Alphazulu From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 264 posts, RR: 22 Posted (9 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 2850 times:
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Holiday Greetings Everyone!
Well, I guess the answer to the question in the header has been answered. Captain Aleksandrov sent me the email below stating that the person in question was his daughter. And as you read on, you will see that this day was a very special one for him. I was only to happy that fate brought us together, and now he has a unique photo to remember it by.
Paul,
What a surprise your photo produced on me.
I am the captain of this flight and behind my seat is my daughter, and it
is my last flight from Los Angeles as I will be retiring after 32 years of
flying and over 20k hours behind the controls of airplanes. Also her last
time being the daughter of the captain… and being able to enjoy some of the
most fantastic views, as seen from the cockpit.
I am very grateful to you for this great moment you captured, a very nice
gift.
Mihail
Benyhone From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 206 posts, RR: 3 Reply 1, posted (9 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 2776 times:
Alphazulu From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 264 posts, RR: 22 Reply 4, posted (9 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 2689 times:
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Hi Gary,
I know you were only kidding..... And I'm sure the captain will forgive me for calling his daughter a little boy.
Skymonster From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (9 years 5 months 1 week 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 2645 times:
Damn, just when you think that a photo you've taken might get you a free flight deck trip to Brasil sometime, you find out that the guy is retiring! Nice pic though, and a great story!
Alphazulu From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 264 posts, RR: 22 Reply 6, posted (9 years 5 months 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 2520 times:
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In Captain Aleksandrov latest email to me he was kind enough to send me a few photos from that memorable day. Below you will find several shots including one of him in the drivers seat along with his two children. And that includes his lovely daughter in the middle. As you can see I was 100% wrong in calling her a young boy, she is anything but that! But from that distance, it was extremely hard to determine who was in the jumpseat. But now that I have seen this shot of her, I can see a resemblance, can you?? Also, in my photo you can see her holding a camera, that she used to take some shots on took off.
I have also included one shot that his daughter took as they were about to WHIZZ by the Imperial Hill. You can see it just to the right of the large hanger, in the upper left quadrant of the shot.
And in the final shot we are looking over the shoulder of Captain Aleksandrov, as he is about to land in Rio for his last time as a Varig captain.
Finally: I would like to thank Captain Aleksandrov for all the kind and informative emails he has sent me, and giving me permission to post these shots. I know that you will never get flying out of your blood Mihail, but you can always visit this great photo site to bring back the memories!
A long and happy retirement Mihail, from me, and I'm sure all your friends at the A. net!
Brunswick737 From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 400 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (9 years 5 months 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 2508 times:
Alphazulu From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 264 posts, RR: 22 Reply 11, posted (9 years 5 months 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 2463 times:
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I don't think so.............But I think someone said she is 18 years old....... Maybe a little to young for you Gary.
Alphazulu From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 264 posts, RR: 22 Reply 13, posted (9 years 5 months 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 2444 times:
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Hi William,
I'll be sending him an 8X12 of it. I have a D30 (2180X1440) that works well for that size of print....
Alphazulu From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 264 posts, RR: 22 Reply 15, posted (9 years 5 months 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 2407 times:
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I am posting the text of my message below, as it got cut off in the remark field that included the pictures above. Does anyone have a clue as to why??
Paul
In Captain Aleksandrov latest email to me he was kind enough to send me a few photos from that memorable day. Below you will find several shots including one of him in the drivers seat along with his two children. And that includes his lovely daughter in the middle. As you cans see I was 100% wrong in calling her a young boy, she is anything but that! But from that distance, it was extremely hard to determine who was in that jumpseat. But now that I have seen this shot of her, I can see a resemblance, can you?? Also, in my photo you can see her holding a camera, that she used to take some shots with on took off.
I have also included one photo that his daughter took as the were about to WHIZ by the Imperial Hill. You can see it just to right of the large hanger, in the upper left quadrant of the shot.
And in the final shot we are looking over the shoulder of Captain Aleksandrov, as he is about to land in Rio for his last time as a Varig captain.
Finally: I would like to thank Captain Aleksandrov for all the kind and informative emails he has sent me, and giving me permission to post the shots he sent me. I know that you will never get flying out of your blood Mihail, but you can always visit this great photo site to bring back the memories!
A long and happy retirement Mihail, from me, and I'm sure all your friends at the A. net.
N178UA From United Arab Emirates, joined Jan 2001, 1626 posts, RR: 69 Reply 16, posted (9 years 5 months 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2342 times:
Very interesting story Paul! Enjoyed your tremendous MD-11 close up, a beautiful airplane with some very lovely passenger in the jumpseat.
I heard somewhat Varig is considering terminate their LAX service as closing the flights to and from Japan?? Thats really bad news as MD-11 is dieing in LAX with Swiss and Delta MD-11s gone.
Also I think Varig is one of the airline still able to get a jumpseat by pure luck..I scored one on their B767-300/ER into Lima from Sao Paulo in July, unforunatly most photo turned out overexposed so none are here...
Aa61hvy From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 13975 posts, RR: 59 Reply 17, posted (9 years 5 months 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 2330 times:
Great guy! Great photos, some peoples faces may be a little red now
Alphazulu From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 264 posts, RR: 22 Reply 18, posted (9 years 5 months 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2311 times:
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Yes Sam, it's a great human interest story, to say the least! And isn't funny how fate brings us together, and makes the world a little bit smaller of a place.
Also, it's soooooo sad that the MD-11 is disappearing from the seen here at LAX. Aesthetically, I find the MD-11 very pleasing to the eye and will miss them.
Mirrodie From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 7421 posts, RR: 65 Reply 19, posted (9 years 5 months 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 2271 times:
Paul, that is a great story.
And I was thinking the same as Gary. She is an attractive young lady
It is great that this has come full circle and you have been able to get in touch with him.
and
congrats and happy retirement to the captain!
happy holidays all!
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Alphazulu From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 264 posts, RR: 22 Reply 21, posted (9 years 5 months 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 2260 times:
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Well Sam, If I know you, you'll probably take it up one notch and do a much better job than I have. And when you do, I will applaud you sir!!
USAFHummer From United States of America, joined May 2000, 10685 posts, RR: 54 Reply 22, posted (9 years 5 months 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 2250 times:
A great story...IMO the best to come out of a.net in my time here...
Hmm...18 years old eh??? Im 18...and single She's definitely a cutie thats for sure...
Greg
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