Sunday, February 3, 2013

Shot of the day


A late afternoon Cargolux B747-8F arrival on short final for runway 7 Right, from one of our east traffic sessions last month.

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Uncommon visitor


Just before I left work a few days ago, this Beech Staggerwing dropped in for a visit. Built in 1941, it flies for Mid Continent Instrument, a firm that builds aircraft instruments.



There are two places for general aviation aircraft to park at LAX, and he chose the one that's not terribly convenient to access; otherwise I'd have gone over after work for more photos. Instead, I offer you links to photos taken by other (real) photographers elsewhere on the web:



FlightAware Photo
Photo Courtesy of FlightAware.com




Friday, February 1, 2013

Smoking section


As a reward for putting up with all of last month's sky shots, I'll start off this month with a batch of airplanes - each caught in those first moments that the tires touch the runway.




 A couple from our east traffic sessions last month:



I saved the best one for last; you'll have to look closely!

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Moon shots!



Okay, I know it's getting old, so this will be the last of these for a while. They were taken a day after the full moon - you can just see it starting to wane. The opening shot was taken just before sunrise; the lower shot some time after.


No moon in this one, but it appeals to me: