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bw50505 wrote:The ramp photos you typically see taken from ground level in MHV can be taken through the fence if you drive around the airport buildings and look for a good one.
If you're also looking for more shots around the airport of planes not on the "front" lineup, you can take 14 North (Aerospace Highway) and turn right on Minard Trail, and then right again on Benton Avenue. This gives you a pretty good view of the aircraft behind the front lineup, however you will be looking south and most everything will be backlit (still recommend it though for your personal collection). You can do basically the same thing taking the 58 west on the south side of the airport, but you'll need a lot of zoom (in excess of 600 mm effective) to get close up shots. My superzoom was barely enough even at 840 mm effective. The hour before sunset is the best time to go if you are spotting from ground level because of the long distances between you and the aircraft.
I know that second paragraph doesn't answer any of what you asked but if you haven't tried going around the MHV perimeter before that's what I gleaned by doing it myself a while ago.