While driving up the strip at work today I saw a plane landing and it had some vaguely familiar looking wings. I couldn't quite place it. It also had a familiar paint job. After it touched down I looked but couldn't believe my eyes!!! It was a Boeing 787!!! I literally stopped in traffic to get some pics. As I'm typing this it's getting ready to lift off. I got some pics, don't know how good they are yet, but I will try to get a few posted when I get home from work.
PS I never knew how hard it is to type when your heart is beating like crazy and your shaking like crazy. It's weird how one can get so excited over a piece of metal!!!
Here's a couple of the better pics. One on the ground & one in the air.
I didn't know he was going to takeoff so quickly after landing. He landed, turned onto the taxiway, when back down to the other end of the runway, got in the queue and took off about 10 minutes or less after he landed.
I could of got into a lot better place within that time to get him taking off if only I'd have known.
In the first pic where he's taxing back, I was standing on top of the cab of the truck so I could shoot over that first fence in the foreground.
[img width=800 height=533]https://chewchmx.com/pics/OpShots/787_at_KLAS__10-13-10_v1.jpg[/img]
[img width=800 height=533]https://chewchmx.com/pics/OpShots/787_at_KLAS__10-13-10_v2.jpg[/img]
You can see some type of probe or sensor hanging from the top of the tail in the first pic. In the second picture I thought it was a speck of dirt on the sensor until I saw it on the ground shots & zoomed in for further inspection.
I almost missed him taking off. I was attempting to write my first post when I looked up and saw him for about a half a second starting his takeoff roll before he disappeared behind a hangar. I wasn't sure if it was him but I jumped out and got the pics of him taking off.
Right Place (almost), Right Time !!!
Awesome....
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