Your favourite photos taken of/from a plane?

[scottyd72]

Pics from my deployment in 2015 to the middle east. We flew over and back on the contracted A340 sustainment flights provided by Hifly.

Last night shift as a Defence Force Firey.

 

[scottyd72]

In the back seat over Nelsons Bay. Do i earn any Status Credits for this flight???

 

[Groundfeeder]

Not quite on theme but looks like a Backpackers Special.

 

[Flyerwin]

Another photo of Sydney taken just now. This time off domestic flight from Melbourne.

 

[kelvedon]

Antarctic pack ice from QF63

 

[Mwenenzi]

Image from the airbridge boarding a QF B737 CHC MEL flight. US Air Force C-17 in the background that fly’s to the Antarctic – Operation Deep Freeze.

Saw a C17 one last weekend on the way south just after takeoff. They climb out a lot slower and less rate of ascent than commercial aircraft. Expect at maximum weight and conserving fuel on the climb to cruising altitude. Once south of the NZ South Island no alternative airports. Just a point of no return before Williams Field NZWD (McMurdo Station-Scott Base)

A map from the Great Circle Mapper

A map from the Great Circle Mapper

www.gcmap.com

From CHC airport web site Gateway to Antarctica - Christchurch Airport

Scott Base and McMurdo Station (the US research station) are about 3,920km by air from Christchurch. It takes five hours to fly in a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster or seven hours in a US Air Force Hercules LC-130.
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The C-17 Globemaster is the biggest aircraft to fly from Christchurch to Antarctica. The 53 metre plane has a wingspan of 51.75 metres and can carry 80,000kg worth of cargo, or up to 189 passengers, on its voyages to the ice. 

Wikipedia C17 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III - Wikipedia