Seagulls on approach lights

[zetson]

Here are two questions for you guys:

1) Do you have a funny title for this image?
2) These are the approach lights for runway 17 at my airport. At what compass point did I point the camera?

[peeperita]

i have no imagination when it comes to captioning......so....1)...nope.....and 2)......i'm guessing north...

peeper

[SJH Foto]

Maybe, "Bored gulls wait for their turn to takeoff"? Lame? My jokes usually are lame

[zetson]

Originally Posted by SJH Foto

Maybe, "Bored gulls wait for their turn to takeoff"? Lame? My jokes usually are lame

LOL, and the one that stood on the beacon to the right had already left?That's not lame at all

[corry]

good shot.... how bout "ahemmmm, you are ALL cleared for takeoff - now take off!" haha

[afterglow07]

When i see seagulls, I cant help but think of Finding Nemo, MINE,MINE,MINE
I will guess your facing west???

[daan05]

Originally Posted by zetson

Here are two questions for you guys:

1) Do you have a funny title for this image?
2) These are the approach lights for runway 17 at my airport. At what compass point did I point the camera?

1. Where the hell is Harry with our legs?
2. Gee, approach lights ... hummm runway 17. Maybe 170 degrees (true or magnetic I am not sure).

[Major_Small]

1 - "Let's not clear him for landing and keep him in the pattern until he runs out of fuel" (more of a caption than a title)

2 - takeoffs should be aligned at 170°, but some runways can be used both ways - and IIRC, 360° is magnetic north. So SSE or NNW? According to your EXIF data, it was taken a little after 2000 hours, and the light is on the left of the frame, so I'm going to guess NNW. (and that's a huge guess - I don't have any formal flight training)

[lputman]

Where'd he go?

I love that the one in the middle is looking towards the empty light while the first is looking the opposite direction.

[zetson]

Good caption titles, guys Thank you. Gave me a lot of ideas.

The answer on question number 2:

Runway 17 means that when you take off or land on this runway, you are heading approx 170 degrees. Since approach lights point at you during landing, I was pointing the camera to the south. If you are landing or taking off in the opposite direction, you are using runway 35 (350 degrees). So one runway are/is actually two runways