C17 today 9/8 at BRU

[Vonsmalhausen]

standing on the "sandhill" today, i saw this C17 comming in, pic is taken @ the max distance for my lens, but that's the inconvieniance of that spot
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took another pic on the hill ; the man with the bird, watching the birds tfp.fotopic.net/p6592151.html

don't know if the guy is part of the bird control unit, but his hawk ( that is,.... i think it's a hawk ) was not realy in the mood to go hunting ;D

[Fabke]

Nice photos , it seems that the last months a lot of C17's pay a visit to BRU , any idea what they do at BRU?

And does all traffic use now 25L , is 25R completely closed?

[Vonsmalhausen]

the C17 is becomming a regular indeed, i think it has to do with the operations in Irak and Afghanistan.
the 25R is closed til the end of this month, so ALL landing traffic commes on 1 rwy now
last couple of day's it was rwy 20 for landing not realy my fav
T.O. was on 20 and 07R, from the sandhill you have a relativly good vieuw, but it is just a bit to far to take good pics , with my 300mm anyway, and at the refugee center you see the planes often too late due to the bushes who are growing there.