Link of the day (er, whatever) - Airplanes!

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 7:26 pm

A cool site with tons of high-class photos taken of, from, and about airplanes of various types. Use the search page and take your pick.

http://www.airliners.net/search/

Of special interest - look for photos by location "Philipsburg / St. Maarten". I've never been there, but there's apparently an airport very close to a beach, and landing planes come in VERY VERY low. It's listed under "Netherlands Antilles." in the country/airport box. Here's a sample:

Low-flyer

ITIMAN · Post by **ITIMAN** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:04 am

That is neat link...I sent it to my Dad....He loves those kinds of sights....

Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 12:18 pm

Airliners.ner has always been a staple in my bookmarks.

Some of the pictures I ook at from MSP, and I know where they were taken from, but some of the shots just seem to be too improbable to have been taken legally. Good photos all the same though.

XMEN Ashaman DTM · Post by **XMEN Ashaman DTM** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:33 pm

I know that several of those are not legal.

And fortunately, I won't tell you which ones. :p

ITIMAN · Post by **ITIMAN** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 12:53 am

Why would they not be legal Asha, due to content or how they were taken?

Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:19 am

Probably of where and how they were taken. Therre are several of an Airbus A-330 in Northwest Airlines colors at Minneapolis International, that were taken at a fairly high vantage point not accessible to regular people, or photographers. Airports are secure (or are supposed to be) areas, that limit the places people can be, and dothings, and cameras are BAD juju at airports now, especially if you're taking pictures of airplanes.. the Airport Police get real nervous and start asking questions when they see cameras around there. (I work at MSP, and know that place like the back of my hand. most of the images on airliners.net were somehow taken illegally. Especially the ones of the Airbus A-380. There shouldn't have been any images released of that thing till a couple weeks ago now.)