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Aircraft Taken at More: Atlas Air More: Boeing 747-47UF/SCD More: Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY) More: Australia - New South Wales, October 9, 2005 Remark Photographer N416MC (cn 32838/1307) The result of a short and very hard landing. The captain apologised to the ATC for the mess he made of the landing. More: Seth Jaworski Contact Seth Jaworski Link to me!

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A visitor from - posted Tue May 5, 2009: Tell one of the ATC staff to come and land one of these heavies and he'll know; no need to apologise. Marvellous photo with the air brakes and the flaps and the smoke....great shot Seth, keep it going. nagi from Pakistan
A visitor from - posted Sun March 8, 2009: Good thing cargo neither pukes nor complains ;)
A visitor from United States posted Sat March 7, 2009: The great thing about being a cargo pilot and making this hard of a landing is that packages don't complain.
A visitor from Australia posted Tue September 9, 2008: What a great shot - An excellent view of the vortices can be seen in the smoke!
A visitor from Australia posted Sun May 18, 2008: Wow the elevators are creating wing tip vortices
A visitor from United States posted Sun March 16, 2008: Hahahaha, a plane fart.
A visitor from United States posted Sat March 1, 2008: Nice, love the rubber touching down and having a puff like that
A visitor from Iran, Islamic Republic Of posted Tue January 1, 2008: Excellent
A visitor from Portugal posted Sat October 6, 2007: This is a really hard landing! Gorgeous shot!
A visitor from Australia posted Sat August 18, 2007: This photo is perfect. Angle, lighting and the affect of those powerful engines makes this a five star shot. Well Done indeed! I love the 747, and they are really big girls, I am gobsmacked at how some captains put them down so safely,they are magnificent machines! Really a perfect photo, and thanks to the captain for such a perfect affect!
A visitor from United States posted Sat June 30, 2007: That has to be the most beautiful puff of smoke ever produced by a jet!
A visitor from United States posted Mon January 29, 2007: Cool photo! I love the smoke or dust effect
A visitor from Denmark posted Sun November 26, 2006: I believe you have to be very lucky to be in a possition, where it is possible to get a shot like this, it is first time I see one like this, great
A visitor from Brazil posted Sat November 25, 2006: That's the right place to be, nice job
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Thu November 16, 2006: Its good cos u can see spray bein flicked up
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Thu August 24, 2006: Thought it was a fab picture jst because u can see the lil tornados still appearing in the smoke perfect shot
A visitor from Iran, Islamic Republic Of posted Mon August 21, 2006: Fantastic shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
A visitor from United States posted Mon July 31, 2006: Wow. These kind of pictures really show off the huge size of this beast! :)
A visitor from Brazil posted Fri July 7, 2006: Great time and beautiful pic!
A visitor from Australia posted Mon June 19, 2006: I dont think the pilot should have apologised because those planes are not easy to put down. great shot though
A visitor from Finland posted Sat June 10, 2006: Gosh huge power is in game!
A visitor from India posted Thu June 8, 2006: Amazing Clarity...Great Job.!
A visitor from Venezuela posted Sun June 4, 2006: Great Shoot, Beautiful vortex
A visitor from India posted Wed May 31, 2006: Its beautiful i think that the atc should have congratulated the captain instead for giving them such a stunning display of raw power
A visitor from Belgium posted Sun May 7, 2006: Fantastic Very good work.
A visitor from United States posted Sun April 23, 2006: Was I on that flight? Nice shot!
A visitor from Brazil posted Sun April 9, 2006: Ok dude. Last chance.More 100 hours of simmulator.
A visitor from Germany posted Sun April 2, 2006: That´s a great shot, because ist shows the power and weight of a 747 in just another way.
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Fri March 24, 2006: Great Photo capture, glad it wasn't one of my landings!
A visitor from Australia posted Fri March 24, 2006: Great shot, Seth, congrats! It's neat when you can see a detailed manifestation of the aerodynamic forces acting on these massive aircraft, with the opposite direction of rotation of the horizontal stabiliser vortices clearly visible.
A visitor from Germany posted Thu March 23, 2006: First of all, a brilliant shot. To capture the second of touch down is a great thing.
A visitor from United States posted Thu March 23, 2006: Got to love shots of vortices. Kinda looks like the captain was on the brakes at touchdown or its peeling out and doing a wheelie.
A visitor from India posted Thu March 23, 2006: Very very good
A visitor from United States posted Thu March 23, 2006: Wicked cool!!! Wake vortices materializing out of tire smoke -- I can hear and SMELL that touchdown from here!!
A visitor from Netherlands posted Thu March 23, 2006: This is a nice picture
A visitor from Sweden posted Wed March 22, 2006: Cool Pic!
A visitor from Spain posted Wed March 22, 2006: I think this landing is magisterial.where was the fotographer.
A visitor from United States posted Wed March 22, 2006: What a great picture of wake turbulence. Very nice!!
A visitor from Brazil posted Wed March 22, 2006: Incrinable !!! spectacular!!!
A visitor from Germany posted Wed March 22, 2006: Superb shot! Exactly the right timing.
A visitor from Canada posted Wed March 22, 2006: Cool "swirl" effect. YEG
A visitor from United States posted Tue March 21, 2006: Great photo awesome landing I want to be a pilot my self and i want to fly a 744 but nice photo great timing
A visitor from United States posted Tue March 21, 2006: Awesome! Fantasic clarity. I can almost feel the wake turbulence form that giant. Nicely done.
A visitor from France posted Tue March 21, 2006: Execptional
A visitor from India posted Tue March 21, 2006: Great shot! right time to see the effect while lending
A visitor from Spain posted Tue March 21, 2006: No apologies mate, thanks for that landing...
A visitor from Austria posted Tue March 21, 2006: Awesome shot! great to see the wake turbulence and such an impressive A/C
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Tue March 21, 2006: At least the Captain didn't have passengers and flight attendents to apologise to! Absolutely stunning shot, and right at the top of my 'wish I'd taken that' list.
A visitor from - posted Tue March 21, 2006: Awesome
A visitor from New Zealand posted Tue March 21, 2006: Great angle, all together a great shot, I like it!
A visitor from Canada posted Tue March 21, 2006: It's all in the timing & staying focused when the situation presents itself. A little rough on the aircraft I would imagine!
A visitor from United States posted Mon March 20, 2006: A fantastic rear shot. The landing may have been hard, but consider the fact that the Boeing 747 is a very forgiving aircraft. No matter what, she looks gorgeous from any angle. All the more reason that Boeing makes the best. S Meiyappan Ft Worth Tx
A visitor from Greece posted Mon March 20, 2006: Looks like they landed on a geyser or something hehe ! Very nice picture :-)
A visitor from United States posted Mon March 20, 2006: This photo shows not only motion of the aircraft, but its size and power to generate massive wake turbulence. It encorporates everything that we love about heavies.
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Mon March 20, 2006: Amazing
A visitor from United States posted Mon March 20, 2006: Awesome steam kickup!
A visitor from United States posted Mon March 20, 2006: Good stuff!
A visitor from Spain posted Mon March 20, 2006: I can smell the rubber from here hehe...great picture indeed!
A visitor from Germany posted Mon March 20, 2006: Must have been a messy approach, with a marginal touchdown, but with a tough airplane, you can hardly hurt it too bad. Great picture.
A visitor from Hong Kong posted Mon March 20, 2006: I have already seen this event thousand times, but this one is one of the most impression photos that I have seen before. I had posted this photo to my desk wallpaper.
A visitor from Hong Kong posted Mon March 20, 2006: This is call the wake turbulence! I loving it.
A visitor from Singapore posted Mon March 20, 2006: Wonderful , wake turbulence votices
A visitor from Australia posted Mon March 20, 2006: Nice shot Seth. No runway inspection required unless aircraft damaged or missing rubber when inspected by engineers on the bay.
A visitor from United States posted Mon March 20, 2006: What a picture, WOWWWWWWWWW. But sometimes I wonder how the pressure of the flaps. Just look at it, it's almost touch the ground.
A visitor from United States posted Mon March 20, 2006: WOW,
A visitor from Canada posted Mon March 20, 2006: Very nice pic but could improve the landing.
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sun March 19, 2006: BRILLIANT SHOT!!!! Ladies and Gentlemen if you care to look out the window you will see we have swirling vortex just outside!!!!
A visitor from Kuwait posted Sun March 19, 2006: I'm not doing good landing these days. I didnt know that you get this kind smoke after a hard landing! so from now on, I will do my best to make it as smooth as possible.
A visitor from Mexico posted Sun March 19, 2006: Biggest landing vortex i´ve ever seen after a hard landing. Maybe ATC said WOW after touchdown. T.B.
A visitor from Sweden posted Sun March 19, 2006: Fantastic shot!
A visitor from Hong Kong posted Sun March 19, 2006: Did the captain say "Sorry for the vortex?" GREAT SHOT!
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sun March 19, 2006: Runway check needed by airport ops maybe after such a heavy landing and a couple of new radials
A visitor from Germany posted Sun March 19, 2006: It looks like a space shuttle that lands, because of the circles of the smoke when it touches down!
A visitor from Belgium posted Sun March 19, 2006: The most beautiful landing photo i have ever seen ... amazing ;-)))))
A visitor from Costa Rica posted Sun March 19, 2006: I like how the tyre smoke looks like wake vortex. An amazing picture, I love such hard landings!
A visitor from United States posted Sun March 19, 2006: Simply an amazing shot!!!
A visitor from Germany posted Sun March 19, 2006: Wow, now that's what I call a smokey toucdown!
A visitor from Germany posted Sun March 19, 2006: What a great photo !
A visitor from Canada posted Sun March 19, 2006: Oh my... that's crazy
A visitor from Australia posted Sun March 19, 2006: Nice close-up shot. It really shows the difference in height between the tail section and the nose. Guess they really used their landing fee on this one.
A visitor from United States posted Sun March 19, 2006: Great shot capturing the motion within the photograph
A visitor from United States posted Sun March 19, 2006: I really loved the smoke and how you can see it turn as the plane displaces the airflow. Amazing picture!
A visitor from United States posted Sun March 19, 2006: Wow, look at those vortices.
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Sat March 18, 2006: Excellent vortexs

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