Aviation Photo #1000914 Boeing 747-428F/SCD - Cargolux

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Aircraft

Cargolux
Boeing 747-428F/SCD

Reg.: LX-ICV

MSN: 25632

Line No.: 968

Location & Date

Prague [OFF AIRPORT]
Czech Republic - January 28, 2006

Caption

Close encounter above PRG with Jet Airways A340-313X VT-JWA (flight 121 from London to Dehli at FL330). Cargolux (flight 749 from Baku to Lux at FL340). [Nikon D70 + Nikkor MF500/4P] (1/2)

Photographer

Jakub Vanek

60 Czech Republic

Contact Jakub Vanek

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Photo Added: February 09, 2006

Comments (243)

Anonymous

17 years ago

One of the best desktop wallpapers I ever had. The way the photographer took the picture, with both planes flying diagonally on it make it a very nice picture. I like it! brgds / (gp)

Anonymous

17 years ago

Well, you didn't have much time for this shot! Respect... well done!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Again a well taken picture! Very enjoyable, thanks Jakub

Anonymous

17 years ago

An example of perfect timing and perfect position!

Anonymous

17 years ago

The perfect match!
Thanks for sharing this close encounter with the 1000 feet separation by ATC!
Gerhard

Anonymous

17 years ago

Nice one.

Anonymous

17 years ago

WoW. :|

Just 1000feet below the other one.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Not often you see two heavies that close to each other in flight. Brilliant timing!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Spectacular photo, afortunatly, the aircrafts are in diferent level jejeje. Spectacular sir

Anonymous

17 years ago

Simply Fantastic......Perfect....

Anonymous

17 years ago

This picture is not excelent because someone just caught it on camera it is fabulous because of it's detail and more than this i think that the traffic controllers wanted this flights to fly one above other because they could just told them to fly a litlle more to the left or to the right. SO IT IS A VERY GOOD PICTURE indeed

Anonymous

17 years ago

Hard to catch the planes

Anonymous

17 years ago

Amazing chance to have made it !! Good example of how it's important to set correctly the altimeter !!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Simply amazing!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Hey nice shot good to see jet airways going international and wow 2 heavy aircraft 1000ft apart is a rare sight and boeing and airbus

Anonymous

17 years ago

Amazing! Both of them havin´ each other at 12:00. Never seen two heavies that close before. T.B.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Brilliantly captured opposite encounter. Absolutely perfect! Compliments

Anonymous

17 years ago

Wow...boeing 747-400 vs airbus A340-300..

Anonymous

17 years ago

Good job , at the right time, at the right place!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Exellent timing, but a bit scary!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Close encounter of two big birds.

Anonymous

17 years ago

The illusion that makes the planes appear entangled midair is breathtaking

Anonymous

17 years ago

They pass each other at 1000 mph / 1600 kph :)

Anonymous

17 years ago

Wow, nice timing! I love RVSM! Hey, perhaps you could sell this one to Sky News! ;^)

Anonymous

17 years ago

Wow... 1000 feet separation. That's really close.... really really close. Talk about timing on that shot. How'd you get it?

Anonymous

17 years ago

A wonderful catch, well done jakub

Anonymous

17 years ago

Applause !!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

This really looks like the planes are flying at the same altitude. The shot of a liftime!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Woohoo! That's a picture! Very impressive- good work! :)

Anonymous

17 years ago

A great photo... I would say! Probable this is one of the reasons why I will be a pilot.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Just imagine what the pilots were thinking about when they saw the other aircraft in front of them....exciting!!!just 1,000ft between them...

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great snapshot. Required good preparation or a great deal of luck !!

Anonymous

17 years ago

WOW! Looks like these two pilots used to be soloists on a aerobatic demonstration team.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great shot

Anonymous

17 years ago

Pretty cool picture

Anonymous

17 years ago

This will get 100 reviews i bet, just the best on A.net currently

Anonymous

17 years ago

It's superb IL love it.
Thax Jakub
Ciao
Pat

Anonymous

17 years ago

Amazing! I saw similar moment only one time. With Tu-134 and posibly Yak-40 or Yak-42...
Great shot!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

For aircraft freaks like us, (no offence!) this is really like The Mona Lisa!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Verry classical

Anonymous

17 years ago

The best picture of the year

Anonymous

17 years ago

Its a excellent photo those look like as if they are going to collide.splendid

Anonymous

17 years ago

RVSM in action!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Congratulations to author, this is absolute awesome pic. Thanks for share, Jakub :-)

Anonymous

17 years ago

Top rating..clearly..a splendid shot..congrats..

Anonymous

17 years ago

Wow

Anonymous

17 years ago

Each pilot could see the colour of the other one's eyes.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great photo!
Congratulations!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Excellent!

Anonymous

17 years ago

I like how they're so close. Nice Shot!

Anonymous

17 years ago

AMAZING !!!!!Great job!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Superb photo .i love it

Anonymous

17 years ago

Looks a bit close at this angle. Great shot!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Picture like this you can take once at lifetime. Congratulations.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Incredible accuracy of the aircraft routes.

Anonymous

17 years ago

WOW! That is awesome. Great jog Jakub! I bet both of their TCAS systems were going crazy.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Fantastic picture. Snapped just at the right time.

Anonymous

17 years ago

WOW!!!!!!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

TCAS Alert ? Wooow, very very nice shot...

Anonymous

17 years ago

The contrails just make it 10x cooler

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great photo

Anonymous

17 years ago

What is this!it's fantastic.
you are prof...

Anonymous

17 years ago

Kool!!!!!!!!!!!
/Jesper , Sweden

Anonymous

17 years ago

The timing is perfect. the subject matter is perfect. nothing but blue, contrails, and birds. when a photo makes you look so closely that you question the "realness" of it - it's an awesome photo. very, very nice!

Anonymous

17 years ago

What a crazy situation, should have been really strange felling after this time in the cockpit

Anonymous

17 years ago

Mind blowing picture. Captured just at the right moment.

Anonymous

17 years ago

I like the way that the two aircraft appear as one...almost an optical illusion.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Excellent. Pozdrawiam Mati

Anonymous

17 years ago

1000' ... then you have to subtract the height of the bottom seven four! We're loooking at 940 feet

Anonymous

17 years ago

Much too close for comfort.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Awesome

Anonymous

17 years ago

Its wonderful, and certainly not your everyday opportunity shot. i even put it as wallpaper in my mobile phone. you shot from ground or from other aircraft flying beneath?

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great photo and great photographer .

Anonymous

17 years ago

A once-in-a-life-time photo opp. in my opinion!
Surely deserves my five stars

Anonymous

17 years ago

I think that when both aircrafts was crossing pilots in cockpits sent regard to each other.hiiiiiiiiii (Mohammad Hussein)

Anonymous

17 years ago

Reminds me of pic 0778304, check it out. This one beats it. Great shot!

Anonymous

17 years ago

This is one of the best photos I've ever seen! Vertical separation seems smaller that 1000ft. Maybe someone in ATC went into big trouble.

Anonymous

17 years ago

My god!!!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Make this photo hit 100 reviews, its so great!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great picture hope an A Net member was onboard and got a pic although it hay have been a bit tricky

Anonymous

17 years ago

On the right time, great !

Anonymous

17 years ago

Really amazing pic

Anonymous

17 years ago

Excellent pic.!

Anonymous

17 years ago

WOW!I wander if the passengers were able to notice each other!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great photo.. i can hear it now, "B747 at 12:00, should be no factor."

Anonymous

17 years ago

Very great shot. Thanks!

Anonymous

17 years ago

This is one of the best shots. Related courseware makers must include this picture in the Air Traffic Controllers course while teaching separations, reciprocal traffic and RVSM. This is a classic picture saying be there at the right time.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Beautiful photo!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Awsome shot!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

There'e nothing 'hit and miss' about this great shot.
The British press made a big thing out of a similar optical illusion recently when a JAL 777 and a DHL A300 were photographed in the 'stack' over East London. They claimed it was a near miss but in fact there was standard 1000 feet seperation. It was a particularly clear day and the telephoto lens foreshortened the gap. I guess that as these two are trailing we are up at about 20,000 ft minimum so telephoto lens foreshortening becomes even greater.
Brentford Rex

Anonymous

17 years ago

RVSM is a beautiful thing...!! Talk about being in the right place at the right time...! Great photo...!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Thrilling - and perfect sharpness

Anonymous

17 years ago

A superb shot indeed!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Amazing photo!! Just imagine all of the suspense the pilots and passengers were feeling. You took it just at the right time. Just look how close they are!!! Kudos to you for getting this spectacular photo!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Yes, heavenly!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Super

Anonymous

17 years ago

If Mozart was an airliner photographer,this picture would be his!!!Look at the size of the airliners which proves the short distance of them!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

YES!

Anonymous

17 years ago

I love cargolux :)

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great!

Anonymous

17 years ago

It is a very very great photo !

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great

Anonymous

17 years ago

Is there anything they can't do?

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great shot...Thanks for shareing...Fakt paráda:)))

Anonymous

17 years ago

NNice just Nice

Anonymous

17 years ago

EXCELLENT VIEW 10 / 10

Anonymous

17 years ago

Perfect timing...fhotolux airways

Anonymous

17 years ago

One of its kind

Anonymous

17 years ago

Perfect picture, looks like they would crash!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Very unique shot. It's one of a kind.
This photo surely will raise your hair. Exciting.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Just perfect!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Has anybody noticed the 747's shadow on the 340's contrail?

Anonymous

17 years ago

This is a perfect shot.

Anonymous

17 years ago

How on earth did you manage to get a shot like that? Fantastic!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Its like a two way road sign , i like the resemblence

Anonymous

17 years ago

Cool pic! Looks like they are gonna collide.

Anonymous

17 years ago

How many times do you see something like that? You could wait for months and not see that! Great timimg,they look like they really are on top of one another! Great job!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great shot!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Thanks Jakub, this is poetry in motion...more like Pink Floyd. "Strangers passing in the street, By chance two separate glances meet, And I am you and what I see is me. "

Anonymous

17 years ago

Crisp. Grabs you. Damn good shot!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Thats just amazing, great shot!!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Thanks >for sharing with us

Anonymous

17 years ago

Well done! top class picture

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great photo! Gotta show this one to a friend of mine. He says the A340 is bigger than the 747. But this picture shows that's not true. How did you find out about the Airline and registration? I don't see it on the plane itself.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Wow, I have never seen this new, interesting aircraft before! Hehe. Nice shot

Anonymous

17 years ago

Only, excellent!! what a moment to shot the camera!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Excellent shot

Anonymous

17 years ago

The fact that the two planes are one on the top than the other is great.
The picture was taken in a perfect moment.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Da 747 is upper than A340 cause 747 is da best

Anonymous

16 years ago

This is 1 of the best pics ive seen. ecellent short n great timing.

Anonymous

16 years ago

Can't be any better, 5 stars top class!

Anonymous

16 years ago

Great picture ever, one of my favourite

Anonymous

16 years ago

The BEST

Anonymous

16 years ago

One of the greatest pictures I have ever seen! Just amazing!

Anonymous

16 years ago

Great picture!!! nice very nice

Anonymous

16 years ago

What are the chances of this

Anonymous

16 years ago

I'm speekless...

Anonymous

16 years ago

Good timing with a 500 mm !!!!!

jcR
Bordeaux

Anonymous

16 years ago

Gorgeous pic. But there's no way that's 1000 feet between them.

Anonymous

16 years ago

Priceless! Nice shot.

Five stars

MAP
GUANARE/VENEZUELA

Anonymous

16 years ago

This picture I think perfect :)

Anonymous

16 years ago

Nice pic!

Anonymous

16 years ago

Only in RVSM airspace! Great photograph :)

Anonymous

16 years ago

Shot of a lifetime

Anonymous

16 years ago

Look Out!!!!!!!!

Anonymous

16 years ago

Its a amzing view and brilliant things what planes can do.

Anonymous

16 years ago

Cool pic!

Anonymous

16 years ago

The pilots have been practicing ... I mean "WOOW!" What a timing, and what nerves they must have felt in the moments before the pass. Really amazing picture.

Anonymous

16 years ago

5 is not enough

Anonymous

16 years ago

Don't get me wrong, but this is just an optical ilusion, the 747 looks weel above of A340, I would say 2000 ,3500 feet above

Anonymous

16 years ago

The best shoot for long

Anonymous

16 years ago

Magnificent clean work, the big master!

Anonymous

16 years ago

As a retired "sky-captain" I can say: "what a 5stars top class".

Anonymous

16 years ago

Great pic! This is RVSM airspace so the minimum separation on reciprocal tracks is 1000 ft. It is also impossible to judge separation from directly below!

Anonymous

16 years ago

This is a jaw-dropping photo!!! i have never seen anything like this before in my entire life. its almost as if they are REALLY about to hit each other!

Anonymous

16 years ago

UNBELIEVABLE! I can't believe that these 2 planes did not crash.

Anonymous

16 years ago

It' fantastic. That's why I love spotting.

Anonymous

16 years ago

Unbelievable shot

Anonymous

16 years ago

Awesome!

Anonymous

16 years ago

The best

Anonymous

16 years ago

One in a million shot!

Anonymous

16 years ago

Wut r the odds of a shot like that!!

Anonymous

16 years ago

Super!

Anonymous

16 years ago

The best I've ever seen.

Anonymous

16 years ago

Wow! Obviously the two aircraft were at the designated different altitudes for flight in opposite directions, or simply seperated by air traffic control. Just as well! A bit too close for comfort, however.

Anonymous

16 years ago

Great moment, great angle, lucky you and teach me how you do it

Anonymous

16 years ago

Unique shot. How many chances does one get where two four engine jets corss eachother's path heading in exact opposite direction... and then have a camera ready for the shot, which turns out great.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Magnificent shot! Obviously intentional but still you've got to marvel at the pilots nerves.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Seeing two planes converging on such a direct path and capturing the instant that they 'touch' makes this photo an outstanding one, in my opinion.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Bravo,super !!!

Anonymous

15 years ago

No one can try waiting on the ground for such a sight!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Incredible good...
nice shoot

Anonymous

15 years ago

One of the best aviation photos ever! Fantastic, marvelous, unbelievable!!!!!!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Awesome shot. Just imagine how this would look from the cockpits of the two planes!

Anonymous

15 years ago

That pick looks amazing it almost looks like the 2 boeings r touching !!!!!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Great shot

Anonymous

15 years ago

One of the best aviation photos ever. Five star!!!!

Anonymous

15 years ago

This photo shows the evolution of technology. Two jetliners flying in opposite directions with only l,000 ft of vertical separation is a great achievement. Great photo.

Anonymous

15 years ago

This photo is the perfect demonstration that we are living in a 3 dimensional world!

Anonymous

15 years ago

A remarkable shot! It's really difficult even to see such a moment in the sky but to catch it in a camera is simply outstanding!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Super

Anonymous

15 years ago

One of the most amazing photos I have ever seen on A-Net

Anonymous

15 years ago

An interesting meeting between two giants

Anonymous

15 years ago

Love in the sky, coming and going.

Anonymous

15 years ago

The virtues of patience! Fantastic

Anonymous

15 years ago

Shows how big the 747 is as it is 1000 ft higher than the 340. The chance of getting a photo with 2 airliners in the same visible air space are next to none yet nicely captured here.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Those pilots were trying to hit each other!!!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Looking often for a shot like this in the skies over Holland.

Can stop now, better than this is impossible

Anonymous

14 years ago

Congratulations for your patience. it is worth it. Really amazing! thank you

Anonymous

14 years ago

Amazing Photo! Perfect timing of a once in a lifetime chance to take such a shot.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Absolutely GREAT pic!

Anonymous

14 years ago

I was on that plane.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Great moment !

Anonymous

14 years ago

-After a few jump seat rides, you know how close 1.000 feet feels up there.. An having caught that precise moment so clear - stunning!!

Anonymous

14 years ago

Super photo - congratulations

Anonymous

14 years ago

You are a supershooter!!..smelling the right time at the right place. One in a million, really..

Anonymous

14 years ago

Perfect timed shot.

Anonymous

14 years ago

This is a splendid picture id be freaked out

Anonymous

14 years ago

Jet Airways has replaced the A340-300s with 777s.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Great shot

Anonymous

14 years ago

Cooooool !! Great shot... Congrats. Anish M Nair (Aviation Engineer), Bangalore, India.

Anonymous

13 years ago

This photo is really special!

Anonymous

13 years ago

Looks like they r about to dance.! holding wings!!!

Anonymous

13 years ago

Just stunning. Bravo!

Anonymous

13 years ago

Nice Pic!!

this are a lot of comments btw!

Anonymous

13 years ago

I see the God"s hand and a controller"s eye between them...

Anonymous

13 years ago

Two 60-70 m planes approaching each other at around 450-500 m/sec and there goes great timing of the photographer. Nice job.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Nice and nice.... just perfect.thanke you very much.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Breathtaking, yet a very common occurence...at least in my airline.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Its nice

Anonymous

13 years ago

Outstanding and memorable shot!

Anonymous

13 years ago

Incredible shot, just incredible.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Great photo! I just wonder how far the aircrafts were.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Good luck for such a chance. At the right time at the right place to view it! Once in 20 years!

Anonymous

12 years ago

It's a nice shot. I cannot catch this picture with my camera

Anonymous

12 years ago

The odds of capturing this must be very long. Fantastic!

Anonymous

12 years ago

Ohh thats cool! Great pic!

Anonymous

12 years ago

Excellent

Anonymous

12 years ago

Wow thats really close call!! other 747: "please respond you have sight of 747 directly below you" cargolux pilot: "what 747 i just see a tail!!"

Anonymous

12 years ago

This is one of the best shots on A.net.5 stars..
-Shaqs

Anonymous

12 years ago

Never again someone will take a shot like that! Unique. by the way, what a great lens MF500, i love it ... ;-) 5*

Anonymous

12 years ago

This is real plane spotting. Nice shot!!!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Caution - wake turbulance

Anonymous

11 years ago

Imagine what the passengers saw.....!!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Amazing. Great skills are needed to take a picture like that. 5* ;-).

Anonymous

11 years ago

Right place right time!! fantastic!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Wonder what the pilots were doing!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Great and unique shot! But, I really wonder how the information about the flights were taken.

Anonymous

11 years ago

Fantastic shot

Anonymous

11 years ago

Beautiful photo. That is superb RVSM sample.

Anonymous

11 years ago

It is good. How do you know what airline it it?

Anonymous

11 years ago

Nice to see this picture.

Anonymous

11 years ago

At the right time and place. perfect shot

Anonymous

11 years ago

Even considering any foreshortening effects of any telephoto lens, that is still close! Nice timing!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Nice one very close

Anonymous

11 years ago

Swing your partner - Do-Si-Do; around the airspace we will go! Folks, it's called RVSM, it's backed up with TCAS/ACAS and other wonderful electronic inventions. It's highlighted by GPS/WAAS navigation putting aircraft directly on top of one-another on routes. Any one of you who feels uncomfortable with this doesn't sit where you'd ever notice. Happy Trails! --DtD

Anonymous

10 years ago

Impressive timing! Very dynamic shot!

Anonymous

10 years ago

Impossible!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous

7 years ago

My home is under two international tracks i have seen two from each side and two from other and when they cross wow i whish i had camera at that time in my hands

RusPal

Ukraine

4 years ago

Nice!