soaking in the smell of aviation fuel. So far this year, up to June 20, 116,485 flights have landed or taken off at the island’s only international airport. Mai Khao Beach is one of a handful of places in the world where you can get relatively up close and personal with a flying plane. With a plane like a Boeing 747-400, requiring the full length of the runway, the jumbos touch down right at the start of the runway, or take off very close to the beach (depending on the time of the year), providing a spectacular photo indeed. Thai Airways still has daily flights from Bangkok to Phuket using the massive 747-400 aircraft. Other destinations where you can get ‘that photo’ include St. Maarten in the Caribbean, and Skiathos in Greece. “Me and an Air France A340” – St. Maarten in the Caribbean But aviation and Phuket Airport officials have been increasingly skittish in recent years even though there’s been no major incidents, and are making moves to restrict access to northern end of Mai Khao Beach. Whilst being a potential security issue, the Airport acknowledges that the land is managed by the Sirinath National Park and doesn’t have the power to close off access to the beach. Informal meetings between Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand, Airport and national park officials haven’t reached a long-tern solution at this stage. Earlier this year some British tabloids completely misrepresented a Thai official’s comments, taking them out of context and posting the headline… Read the story about the highly exaggerated news HERE. The absurd stories stemmed from a misunderstanding of a local news report that touched on separate punishable issues relating to drones and other acts that could distract pilots and linking them to the ‘selfie’ issue. At this stage CAAT says that security at all Thai airports must be up to international standards. “We are thinking about cordoning off the area or keeping tourists further away from the airport. The exact action is yet to be finalised.” “Taking photos of the runway or planes taking off from runway is not technically illegal, but there is a grey area in which we have to consider if those photos are intended to harm airport security, that could be illegal.” For now the beach remains open and, if you want that ‘perfect’ plane selfie, The Thaiger has some guidelines HERE. One trick, is that you’ll get a better result during high season (December to April) when the winds are coming from the east and northeast and planes land from the Andaman Sea end towards Thepkasattri Road. You’re more likely to get that low-flying-landing-plane shot at this time. Source: https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/phukets-perfect-plane-spotting-selfie -- © Copyright The Thaiger 2019-06-24 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart1916 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 I don'tmean to be condescending, but I've got waaaaayyyyy better things to do than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, Blackheart1916 said: I don'tmean to be condescending, but I've got waaaaayyyyy better things to do than this. Of course you have... such as posting about a topic about 'this'.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matzzon Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 27 minutes ago, Blackheart1916 said: I don'tmean to be condescending, but I've got waaaaayyyyy better things to do than this. It´s really not that bad. I would like to be in the top selfie. Just hope I was not, what did you write, mmm condescending to the females now. Might be worth risking the death penalty, who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Showing their bums like that, is disgusting. Horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 7 minutes ago, faraday said: Showing their bums like that, is disgusting. Horrible. L++r l ++R pants on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Just now, colinneil said: 11 minutes ago, faraday said: Showing their bums like that, is disgusting. Horrible. L++r l ++R pants on fire. I just noticed that there's also an aircraft in that photo ! ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Those are nice photos, but they're not selfies. Not complaining of course, just being specific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeray Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Butt, butt .......... (No, not Hilary this time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soupdragon Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said: I just noticed that there's also an aircraft in that photo ! ???? And they haven't blacked out the "Thai" logo for a change ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 ???????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 my new screen saver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 10 minutes ago, NCC1701A said: my new screen saver. Not a good idea mate, your keyboard will get very sticky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 1 hour ago, khwaibah said: ???????????????? I recognize that arse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Nice set of landing gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMSIII Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 4 hours ago, richard_smith237 said: I just noticed that there's also an aircraft in that photo ! ???? Where? Let me go take a fifth look at this photo... ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 54 minutes ago, ChipButty said: I recognize that arse and then I woke up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artben Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 4 hours ago, richard_smith237 said: I just noticed that there's also an aircraft in that photo ! ???? Where??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 6 hours ago, richard_smith237 said: I just noticed that there's also an aircraft in that photo ! ???? I can only see a boxkite through a gap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Just moving the laptop into the bedroom ,tissues handy,God planes really turn me on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 9 minutes ago, marko kok prong said: Just moving the laptop into the bedroom ,tissues handy,God planes really turn me on. Only from certain angles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 9 hours ago, webfact said: Earlier this year some British tabloids completely misrepresented a Thai official’s comments, taking them out of context and posting the headline Bit rich that but hey could've been worse imagine the Sunday Sports headlines if they were still in print .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jany123 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 8 hours ago, richard_smith237 said: I just noticed that there's also an aircraft in that photo ! ???? Fixed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk10002000 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Sorry, did somebody say there were planes in the photos? I guess I didn't notice that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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