Tarmac Watching

It happens to all of us some time or another. we are stuck in the airport and the flight is not scheduled for another 2 hrs. It happened to us at Houston Hobbby airport on this day. If you don't have anything to read or have no one to talk to. you settle down to an entertainment of people watching. I on the other hand am fascinated by life as such on the tarmac. It is more entertaining to watch what goes on there than anything else. On the other hand it is a tough job for the ground crew and the flight crew. I was lucky to have a telephoto lens on my nikon and waited to capture at least one take off or landing. After missing a few landings, I was lucky to shoot a landing. In the meantime I shot anything that moved and out there and the shot above is that of a tractor hauling luggage and the other where one flight is helped by the tug for taxing while another approaches a nearby gate. Pretty soon it was time for us to head towards our gate. In the end, Tarmac watching turned out to be more relaxing than sitting down with a book or talking to some one or watching people.