This was probably the last
trip of 2007 but I couldn't resist to have 1 of the last looks we can
have at the Phabulous Phantom at Wittmund in Germany. The night before I
was planning to go I called Cris to ask if he would join me for the trip
towards northern Germany. The time to depart was set for 6 in the
morning because the men from Richthoven have the habit of starting
early. At around 0830 we arrived at the village of Wittmund to get some
last minute refreshment for the day and check out the preserved
Phantom at the
trafficlights,unfortunately it was already too light for some dark shot
but we had all day to go back for that. Once we were in position for the
day we met fellowspotters Maurits and Rene who had the same idea for
some Phantomspotting. They told us that at 8 the scramble-aircraft had
already taken of. It took almost all day for the clouds to clear and it
made our lives very difficult to take decent pictures with low ISO
values but when it did it improved dramaticly.
The only trouble we had
that day with base-security was that we had brought our small
stepladders and put them near the fence. We were ordered to put them
back in the car and that was the last we saw of them all day!! We stayed
untill the last wave for the day went airborne and this happened around
1630 and the light was fading away fast. What a magnificant sight to see
those burners flame down the runway in near dusk. We shall visit again
soon to do some nighttime filming. Whoaaaa!!!!
