One down, two to go…
Originally uploaded by chrisvervaisphoto
When we had our first winter storm back in October SJC was getting some pretty heft crosswinds making for interesting landings. Here we have a United Express CRJ-700 just about to put one of the mains down on terra firma. Sure it’s no Kai Tak landing but, sadly [...]
Evening approach at SJC
Originally uploaded by chrisvervaisphoto
Shortly after the sun went down this American Airlines MD80 came in on final approach. There were no fires in the area but, the sunset was setting the sky a nice orange. It all came together nicely for this picture.
Fly me to the moon….
Originally uploaded by chrisvervaisphoto
It took a bit of scrambling to try and get this shot. It’s not like you can ask the pilot a little to the left please. By the time the next plane came through the moon was out of position already.
Sunset enroute LAX-AUS
Originally uploaded by chrisvervaisphoto
I recently travelled to Austin and took this picture around sunset. I loved how the light caught the winglet and reflected onto the top of the wing. Unfortunately the outside of the window was a little dirty and you can make out some streaks in the image.
N316JB landing at sunset.
Originally uploaded by chrisvervaisphoto
This one was tricky, the sun had already dropped behind the Santa Cruz mountains but, it left a really nice pink sky. I had to shoot at ISO 2500 F/9 to get a 1/160 shutter speed. Fortunately there was not a lot of noise that could not be cleaned [...]
Strobe and beacon on Continental 737-800
Originally uploaded by chrisvervaisphoto
The weather this past Monday was causing SJC arrivals to use 12R which is the opposite of the normal flow. This made for some nice spotting as the touchdown area was right in front of me and you had a unobstructed view of the complete roll out [...]
Monterey Bay from N731SA SJC-BUR
Originally uploaded by chrisvervaisphoto
Often I’m 40 feet underwater in Monterey Bay. In this case I was about 30,000 feet above it. Taken at about 10am in the morning. You can see the Great California Fog Bank retreating from the bay.
N384FE departs for Memphis.
Originally uploaded by chrisvervaisphoto
This is a older image that I’ve recently given a do over. It’s one of my favorites since the gear is up and the doors are closed. Usually by the time the gear has been retracted, the plane is too far to get a sharp image of it.
N598FE on finals for 30L at SJC.
Originally uploaded by chrisvervaisphoto
This image was my first image accepted to airliners.net so it will always be special to me. It’s also not often that FedEx brings MD-11’s into SJC. Usually it’s a DC-10-10.
Goodnight moon….
Originally uploaded by chrisvervaisphoto
It was a nice clear evening up here in northern California giving us a wonderful full moon. Sorry, no aircraft in the shot.
