Boeing C-17A Globemaster III - USA - Air Force | Aviation Photo #1132131

Anonymous

12 years ago

C-17 "Spitfire"... haha. Sounds good to me! And an absolutely splendid shot!

Anonymous

12 years ago

Great spectaculation!

Anonymous

12 years ago

One in a million shot Will.

Anonymous

12 years ago

Awesome photo Will, would love to know more about the shot. Right time, right place, with the skill to get the right shot. Congrats.

Anonymous

12 years ago

Look at the glow on the side of the plane

Jay FTG UK

Anonymous

12 years ago

Another spectakular shot on A-net. Wow! Nice timing.

Anonymous

12 years ago

Good shot Will! The dull overall lighting enhances the flames. Well done.

Anonymous

12 years ago

Wow wow wow,what a shot!!!

Anonymous

12 years ago

Impressive moment. Happy Halloween to everyone! :D T.B.

Anonymous

12 years ago

Holy cow! 5stars.

Anonymous

12 years ago

Great timing.

Anonymous

12 years ago

It's really is a "1:1,000,000,000" photo.

Anonymous

12 years ago

Holy smoke!

Anonymous

12 years ago

Excellent photo, spoilt by the logo right over the action, so I'll only give 4 stars.

Tucker1

Wisconsin, USA

15 days ago

Douchebag

Anonymous

12 years ago

Wow - great shotG-)

Anonymous

12 years ago

Who knew that the C-17 had afterburners! add that with Who knew you could use thoes afterburners in reverse thrust! Great shot that had to have been perfect timing!

Anonymous

12 years ago

That is not good. Somebody had a bad day at work. Josh Gluth Fort Wright, Kentucky USA

Anonymous

12 years ago

WOW! Five Stars.

Anonymous

12 years ago

Harden up mate...nice shot! MS ;)

Anonymous

12 years ago

Impressive capabilities.. to ruin an engine that costs several millions dollars

Tucker1

Wisconsin, USA

15 days ago

You really have no idea do you?

Anonymous

12 years ago

That's one hell of a demo in the land down under,and one hell of fantastic shot!!

Anonymous

12 years ago

Oh my God! What is happening!

Anonymous

12 years ago

Wow! what a perfect timing :D
but what happen?

Anonymous

12 years ago

Good & nice picture

Anonymous

12 years ago

Great moment, great photo!

Anonymous

12 years ago

Love the details of the engine on fire

Anonymous

12 years ago

Is this a normal thing to happen or it is some type of expensive damage.

Anonymous

12 years ago

If you don't know what is going on, like I don't, this looks like it's been edited in Adobe AfterEffects or something, because of the LOGO...
If it wasn't, well, my rating says it all...

Anonymous

12 years ago

Wow, nice job, you got the pic off right when the turbine was thrown, great timing!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Perfect timing indeed!
Great shot, 5 Stars.

Anonymous

11 years ago

Great timing

Anonymous

11 years ago

Perfect timing, I love C-17S

Anonymous

11 years ago

Very good timing -- a lucky one! This is hardly "bad", or a "millions of dollars" worth of loss. I doubt there's any loss at all. A compressor stall does not equal engine damage. Since the compressor is stalled, the fuel in the engine (you remember, it burns, right?!) doesn't get enough air to burn, and thus unburnt hot fuel exits the engine and burns in the surrounding air. This type of a stall is likely transient, but in any case there was no engine damage *due* to the stall. The stall could have happened because the engine was abused previously and was already damaged somehow (say caked-on sand while desert flying).

Anonymous

11 years ago

Great shot with good camera speed.

Anonymous

10 years ago

It looks like a stall, but a stall is technically very close to a surge so who knows what happened afterwards. Even so, the fuel exiting the rear and burning may easily have damaged the turbines, that are already quite close to their thermal limits. Id say the engine is good for inspection now

Anonymous

10 years ago

Not all Australians like America, lol

Anonymous

10 years ago

Seen this happen before; on a C-17 also at another airshow. It's unusual but hardly rare or dangerous - just a compressor stall.

Anonymous

10 years ago

Formid

Anonymous

10 years ago

Very nice shot ...!! :)

Anonymous

10 years ago

It was a compressor stall. I know for a fact, I was on the plane.

Anonymous

10 years ago

Just crazy, very nice shot

Anonymous

8 years ago

Great moment!!! Nice...

Anonymous

8 years ago

#1 son is a C-17 pilot, so -- natch! -- we're huge fans of this airframe. Great shot!

Anonymous

7 years ago

Great moment!

Anonymous

7 years ago

Showoff! To scare the enemy!

Anonymous

7 years ago

*burp*

Anonymous

7 years ago

Woho!!! Launching engines instead of missile :P

Anonymous

6 years ago

Wow nice shoot

Anonymous

6 years ago

Talking about being on the right place at the right time !

Anonymous

6 years ago

Houston, we have a problem....

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