Weekly Photo Selection (weekly photos 2014/09/02)
1 A Boeing 737-800 in the sunset glow, please click to see the large image. Note that the highlight of this photo is: the photographer is also the subject being photographed. Look closely and you can see the co-pilot leaning out of the cockpit to take a photo too :-)
2 An Airbus Beluga is opening its cargo door.
RT @Airbus: Open wide! #Beluga pic.twitter.com/QXz2JdaoOv < @F1isP1 @Parnelli98 @MarkRWheeler2
-- Mario. (@mario_eb) August 25, 2014
3 The magnificent sight of a Dream Lifter taking off. I really want to find time to go back to Nagoya to see this big fat plane again.
RT @skippyscage: My first time seeing a Boeing 747-400LCF Dreamlifter at ANC #avgeek pic.twitter.com/RVmh8tNU4g
-- B N Sullivan (@AircrewBuzz) August 26, 2014
4 Video of takeoff and landing shot from a camera mounted on the nose landing gear of a passenger airliner. This perspective is truly rare, highly recommended.
5 A 747 landing at San Francisco airport in rain and fog, aviation photography with a mysterious atmosphere.
@flybyday63 @vargasmoni @MarkRWheeler2 MT @Ltd_To_Two Ghostly Picture of a 747 Landing At San Francisco, #USA pic.twitter.com/JIVCeaqif3
-- Marc Ardon (@MarcArdon) August 29, 2014