A blog about planes and other flying machines
This picture, is of a fairly new Embraer 190. It was enroute from Cali Colombia to Santa Marta when it skidded off the end of the runway onto the beach. There was heavy rain at the time of the accident, and apparently the plane just couldn’t stop and hydroplaned over the end and onto the beach.
That’s a seriously awkward angle for the passengers to get out from, but from I understand there were no serious injuries. It does make for a cool picture though.
Photo Credit: Jetphotos.net
Over the summer, I had the opportunity to do some plane spotting over in San Francisco. I arrived early enough that I was able to snag the very best spot. I captured a rather mundane picture of a SouthWest Airlines Boeing 737 touching down at SFA, that just didn’t speak to me. I liked that [...]
This is the first of, I believe 3 parts, of my personal 2011 aviation highlights. This was a very active year with my aviation hobby as I got to see planes that I hadn’t seen before, I went to a couple of airshows and also went plane spotting out of state. Part 1, comes from [...]
