Florida trip February 2007        Dave Anderson, Geoff Hyde, Ian McMaster, Dave Rose.

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We decided to pay another visit to South Florida to coincide with the annual Miami boat show, always brings a healthy number of corporate movements to the area. After travelling down to London by train the previous day and and staying in a hotel near Heathrow we left for Miami on Virgin A340-600 G-VSSH, the following were the only new aircraft seen as we waited for our flight. The log only contains aircraft seen for the first time on the trip ie no duplicates that were seen on visits to the same place on different days are included.

Our flight arrived on time, late afternoon, after collecting baggage and spending what seems like the norm lifetime sorting the prebooked car hire out it was dark and  time to head off to the hotel. These were read off as we left the plane and waited for the car.

Next morning, fully refreshed it was back to Miami to spend the morning, there are recognised spotting area's around the perimeter, photography will depend on the runway in use and your decision to photograph freight, bizz or airliner movements each type operated on its own runway. most aircraft on the field can be logged by driving the perimeter.

After a nice haul we made our way north, first stop was Opa Locka, a field with a wide variety of aircraft, storage and wrecking of airliners often brings in a few gems, a larger number of bizz were expected due to the boat show, and the resident Antonov's and old Douglas props were nice to see again. Airfield access here is usually not a problem, but due to the boat show it took a little more persuasion than normal, as expected some very nice frames.

Not far up the road is Fort Lauderdale, we did the main airport, saving FLL Exec for another day, due to the length of time it takes to do, again most aircraft on the field can be seen by going down all the perimeter roads, there are a lot. The Herbiscus garage in the terminal area is the recognised spotting area, all movements can be seen from here as well as excellent landing and taxying shots.

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