Aviation Photo #0219906 Airbus A340-642 - Airbus

Very interessting shot. Well done!

Cool

I love test flight photos, and this one is great! Have tremendous admiration for pilots that do this kind of flying. Thanks for the photo & the information.

I think it is cool because it is has spark on the bottom

What a great shot........Thats gotta hurt!!!

A340,My love.Beauty of the sky.From Akash340,India

It is a very nice photo

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My back...

This is an ultimate shot.Capturing this type of scene is a very unusual thing. great...
-sahil suman

Does anybody have a band-aid?

That is a rather cool picture it must be quite intense when you are in the cockpit doing the trials as you rotate and don't lift off straight away. Nice one guys

The airbus a340: longer, larger....quieter, dont know about smoother after lookin at this shot!

Airbus340 is the longest aircraft i have ever seen.it seems to be even longer than the concorde.looking at the photograph one imagine the passenger capacity of the aircraft.wow!! i love travelling with lots of people.

Look at those sparks!!!! In a scary way.

In the words of Homer Simpson:......"DOH" !!

You have to be careful with those super long a340-600s.

Longer larger yeah.. don't know about smoother though! And the back of the aircraft might have some noise in it aswell ;)

How is this done... easy. The aircraft is accelerated to som 20 -30 knots below it’s calculated lift off speed ( power is sometime reduced ) and the nose is genially raised until tail contact . Upon tail contact, max power is applied and that pitch attitude is maintained until liftoff. VMU .. It is used to determine the slowest speed the plane will lift off during Part 25 certification. Usually a sacrificial object is attached like absence of wood or metal skid as to not damage the aircraft during the test.

How is this done... easy. The aircraft is accelerated to som 20 -30 knots below it’s calculated lift off speed ( power is sometime reduced ) and the nose is genially raised until tail contact . Upon tail contact, max power is applied and that pitch attitude is maintained until liftoff. VMU .. It is used to determine the slowest speed the plane will lift off during Part 25 certification. Usually a sacrificial object is attached like absence of wood or metal skid as to not damage the aircraft during the test.