Day 10, Nyutabaru, 08/11
"Groundhog Day"… Once again we woke up in the
same love hotel as the day before and were at the spot at
the "fighter paradise" Nyutabaru at 07h15.
It was colder than the day before that morning, but the sky
was even clearer and we could see the mountains in the background.
Once again a T-4 was the first aircraft and Phantoms followed
afterwards.
While the sun was turning we were waiting for the Aggressors
who left quite late that day at 9am.
Perfect photo spots
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sun was not that good anymore at that time, but we did not
mind that much because a camerateam placed themselves directly
in the line of sight for the frontview pictures that day.
Furthermore the sun was not out at that moment as well.
 Happy
enough about the photos we have already taken the day before
we changed our position to the southern side of the runway.
Masses of F-4EJ Phantoms and F-15(D)J Eagles of all Nyutabaru
based Squadrons flew that day and two T-4s from other bases
visited the airfield as well. During midday it got a bit hazy
but we continued shooting because all the aircraft departed
with different configurations of tanks and training weapons.
In the afternoon it got completely sunny again and we were
able to shoot all aircraft in perfect light.
Phighter paradise
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Shortly before the Aggressors left for their second round
in the afternoon we decided to change our position once more
and move a bit more to the west in order to try to get them
airborne. Unfortunately the starting direction was changed
soon after we arrived there and we still only saw them during
rotation. However at this spot there was a really nice green
background and we got the possibility to see their camouflage
from the other side.
Afternoon flight of the Aggressors
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After filling many more rolls of film and gigabytes on my
mobile harddrive it was nearly time to say good bye. But before
leaving we headed for another spot at the very end of the
runway where, after climbing up a step slope, some nice photos
of Phantoms were possible that were illuminated by the setting
sun. As standing there felt not very comfortable and quite
unsafe Florian and Patrick preferred to take some scenic shots
of the sunset, the landscape and returning F-15s. But the
last photo of that day was one of a Japanese Phantom!
Bye Bye Nyuta!
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  Then
it was time to move again, back to Tsuiki. Shortly after leaving
Nyuta we discovered a shrine and still took some photos there
in order to proove back home that we did not solely photograph
aircraft. That shrine was just besides a kindergarten and
a lot of black eyes stared out of the windows when we jumped
out of the car with our cameras. I think we are looking the
same way when we see Japanese tourists ;)
As it got dark we refueled somewhere along the coastal road
(~5.800Yen) and had dinner at Moe's. Among other tasty things
they offered also some nice riceburgers, exactly the right
stuff after such a long and hard working day…
The way back to Tsuiki led us to the same winding road as
two days before and took around 5 hours. Despite calling the
youth hostel it was closed when we arrived there and we got
really angry. This would have been the first (and only!) time
during our trip that we did not have to search for hours for
a youth hostel, but now we had to look for a love hotel once
again. Fortunately we found one not far away and after the
usual problems (payment, 3 male persons…) and discussions
we got our room. As Patrick did not feel very he slept in
the double bed, Florian and I preferred to stay healthy and
therefore chose the floor to spent the night...
-> Tsuiki - Ozuki
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