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General => General Discussion => Photography => Topic started by: Dave on November 27, 2009, 11:03:59 PM

Title: Stunning catch!
Post by: Dave on November 27, 2009, 11:03:59 PM

Just came across this pic over at airliners.net and thought it was worth linking to over here. Fantastic catch, and I'm glad everything was ok in the end although the RH undercarriage looks pretty bent!
 
http://www.airliners.net/photo/SATA-International/Airbus-A310-325-ET/1615692/L/ (http://www.airliners.net/photo/SATA-International/Airbus-A310-325-ET/1615692/L/)

Title: Re: Stunning catch!
Post by: kingsavo on November 27, 2009, 11:18:13 PM

Wow! Just wow! Some people are just lucky to be in the right place at the right time!
 
What do you reckon? Did they land it or was that a go-around?

Title: Re: Stunning catch!
Post by: Hammerhead on November 27, 2009, 11:39:56 PM

What a great moment to capture and I see the photographer is a member of Portugal Spotters so we probably saw him on our visit to Madrid....

Title: Re: Stunning catch!
Post by: Xair on November 28, 2009, 07:07:34 AM

What is the chance of ever getting a shot like that!!! I don't know who would have been the most frightened, the pilot, passangers or the spotter. Nice link Dave

Title: Re: Stunning catch!
Post by: Dave on November 29, 2009, 12:01:45 AM

Here's a picture showing the squence of events during the landing. Kudos to the photographer Paulo Santos!
 
(http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/7084/a3101.jpg)
 
The 5th image in the bottom corner looks as good as the main image, and is currently in the queue at airliners.net so I will link it over here when it appears.
 
Simply stunning shot, photograph of the year for me :)

Title: Re: Stunning catch!
Post by: Angry Turnip on November 29, 2009, 12:24:35 AM

Windshear :o  Very nasty and crew did amazingly well to get it down.
 
Change of trousers I reckon!  ;)