Now this is a photo!!

Well, the exhaust temperature of an RB211 is somewhere in the order of 450 C, so it’d have to be a very hot day indeed!

Well there goes my theory

Well, the exhaust temperature of an RB211 is somewhere in the order of 450 C, so it’d have to be a very hot day indeed!

Would there not only be visable exhaust when its cold as it is hot air, and so if its warmer air the less visable the exhaust gases?-Just a theory

Fair enough, then. I just called what I thought I saw.

The sun is coming from directly in front of the plane it would appear. THat’s why the planes in the back are completely lit whereas the 747 is only lit full at the nose and lit barely at the tail.

As for the jet exhaust, I can’t really explain that. Having said that, I have made more than a few photos of 747s taking of where little or no exhaust was visible. Sam Chui is really good as RIPConcorde already mentioned. SC is not someone who I’d consider likely to cheat in any way shape or form.

Two things (apart from the angle of the sun) about that BA picture still nag at me .

1) If you look closely at the area around the tail and tailcone it looks as though it’s been matted onto the background.

2) Where’s the exhaust from the 4 engines? The background behind the rear of the aircraft should be blurred by the hot exhaust gases (compare with the IL62 picture). It doesn’t appear to be, though.

I wouldn’t doubt pics taken by that Sam Chui. He’s a professional! 🙂
Plus airliners.net would probably reject it if they had any doubts over it.

Two things (apart from the angle of the sun) about that BA picture still nag at me .

1) If you look closely at the area around the tail and tailcone it looks as though it’s been matted onto the background.

2) Where’s the exhaust from the 4 engines? The background behind the rear of the aircraft should be blurred by the hot exhaust gases (compare with the IL62 picture). It doesn’t appear to be, though.

Now thats a desktop picture! (the BA picture)

That last one is a keeper!!!

I found this gem of a picture today, not very good quality, but the actual subject…!!!

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/301281/L/

The lightning on that 747 is correct. The photographer seems to be standing at a taxiway linking the runway. Therefore it looks like that. Excellent photo made by someone with excellent connections at the airport!

I didn’t realise that, thanks you’re right it does look like its on a taxiway a bit odd like?

Oooooo!!! I”m not sure about that 747……….

Check out the angle of the sunlight on the aircraft in the background – surely the fuselage of the 747 on the side facing the photographer should be similarly lit? Also it appears to be about to land on a taxiway. 😮

The Ilyushin is an absolute peach, though. 😀

And this……