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Here are some pics I took two summers ago while just spending the day down at Boeing Field in Seattle.  As cool as fighters are, I'd have to say, taking pics of these heavies is just about as fun! lol  Certainly tricky at times. (trying to fit the entire airplane in one pic that is.)

Here is a pic of a newly assembled 737 unpainted.  A lot of times when they come in, only the rudder and/or radome will be painted.  Sometimes I've seen 'em with the vertical stab painted, but nothing else.  They look kinda funny that way I think. lol  Also, when they do land, normal practice is for them to stop on the runway, then rev up the engines start moving down the runway then apply full breaks.  It's fun to see the huge cloud of smoke as it comes to a stop again.

Nice and close to the fence.  


Same one, later in the day departing.



Here is the big guy... one of Boings two 777-300-ER's based here in Seattle.  Got her right at touchdown.  Beautiful airplane.  Nice smoke cloud too.


Busy gal that day... here she is actually earlier in the morning from a different location.  Oohhh... what a beast!


This is our vantige point for all but the above pics.  The parkinglot south of the Tower.  Beautiful Mt. Rainier in the backround with, again, the 777 coming in to land.  


And another touchdown pic.  Those 12 tires sure put out a huge ammount of smoke!  Another amazing thing to watch are those huge wings.  On takeoff it looks like they're gonna snap!  


Taxiing past to depart again.  Did I say this jet is HUGE!?  There she goes with those 115,000lb thrust engines!  Oohh yea!


Thats as far out as the camera goes. lol  Look at that sexy beast!  That wingtip is a good 15 feet beyond the fence line also... my sister was standing up  against the fence, but pic wouldn't take till it was past her.  She's just to the left of the pic.


Taxiing to depart runway 16L.


Hope you enjoyed them!

Wow! great shots! That 777 look huge!

hmm, might wanna visit that Mt Rainier in FS....

DAmazing shots of the 777!!

Excellent shots Boss. It's great to see something different for a change.

Wow! great shots! That 777 looks huge!

..and those engines look huger (ok its not a proper word... )

Charlie

i love that 777-300. i saw it almost two years ago at the Paris Airshow...man those engines are huge!!! for me it remains the most impressive airliner...dunno if i will change my opinion when the A380 lifts of at the 2005 Paris Airshow  ;)

Amazing!! The plane and scenery look absolutely real!!
Is that freeware or payware?  Probably drops your framerate......oops!  I thought I was on another forum!!

Sorry, just clowning around

Great pictures of some great aircraft!!

Jim

You are a lucky guy!!! That 777 is sweet!

Awesome shots

well done, great shots, one of the few planes i want to fly besides the dc10:)

Thanks!  It's so great to get such a great response!

Yeah, as much as I do like fighters... I still love the big guys.  

Anyways, it is great living in an area that has so much aviation stuff going on all the time.  

Yeah, that tripple 7 is a big mother. lol  I used to have a neat video from a little park located conveniently right at the end of runway 16L of that baby taking off coming right at me.  Fun stuff.

I'll look around and see if I have any other cool shots of airliners. for ya guys.

Great pics! I love that 777~! I saw it last November while I was eating lunch at Boeing Field.  The Concorde landed there the day before and we came to see it but we were fortunate enough to see this beast. Anyway, it came down the taxiway, onto the runway and took off, it was quite a sight!