Why I love flying, in an image...
Sep 11, 2011, 10:45 am
#591
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: in the sky
Posts: 490
very friendly skies!
Love this thread. Spent a couple of days looking at all the incredible photos on the last forty pages w/o navigating to other pages (too bad about all the missing images scattered throughout). That's why I love flying! The earth is a beautiful place, the sky is amazing. I'd love to see all these images in a slide show. Thanks all for all of that. There's a lot I hope to see for myself someday.
Not sure what I like more... the sights below or above among the clouds, or sometimes just looking up at a pretty blue sky.
OTG @ LAL
Not sure what I like more... the sights below or above among the clouds, or sometimes just looking up at a pretty blue sky.
OTG @ LAL
Last edited by loops; Sep 11, 2011 at 8:25 pm
Oct 4, 2011, 2:38 pm
#592
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Bradford, UK
Programs: KLM Flying Blue Gold
Posts: 28
Thanks! At the moment I shoot with a Canon 7D and a variety of lenses including the Sigma 50-500, Canon EF 70-200L f/4 and Sigma 10-20 (I also have a Canon 40D but that's poorly at the moment and awaiting a trip to the camera hospital). This was taken back in July 2008 using a Canon 350D and the basic non-IS version of the EF-S 15-55 kit lens. 
Just slightly off topic, I see in your profile you're a sound engineer. That's precisely the occupation that takes me on the vast majority of my trips.
Just slightly off topic, I see in your profile you're a sound engineer. That's precisely the occupation that takes me on the vast majority of my trips.
Oct 5, 2011, 6:22 pm
#593
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: San Francisco, CA
Programs: UA 1P, AA Plat, SW AL/CP
Posts: 253
For me it's moments like this:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3055/...13e07098_o.jpg
(because I can't just walk across an ocean)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3055/...13e07098_o.jpg
(because I can't just walk across an ocean)
Last edited by chutchins; Oct 6, 2011 at 10:07 am
Nov 8, 2011, 4:56 pm
#594
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: SGF
Programs: AS, AA, UA, AGR S (former 75K, GLD, 1K, and S+, now an elite peon)
Posts: 23,195
No wonder the flight to hell was miserable and the flight back was a happy occasion. Great shot, BTW. Something magical about the wings of a 744.
Nov 9, 2011, 2:45 pm
#597
In Memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Durham, NC (RDU/GSO/CLT)
Programs: AA EXP/MM, DL GM, UA Platinum, HH DIA, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 33,857
Sunset, haze, city sprawl and I was well lubricated at the end of an excellent flight:
