National Air Cargo Flight 102 - Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan - 4/29/2013 - 7 fatalities (no survivors).
The 747-400 crashed while taking off for a cargo flight to Dubai. The video above shows clearly a high angle of attack, stalling of the wings, and eventual crash of the plane.
Sorry to ruin your day if you haven’t seen it but this shit is horrifying. It reminds me of Air Midwest 5481, only on a much larger scale. A catastrophic shift in center of gravity and/or pitch up loss of control like this was always easily one of my biggest fears.
Another shot of Thrush pilot Terry Humphrey flying the GE H80-powered 510G aircraft in Georgia.
(via youlikeairplanestoo)
If I had a good lens like this photographer, I could spend a whole day staring down at KSAN’s RWY 27! Great shot of this SWA bird on final. Photo by Ken Koller. Used with permission.
I’m a firm believer in “the airplane as art.” Here’s a nice example by William Warby.
