sunset shot from Congonhas airport giving you an impression how close the airport is to the urban surroundings, including one of Sao Paulo's main and and busiest highways connecting the north of the city with the south and the houses. On July 17th a TAM Airbus A320 overran RWY35L right at the place the TAM A320 in this shot is standing and crashed into the gas station in the lower left part of the picture. Over 200 people died on this day, RIP to the victims (Nikon D70)
F-HSEA what a nice 17mm-shot at Maho Bay. I don´t know where to look first?! To the beauty in the lower left or to the queen on short final? :-D [Canon EOS 50D + Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F/2,8 XR Di II LD] (mehr von F-HSEA)
A6-EAP An Emirates Airbus performing flight EK51 from DXB to MUC, was enroute at FL340 over Austrian Air Space when the crew decided to divert to PRG after it flew through a zone of hail causing cracked windshields and damage the nose paint. (mehr von A6-EAP)
I-DEMW Photo 1 of 4 : Too far, too low... Those familiar with Kai Tak will confirm that Alitalia always added that extra amount of excitement to their approaches. This 747 went beyond the right banking point to runway 13, resulting in this dare-devil approach. The notorious - but since demolished - Walled City of Kowloon can be seen in the lower right. (mehr von I-DEMW)
RA-85638 WOW...this gotta be the landing of the year...the left mainwheel already touched down, while the right one is some feet above ground (Nikon D70) (mehr von RA-85638)