October 7, 2006: Night takeoff

Undertoad · 10-07-2006, 03:02 PM

A UPS-owned B767 departs Des Moines Int'l and turns south.

via airliners.net, and one of the most interesting photos I've seen recently!

xoxoxoBruce · 10-07-2006, 03:23 PM

WOW, too cool.

Bromskloss · 10-07-2006, 03:25 PM

Very cool! But it looks wierd from here, doesn't it? Far to steep an ascent.

wolf · 10-07-2006, 03:29 PM

Is is a cargo plane ... so nobody's drinks get spilled in a steeper ascent ...

I actually think that the image is foreshortened by the wide angle camera lens and shot angle. Look at the spacing on the red light.

Bromskloss · 10-07-2006, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Is is a cargo plane ... so nobody's drinks get spilled in a steeper ascent ...

Hehe, unless you stall. How do you know it only carries cargo, by the way?

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Originally Posted by wolf

I actually think that the image is foreshortened by the wide angle camera lens and shot angle. Look at the spacing on the red light.

Yeah, it's a good thing the lights are there.

wolf · 10-07-2006, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Bromskloss

Hehe, unless you stall. How do you know it only carries cargo, by the way?

Because the plane belongs to UPS ("United Parcel Service").

xoxoxoBruce · 10-07-2006, 04:06 PM

And UPS never spirits political prisioners out of Des Moines.

btw....Canon 20D, 50mm f/1.8 MK-II

xant · 10-07-2006, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

And UPS never spirits political prisioners out of Des Moines.

Sometimes it does. But it refuses to give them drink service. Gotta draw the line somewhere.

Wombat · 10-08-2006, 05:59 PM

Fantastic shot.

Why does the red tail light miss about 5 flashes at the top of the steep bit?

Hoof Hearted · 10-08-2006, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Wombat

Why does the red tail light miss about 5 flashes at the top of the steep bit?

As the plane flops forward onto the flattened traveling plane, the tail moves faster and therefore we don't see the 'motion' in the picture because it moves from red light to the next red light?

OR...

The back wings at the tail of the plane are blocking the view of the red light.

Hoof Hearted · 10-08-2006, 09:17 PM

Need to add...

I showed this pic to Hubby tonight as I knew he would enjoy looking at it. When we were married, we flew to SoCal for our Honeymoon.
When we left John Wayne Int'l Airport to come back home, the plane went straight up with full thrust and when it reached the altitude it wanted, it cut the engines back to nearly nothing (compared with take off and the climb) and the plane dropped a good bit.

Hubby was wide eyed, gripping the arms of his seat and staring around to see what the other passengers were doing. I was calmly flipping through a magazine and he jerkily twisted towards me and stage whispered "Is this normal? Are we okay?" I gave him a puzzled look until I understood what was bothering him...

He hadn't flown much and had NEVER taken off somewhere where the planes had to get out of residential noise areas... He thought the plane had cut out and was gonna go down!
Poor guy. He's much better about flying, now.

richlevy · 10-09-2006, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoof Hearted

Need to add...
He hadn't flown much and had NEVER taken off somewhere where the planes had to get out of residential noise areas... He thought the plane had cut out and was gonna go down!
Poor guy. He's much better about flying, now.

That's because in most of the country, rich people don't live too close to airports and it's a lot easier to fly lower over middle and lower income neighborhoods.

The funny thing was we were discussing that today after the funeral since some of the mourners were from California.

BigV · 10-08-2006, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Wombat

Fantastic shot.

Why does the red tail light miss about 5 flashes at the top of the steep bit?

Having begun his turn, he no longer needed his turn signal on.

SimpleSimon · 10-28-2006, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Wombat

Fantastic shot.

Why does the red tail light miss about 5 flashes at the top of the steep bit?

The beacon is the light that means the plane has an engine running. As it climbs you see the beacon on top and as it levels off you begin to see the beacon on the bottom. Planes have at least two of everything. Some systems, like navigation have six or seven layers of redundancy.

charmzny · 10-09-2006, 08:21 AM

It kinda looks like Santa's light trail. Is Rudolph up there somewhere?

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	And UPS never spirits political prisioners out of Des Moines. btw....Canon 20D, 50mm f/1.8 MK-II __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-08-2006, 05:59 PM	#9
Wombat (marsupial with backward-facing pouch) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canberra Posts: 251	Fantastic shot. Why does the red tail light miss about 5 flashes at the top of the steep bit? __________________ If you don't do it properly, you'll get to the pub sooner.

10-07-2006, 03:25 PM	#3
Bromskloss Breaking Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 29	Very cool! But it looks wierd from here, doesn't it? Far to steep an ascent.

10-08-2006, 09:17 PM	#11
Hoof Hearted ...you smell something? Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Monroe, GA Posts: 420	Need to add... I showed this pic to Hubby tonight as I knew he would enjoy looking at it. When we were married, we flew to SoCal for our Honeymoon. When we left John Wayne Int'l Airport to come back home, the plane went straight up with full thrust and when it reached the altitude it wanted, it cut the engines back to nearly nothing (compared with take off and the climb) and the plane dropped a good bit. Hubby was wide eyed, gripping the arms of his seat and staring around to see what the other passengers were doing. I was calmly flipping through a magazine and he jerkily twisted towards me and stage whispered "Is this normal? Are we okay?" I gave him a puzzled look until I understood what was bothering him... He hadn't flown much and had NEVER taken off somewhere where the planes had to get out of residential noise areas... He thought the plane had cut out and was gonna go down! Poor guy. He's much better about flying, now. __________________ I have the ability of single-minded determination and focu...Hey, look! A horse!

10-09-2006, 08:21 AM	#15
charmzny Disorderly Disciplinarian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern New York State Posts: 21	It kinda looks like Santa's light trail. Is Rudolph up there somewhere?

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