The I've Seen it From the Air thread
Dec 22, 2011 | 3:31 pm
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Dec 22, 2011 | 4:17 pm
#33
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Dec 22, 2011 | 5:41 pm
#34
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Saw the Las Vegas strip lit up at night when flying SLC to LAX, on LAX to TPE saw the expansive city of Tokyo, again at night. Even when viewed from thousands of feet in the air Tokyo is monstrous! A few months ago on SLC-PDX we flew right by Mt. Hood, with a bank of clouds covering the bottom half. I had a gorgeous picture in my cell phone but lost the phone :/.
Dec 22, 2011 | 6:29 pm
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Dec 22, 2011 | 8:15 pm
#36
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Sure thing:
Somewhere over the Atlantic by chimphappyhour, on Flickr
Would love to see any of that but I never seem to fly the right routes at the right time. As close as I ever get is I do get to see thermal inversions quite a bit while climbing. (I'm usually on the mountain when the clouds are below me. Sounds great until you realize you have to climb down through that.)
Somewhere over the Atlantic by chimphappyhour, on Flickr
Saw the Las Vegas strip lit up at night when flying SLC to LAX, on LAX to TPE saw the expansive city of Tokyo, again at night. Even when viewed from thousands of feet in the air Tokyo is monstrous! A few months ago on SLC-PDX we flew right by Mt. Hood, with a bank of clouds covering the bottom half. I had a gorgeous picture in my cell phone but lost the phone :/.
Dec 22, 2011 | 11:25 pm
#37
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November 14th 2008 on a flight DFW-MIA pilot announced that there is a space shuttle launch and we will be pretty close (well, as close as you can be). When the time came he did even the countdown and we coud see the spectacular sight. Propably all of the passengers moved to the left side of the plane.
Very next day I was flying LAX-LHR evening flight and could see the huge wildfires (which I think was the Montecito Tea Fire). That was also quite amazing.
Very next day I was flying LAX-LHR evening flight and could see the huge wildfires (which I think was the Montecito Tea Fire). That was also quite amazing.
Dec 23, 2011 | 4:49 pm
#38
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Sure thing:
Somewhere over the Atlantic by chimphappyhour, on Flickr
Would love to see any of that but I never seem to fly the right routes at the right time. As close as I ever get is I do get to see thermal inversions quite a bit while climbing. (I'm usually on the mountain when the clouds are below me. Sounds great until you realize you have to climb down through that.)
Somewhere over the Atlantic by chimphappyhour, on Flickr
Would love to see any of that but I never seem to fly the right routes at the right time. As close as I ever get is I do get to see thermal inversions quite a bit while climbing. (I'm usually on the mountain when the clouds are below me. Sounds great until you realize you have to climb down through that.)
Dec 24, 2011 | 4:21 am
#39
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the Northern Lights
not my video, but this was similar to the route I had: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j36Erxd5rc
not my video, but this was similar to the route I had: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j36Erxd5rc
Dec 24, 2011 | 7:09 am
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Thanks, I know in the northern hemisphere, it works best if you are on a W-E or E-W flight and sit on the north side of the aircraft on a cloudy day. I would assume in the southern hemisphere you would want to be on the south side of an aircraft traveling W-E or E-W. The clouds are the essential bit though.
Dec 24, 2011 | 9:26 am
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Aurora borealis on polar routes
Sun dogs above the plane
Sun glories below the plane
Space shuttle launch
Fourth of July Fireworks on a flight across the Midwest
Tracer rounds in Africa
Great wall of China
Grand Canyon in NW Arizona
Canyon De Chelly in NE Arizona
Oil tankers at sea in the Pacific
Other aircraft above and below our flight level
Full moon above the clouds
Mexican pyramids near Mexico City
I look forward to the 787, which has even larger windows for gawping out of.
Sun dogs above the plane
Sun glories below the plane
Space shuttle launch
Fourth of July Fireworks on a flight across the Midwest
Tracer rounds in Africa
Great wall of China
Grand Canyon in NW Arizona
Canyon De Chelly in NE Arizona
Oil tankers at sea in the Pacific
Other aircraft above and below our flight level
Full moon above the clouds
Mexican pyramids near Mexico City
I look forward to the 787, which has even larger windows for gawping out of.
Dec 24, 2011 | 10:46 am
#43
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1) On a flight from SFO to SEA, the pilot diverted to the east so that we could see the crater formed on Mt St Helens.
2) On flights from S Calif to SFO, the "Big Sur" arrival comes over Santa Cruz and just to the east of our house. If I sit on the left side of the aircraft, I can often see the house. If you fly this route and let me know you are coming, I will listen to my scanner and come out and wave!
2) On flights from S Calif to SFO, the "Big Sur" arrival comes over Santa Cruz and just to the east of our house. If I sit on the left side of the aircraft, I can often see the house. If you fly this route and let me know you are coming, I will listen to my scanner and come out and wave!
Last edited by JerryFF; Dec 24, 2011 at 12:32 pm
Dec 24, 2011 | 2:09 pm
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Flying out of Boston in the Wintter, you often head out over the water. I have notices that sometimes there are white things down in the water - never been able to identify them. Do icebergs get this far south? I now they occasionally make it close enough to shore in Maine to see them there.
During the summer months I love the evening flights to LA, as you often pass by large thunderstorms over the plane. The combination of lightning in the clouds and the dusk sky is beautiful.
During the summer months I love the evening flights to LA, as you often pass by large thunderstorms over the plane. The combination of lightning in the clouds and the dusk sky is beautiful.
Dec 24, 2011 | 3:25 pm
#45
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I found my pictures of the glory and they are not exactly the way I remembered. There is actually no shadow of my airplane anywhere. There is, however, another airplane at a low altitude that just happened by pure luck to be near the glory when I took it, and the shadow of that plane appears below it. So that's probably why I had gotten it a little mixed up in my mind.
The arrow points at the other plane which I show expanded here:
The arrow points at the other plane which I show expanded here: