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The detail and clarity of the shot is incredible, not to mention the fact of capturing this lovely bird in the cruise! | |
Beautiful contrails! | |
Tinker Belle VeryBig. You have to give it to Branson - he's got some sick sense of humor. :-) And the photo is fantastic, thank you. | |
Sharp picture. i like it. | |
"You never forget your first time"..... seeing a shot like this! | |
Awesome photo. Glad to see it featured in Airliner World Magazine! | |
Just great. Catching such a view from a plane flying about 10 kilometers above you:) | |
I have seen, live, other planes being overtaken by the one I was on, or being overtaken, but this one is amazing! | |
Awesome shot -- love the Union Jack detail on the winglets. | |
Awesome picture, just don't let Al Gore see this. | |
Ths photo is really cool .sumit........ | |
Wow, what a grt photo, superb | |
Super | |
Getting a little rusty aren't we Virgin? | |
Its composition and its amazing sharpness makes a superb photo. Amazing. | |
Great shot!Wonderful!!!! The brown line may be not oil.In this position there is a galley drain,may be rest of cofe,and another berverages. | |
Boeing is cool! | |
Very beautiful photo, I love the details, even the brown one under the fuselage. | |
Fantastic very beautiful | |
Makes me proud to work for VS :-) | |
Just amazing | |
Superb shot. | |
Did you ever consider showing Virgin Atlantic this photo? | |
The rays | |
Beautiful picture deserves to be rated and looked at often. | |
Look at the size of those contrails. But what is that brown spot under the central fuselage? Oil? T.B. | |
Great Picture. | |
What beauty! What color contrast! What an excellant job! | |
We finally get to see the queen in her element. Your photo shows the power and the agility of such a legend. Thank you for this beautiful photo. Take care BRO. MCY | |
From a different viewpoint, perfect! | |
Love this shot, the jet stream is surreal! Nice paint work richard! | |
Great photograph... Just see it's smoke lines... I LIKE IT | |
Great shot! | |
Great !!! | |
What a bird, what a shot! You can see all the panels and details in her belly, and the contrails make it look surreal, even. The lighting is fantastic. | |
I love this picture | |
Amazing! i think that the way sun hits it is beautiful. | |
An exact angle for the super shot. The contrail was beautiful. | |
Sigurdur your Air to Air shots are perfect, you deserve not just 5 stars but 10, I hope to see more of your magnificent air to air shots as soon as possible. | |
The contrast of the colors is the great gift in this picture. The white and the red. Only this. Congratulations for the Spotter! | |
Shots like this elevate a photograph from being just another plane to an art form, eccellent | |
This photo attests to the accuracy of modern naviagtion systems! How lucky to get a clear window to shoot through too! | |
FANTASTIC | |
Just wondering on how it was taken...from what view point.... cockpit....pass window..???? | |
I realy need to go onboard a VS 747 again very soon. Well done, great colours and light. The pround of Sir Branson :-) | |
Marvelous! Simply an amazingly clear and beautiful shot boasting one of the most sophisticated liveries in the world. Virgin could use it on their website. Agian one of the best shots ever. | |
It seems that...you jumped out Virgin !!! Did you ? This picture is wonderful, technically and photographically. We can see every details of the plane ! So clearely ! (Did you jump or not ? ) ;-) | |
Top shot, a view you don't get everyday - wondering what that smear is from ??? | |
An absolutely beautiful photo...the colors are 100% clear and the contrails are wonderful! | |
***** Both photos are great. A very difficult shot perfectly executed. You put a lot of pressure on the other air-to-air guys. They'll be upgrading their equipment soon. | |
I can't believe it! nice photo! | |
Perfect photo! | |
The bright colours against the uniform blue skies is outstanding - also, the rest of the colours in the image is pure and plain 'white' | |
Incredibly clear shot! Fantastic! I also like the coffee idea of the streak! It would be a lot better than an oil leak! A very nice photo indeed! Keep them coming | |
Very nice, i wonder what that stain underneath is... | |
Sitting for hours on end flying long haul, I don't suppose there's much better to do. Seriously though great opportunity and well captured, hence the 5 star post. I'm just sour grapes becuase not flying oceanic, the only chances I have had so far were head on's over France/Spain with more than Mach 1.5 closure. I've managed good results taken during stunning sunsets from FL380 and received praise from pro aviation photogs, but somehow not worthy of Airliner's unscrupulously high standars and therefore unshared with the many aviation enthusiasts among us. I don't know if it's because I'm unsubscribed or the rego wasn't captured?... regardless, I like the coffee theory, I know about drinking lots of it | |
What a beautiful picture! The red and white stand out so clearly against the blue sky. Don't Virgin have some of the best registrations? G-VBIG - I was on this one from SFO to LHR in January. :) | |
What a great shot. One of the best, I ever saw on "airliners.net". Well done! | |
Unreal contrails | |
Perfect shot of this British bird. The North Atlantic clear blue sky looks good in combination with the colors of this Virgin 744! | |
Fabulous colors,very sharp. | |
Great photo! People have been asking about the brown streak on the lower fuselage surface. One thing it could be is coffee from one of the galleys. I'm a CRJ captain, and that is something we get if coffee is poured down the galley drain. The galley drain is vented through a heated drain mast on the underside of the fuselage. | |
I am very interested in knowing what the brown trace on the plane's body is. Is it a fuel leak? Is it rust? If it is any of these, I would not like to be on that plane... Besides, the photo is superb. | |
Exelent Photo!!! exelent details, the oil leak, the colors, really outstanding photo | |
SO beautiful! and everything is so perfect....youcan see every detail! beautiful shot! | |
This photo is really bright and it is really cool to see the white stuff coming out of the back of the plane. | |
One of the most impressive photos in 2005! Nice contrails, engines, details. Just an amazing airliner. Gimme more of these pictures! -Christoph | |
I'm interested in the "oil streak" streaming down the underside of the fuselage from one of the outlets in the wingbox - what's that from? Only a shot like this can show up some obscure feature like that. Thanks! | |
Love this angle~!!! Fantastic shot~!! | |
Spectacular! | |
Very beautiful plane and photo. | |
Just perfect! | |
Awsume...Cool Contrails | |
Excellent detail! | |
Very cool picture! Virgin Atlantic Airways has nice 747's..the pait is awesome! Well done! | |
Its all there! Technique, Conditions and of course LUCK! :P | |
Great Shot and well done for it but I dont know how this shot can be obtained??? | |
It´s 1 im 10000000 photos | |
Thanks a lot for the kind words everyone. Yes! You are seeing the powers of the Canon 5D and the benefits of shooting RAW. I hate to say it but I just blasted away in Tv mode :) Best regards, Siggi Ben :) | |
Fantstic shot. Compliments. Greetings, Jan | |
How sharp! You can see every detail on the fuselage! | |
Very neat shot, congrat's, I love that magenta color from the engines ....very impressive ... | |
Simply perfict. nothing like 747-400 its the queen of the sky. | |
Wonderful, beautiful, amazing. SEXY! | |
Marvelous, Simply Marvelous | |
Very nice shot of this virgin atlantic 747 from below!!!I saw something like this while flying to IAH as flight CO011 on fri,aug 1st,2003.I wonder if someone could tell me what plane and company it was... | |
I dreamed to picture planes like this. | |
Very nice shot from below. See the red color marks on the fuselage. Wonder if one of the passengers on board the 747 took a photo from the photographer´s plane. | |
Awesome shot!I love those red engines!!! | |
Fantastic! | |
Just brilliant... love it. Wish the 747 would last for ever! | |
Lovely... | |
Wow very nice | |
Very nice photo :) | |
NICE!!...I guess we are seeing the power of the 5D here....GREAT PIC!! | |
Nice, I LOVE IT! 5 stars. | |
Clarity, composition, and contrails. | |
Very nice! | |
Great shot with great quality ! | |
Amazing !!! This is one of the best air to air shots I've ever seen. Greetz, Avro | |
Fantastic shot! Love these red engines and the tail color of this wonderful aircraft! | |
Siggi. A stunning photo that deservedly made its way quickly to both top seats on the AN frontpage. Well done. Baldur | |
Fantastic photo: great colors and details! | |
WOW what a shot. Well done Sigurdur totally fantastic | |
Great to see for once on a.net an aeroplane in clean config. All shots we usually see are gear down and wings exploding with flaps and slats. That and the contrails give you an impression of 4-5 hundred knots airspeed. Cool! | |
Superb clarity and colour. How did he do it, through the astrodome? Do they still have it in airliners? | |
Very nice photo with perfect quality! | |
Five Stars, excellent shot. Almost looks like a cartoon. :) | |
Stunning photo. | |
Nice red/blue contrast | |
Really nice, such clarity!. The VS 747s pass over my house near BOS and are instantly recognized by those red engines. A real treat. | |
Fantastic shot!!! Nice plane, nice color! | |
Amazing shot, it gets itself the 5 stars. SJO Spotter | |
Fantastic image. Thanks for uploading. | |
Amazing! A very excellent shot, well done! The detail is simply perfect. | |
This shot shows how wonderful a jet airplane really is. | |
Just an awesome shot, the red engines look great. | |
Just a blatantly brilliant shot. | |
One of the best photos i've seen recently. Simply fantastic! | |
Fantastic! This has got to be the best quality I've seen so far in this type of shot. | |
A@A shots are difficult. This is an awesome shot. Right up there with Bailey shots. | |
Truly stunning. | |
Great shot. One of the best shots i've seen the last weeks. | |
Great picture with great quality. | |
UNBELIEVABLE SHOT!!! Thats great, I think we'll see it soon on 'most popular'! | |
Such a clear picture from cockpit is rare! Bjössi BJA | |
Wow what a great shot to see a big bird in the sky!!! | |
Great composition, great colors! | |
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