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The Coolest Airplane Shadow I’ve Ever Seen

by John P.

Airplane Shadow

Airplane Shadow

A couple months ago I took an early morning flight from Dallas to Las Vegas, and everything lined up just right on this landing.

I was sitting at the window and I noticed that our shadow was nicely tracking us and converging with the general direction we were going. (As expected obviously…) You will rarely see this because everything has to be at just the right angle. The position of the sun, the direction of the runway, the approach to the runway, and even your vantage point within the plane all have to be correct.

Anyway, I pulled out my Samsung Galaxy Tab and started videoing, and I think what I caught here is actually pretty cool. Hope you enjoy.
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Halleluja! New Rules for the Airline Industry: 3 Hours Max on the Tarmac!

December 22, 2009
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I don’t know if you’ve ever experienced the hell of being trapped on an airplane against your will, but I have on numerous occasions. Years ago I was trapped in a plane in Boston for 6 hours. We were even at the gate, but they literally would not let us off the plane although it [...]

Should Fat People Be Allowed to Fly?

December 5, 2009

Kieran Daly wrote an article called Passenger creates big debate at American – I mean big! a couple of weeks ago. The story originated as a result of the following photograph taken by a flight attendant aboard her flight while the plane was boarding. Now anyone who has to do a lot of traveling can [...]

SouthWest Airline’s Rapping Flight Attendant – David Holmes

May 28, 2009
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In light of the fact that shortly I’ll be boarding a plane to San Francisco to serve as the official videographer for WordCamp once again this weekend, I thought I’d share this fantastic airline video of the Rapping SouthWest flight attendant! Unfortunatly, I’ll be riding courtesy of American Airlines, and there will be NO fun [...]

Time Lapse Photography – Flight From Amsterdam to San Francisco

March 3, 2009
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This one doesn’t really require much more introduction than the author’s (Ettubrute) description: On my night time flight back to SF from Amsterdam, I noticed that the lights from cities were making the clouds glow. Really spectacular and ethereal – it was really seeing the impact of urban environments from a different perspective. Each glow [...]

Video: 24 Hours of Global Air Traffic

January 10, 2009
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This video is awesome! Some guys from the Zurich School of Applied Sciences built a simulation to display every commercial flight in the world over a 24-hour period. According to Wired: While the map may look complex, Dr. Karl Rege tells us he and his team found it surprisingly simple to assemble using data readily [...]

First Class to Hawaii on American Airlines

November 28, 2007
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I began my two week vacation to the Hawaiian Islands on Monday. During the trip I’ll be visiting Lanai, Maui and The Big Island with reviews, photos and even a few videos to follow. So, if you’re stuck at work for the next two weeks but would like to take a virtual vaction, feel free [...]

Air Travel is Getting More and More Pathetic

July 27, 2007

I’ve been talking about how crappy airline service has become lately, and I just read this article from the Wharton School which I thought I’d share: Wharton professor Serguei Netessine’s trip from Philadelphia to Dallas in May was an all-too-typical day in the sky. After circling Dallas for an hour because of stormy weather, his [...]

Travel Tip: Faster Gold or Platinum Status With American Airlines

July 21, 2007

Everyone is aware of American Airlines and most other carriers elite status levels. These are the people who are invited to board the planes first, get free upgrades, and even get the best seats in the first few rows of the economy seating section (you might not have known that). Normally in order to achieve [...]

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