Pix

[justapax]

I checked with our resident god, S.o.S, and it's OK to post lots of pix, PPrune doesn't have a problem with the extra bandwidth that pix take up.

Accordingly, I took a look through my collection of photographs that I took back out of the window in the 1980s and 1990s, before there were affordable digital cameras, and came to the conclusion that - I don't actually have any pix that are that memorable. The best are of coming into JFK when the twin towers were still up, and the approach into Kai Tak. There are Youtubes of both that are better than the stills I took. Also, I'd have to get steam up on my scanner, which is too old for there to be a Linux driver for it, and crank up the Babbage engine to run Windows 7, to scan the pix.

Other commenters, for example on the thread about the first airliner you flew in, have contributed pix which got 'liked', and I'd love to see more of them. Would you? I'll bribe you with the promise of 'likes' if you put up pix I find especially nostalgic.

[artee]

My first aeroplane - Persian Air Services Avro York "Dog Easy". Not my pic, scraped from the web. At Beirut airport.

Sadly PAS had a habit of crashing their Yorks. I think they wrote off 3, including Dog Easy.

[S.o.S.]

Yes, it's all my fault. The only limit is the size of file that can be uploaded. I think it's 2Mb.

[justapax]

Originally Posted by S.o.S.

Yes, it's all my fault. The only limit is the size of file that can be uploaded. I think it's 2Mb.

Hardly 'your fault'. If anything we ought to be thanking you for telling us about the file size limit. A screenshot of 720 x 568 x 24bit colour depth shouldn't even reach half that limit. 2 Mb should be plenty.

I'm looking forward to seeing lots of pix.

[S.o.S.]

ATTENTION ALL: Justapax1 has been voted Top Occupant of the Cabin. His dutiful 'Kow-Tow' is much appreciated. Others should take note.

[PAXboy]

A380, upper deck, LHR-JNB. Dawn over Africa. Always a special moment.

[Squawk 6042]

Abu Simbel en-route East Africa

Abu Simbel en-route East Africa

Abu Simbel en-route East Africa

[longer ron]

On the trip out to the 1994 (?) Reno Races which I think was in a BA 747 - we did a slightly different approach into SFO than I was familiar with - we seemed to do an overhead join at a reasonable altitude and then descended whilst flying around the Bay Area,which was great as it gave me the chance to deploy my little Ricoh 35mm compact (my glider turn - point camera at the time).

[Helol]

Sunset at LHR
Holding before take-off LHR-JNB on the A380

Taken with a Canon 80D F5.6 ISO 500 EF-S18-135mm IS STM @110mm

[justapax]

It's a bit late now, but I should have asked people what cameras they use to take the pix. I'm an aviation geek, not a photography geek, but some people like to know.

I've decided I will get up steam on the scanner (too old for a Linux driver) and put extra coal under Windows 7 to scan some analogue pix, on Monday. They were all taken with an Olympus XA, and Kodak Ektachrome or Kodachrome 100, I think Ektachrome. The XA was a tiny camera, it fit into a shirt pocket, but had manual everything (exposure, aperture, focus) and took pix almost as good as a heavy SLR.

If this thread runs for a while, perhaps we could create a gallery!

[justapax]

Originally Posted by S.o.S.

ATTENTION ALL: Justapax1 has been voted Top Occupant of the Cabin. His dutiful 'Kow-Tow' is much appreciated. Others should take note.

Thanks. As I'm Top Occupant of the Cabin, I'll have my Champagne now, and I'll tell you when I am ready for the caviar and lobster.. I'd like to know the results of the vote. As in some of the 'Stans, I assume the vote was over 99%? With only one voter counting? Hmm?

There's a reason for chauffeur service for first class pax after the flight. As they never let your glass get empty, you lose track of how much you've had to drink - and you're in no fit state to drive as the flight attendants pour you off the plane and smile and wish you a pleasant onward journey.

[Helol]

The A350-1000 LHR-JNB. What a fantastic aircraft.

Take with iPhone 13Pro

[justapax]

Really artistic shot. Mathematics, Physics and Engineering creating something so beautiful it's art. But why do they spell it Virqin? With a Q?

[Mr Mac]

Helol
I agree with you re A350 it’s definitely better as PAX than the 777 in my opinion though I still prefer the A380 if possible for long haul travel.

It’s a while since I have been in a Boeing actually but with BA for my sins next month in 777 but at least it has new suits fingers crossed.

Cheers
Mr Mac

[Helol]

Originally Posted by Justapax1

Really artistic shot. Mathematics, Physics and Engineering creating something so beautiful it's art. But why do they spell it Virqin? With a Q?

Thank you. Ha. I knew someone who wrote g similar to a q, so perhaps there is something in it.....

[justapax]

Originally Posted by Helol

Thank you. Ha. I knew someone who wrote g similar to a q, so perhaps there is something in it.....

Thank you. I'm a physicist, and I have come across some beautiful equations that are also art. The Fibonacci sequence (it makes a tree) the Cornu spiral (like a Nautilus's shell) and the Mandelbrot curve. The shape of that wing comes from aerodynamicists at Broughton, Wales, where all 3-series wings have been designed since the original 300 series to the best of my knowledge; they didn't intend to create art, they wanted to get the most efficient wing that would use the least fuel, and glide for the longest, but as a by-product they created something pleasing to the eye which your photograph captured perfectly.

[Helol]

Originally Posted by Justapax1

Thank you. I'm a physicist, and I have come across some beautiful equations that are also art.

And as a comparison....here is the 777-206 of KLM (I know which I prefer) again enroute to JNB. Not sure why, but I took this with the ipad Mini 4.


And this is BA57 LHR-JNB. 777-336ER (G-STBK) with GE90 engines. Taken with iPhone 13Pro

[justapax]

The 777 looks like something crafted in a different century to the Welsh Wizards Working Wonders at Broughton, doesn't it? The A350 has British wings held up by British Engines. The 50% of me that's British is proud of them.

[jolihokistix]

Keeping east around the North Pole towards Baffin and Greenland, June 2023.
(Plonker’s iPhone 13)

[PAXboy]

I watched us divert around a major storm in the ITCZ both out of the window and on the screen. This was on JNB-LHR, my usual run.