Pic Of The Day!

I saw that earlier……that’s a good shot!!

Beautiful Aircraft, Beautiful livery. Awesome angle. Just fantastic!

Wow…………………..

WOW indeed , maybe one of the best aircraft in flight pics I have seen 😀

Wow…………………..

Fantastic shot

Ahhh… I can still remember seeing the A340-300 strutting its stuff at Farnborough in 1996!

Great shot indeed! Would have loved to have gone for the ride during the demo! I am sure it would have been quite interesting from the inside! Cheers!

Interesting angle, especially as the controls indicat that the aircraft is actually in a climbing turn to the left?

Regards,

kev35

Just what I was looking at. As far as I can see, he’s just rotated his camera 90 degrees clockwise. Just using the ‘airshow display’ as an excuse to say that it was actually diving in such a way. Don’t hold me to it, but that’s how it appears anyhow.

Interesting angle, especially as the controls indicat that the aircraft is actually in a climbing turn to the left?

Regards,

kev35

Yep, it sure is something different.

While the 757 still climbs superbly well at MTOW (113.4 Tonnes) this flight probably wasn’t near that. I we assume that the cabin was loaded to the max then it’s weight without fuel would not be greater than 83.5 Tonnes. If we assume the aircraft was going to fly for four hours then the crew would depart with approx 20 Tonnes of fuel so assuming the worst case scenario the aircraft is most probably at least 10 Tonnes under MTOW. The terrain in the picture probably demands that no take off derate can be applied to the take off thrust setting so hence we get a cracking shot of what the type does best.

Agreed.

While the 757 still climbs superbly well at MTOW (113.4 Tonnes) this flight probably wasn’t near that. I we assume that the cabin was loaded to the max then it’s weight without fuel would not be greater than 83.5 Tonnes. If we assume the aircraft was going to fly for four hours then the crew would depart with approx 20 Tonnes of fuel so assuming the worst case scenario the aircraft is most probably at least 10 Tonnes under MTOW. The terrain in the picture probably demands that no take off derate can be applied to the take off thrust setting so hence we get a cracking shot of what the type does best.

Agreed.

Would be even better on an empty flight when some of us (bad) crew get to sit on plastic trays at the forward end of the aisle and guess where we end up on take off…. lol!!!

😀 😮

I wonder if Virgin crew try that on an A346!!!!!

Would be even better on an empty flight when some of us (bad) crew get to sit on plastic trays at the forward end of the aisle and guess where we end up on take off…. lol!!!

😀 😮

I wonder if Virgin crew try that on an A346!!!!!

While the 757 still climbs superbly well at MTOW (113.4 Tonnes) this flight probably wasn’t near that. I we assume that the cabin was loaded to the max then it’s weight without fuel would not be greater than 83.5 Tonnes. If we assume the aircraft was going to fly for four hours then the crew would depart with approx 20 Tonnes of fuel so assuming the worst case scenario the aircraft is most probably at least 10 Tonnes under MTOW. The terrain in the picture probably demands that no take off derate can be applied to the take off thrust setting so hence we get a cracking shot of what the type does best.

While the 757 still climbs superbly well at MTOW (113.4 Tonnes) this flight probably wasn’t near that. I we assume that the cabin was loaded to the max then it’s weight without fuel would not be greater than 83.5 Tonnes. If we assume the aircraft was going to fly for four hours then the crew would depart with approx 20 Tonnes of fuel so assuming the worst case scenario the aircraft is most probably at least 10 Tonnes under MTOW. The terrain in the picture probably demands that no take off derate can be applied to the take off thrust setting so hence we get a cracking shot of what the type does best.

Great picture its really climbing away

Great picture its really climbing away

I dare say it was well under it’s MGTOW during that take off

Not necessarily well under.

This is one thing the 757 can do. Now it won;t have been loaded to the brim. But it is not necessarily well under its MGTOW

I dare say it was well under it’s MGTOW during that take off

Not necessarily well under.

This is one thing the 757 can do. Now it won;t have been loaded to the brim. But it is not necessarily well under its MGTOW