Aviation Photo #0995911 Ilyushin Il-86 - Vaso Airlines

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Aircraft

Vaso Airlines
Ilyushin Il-86

Reg.: RA-86140

MSN: 51483211102

Location & Date

Phuket (HKT / VTSP)
Thailand - January 10, 2006

Caption

No more runway left = Must rotate! Look at where the 1000 ft marker sign and where the plane is! One heart-stopping takeoff! The front gear of the plane actually got up before the '1' marker but the body remains heavy. I think the pilots know exactly where to rotate. The Ilyushin also kicked up a large sandstorm on the beach and it was barely above it after finally airborne. IL86 is such a beast! [Nikon D2x, High speed crop mode]

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Sam Chui

4.9K United Arab Emirates

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Photo Added: January 29, 2006

Comments (293)

Anonymous

17 years ago

Amazing!! Another shot like this in the database taken by you, thanks for posting it!

Anonymous

17 years ago

A truly breathtaking shot! Seems like Phuket is a thrilling place for Ilyushin's to take off, hence another famous picture of you.

Anonymous

17 years ago

That is just amazing... down to the last inch of aphalt left. Wow... it certainly requires guts to perform such a T/O

Anonymous

17 years ago

Nice Sam!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Shot at the EXACT moment!

Anonymous

17 years ago

This is a great example of the photographer being in the right place at the right time. The photo is so clear and calmly shot that it took me a few moments to realise just how close to the fence the plane must have been.

Anonymous

17 years ago

This is one of those moments thatwill make a spotter soil his pants. He has maybe ten feet of runway left to get that center gear airborne. Spectacular shot! These are the kind of takeoffs I love to see.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Once again Sam is the right man in the right place at the right time!

Anonymous

17 years ago

I wish I was there!It is very scary but the sight of it is a very nice expiriance.Very good shot mate.

Anonymous

17 years ago

You always show us the very best photos!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Just looking at this photo makes my heart race! Thrilling!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Scary... Looks like a takeoff from carrier. Great timing

Anonymous

17 years ago

Absolutely stunning!! Can't say more...

Anonymous

17 years ago

A piece of art again Sam !!
Reminds me that legendary picture:
<https://www.airliners.net/open.file/312682/L/>

Olivier.

Anonymous

17 years ago

It's a very unusual situation and you got it! Perfect!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Nice place, nice airplane, but a dramatic scene!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Unbelievable

Anonymous

17 years ago

Superb photo. I wish we had a view from the flight deck!

Anonymous

17 years ago

What a shot. the plane is on the edge. as always good job sam. congratulations

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great photograph. I like it!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great pic, scary photo!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Thrilling! And it's again Phuket, again Sam Chui, and again an Il-86 lifting off with metres of runway left!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Wow! must have been a thrilling experience. really not much runway left.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Incredible shot

Anonymous

17 years ago

It is just perfect!!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Photo of the year

Anonymous

17 years ago

WOW!

Anonymous

17 years ago

That´s an excellent first segment... Unbeatable!!!!
Should try one day!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Wow....very scary take off.fantastic!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Awesome photo. Makes a great 'pucker time' shot.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Well-composed, and excellent instinct to catch this remarkable shot!

Anonymous

17 years ago

5 stars for Sam as always,It looks like that aircraft was loaded near max take off weight but
good to see they made it on time.

Anonymous

17 years ago

WOW. That's all I can say.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Good

Anonymous

17 years ago

Perfect Picture!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Thrilling take off!! I'd love to see more photos of all the take off phases... Is it possible Sam??

Anonymous

17 years ago

Being in the right place at the right time isn't everything, being there with the right camera, aimed in the right direction is. Excellent photo.

--JD Hood

Anonymous

17 years ago

Wow

Anonymous

17 years ago

Even my non-aviation fanatic friends thought this was spectacular!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Perfect shout. Go for it Sam !

Anonymous

17 years ago

What an excellent take-off! Talk about leaving it ot the last second! The photo has been taken at exactly the perfect time. It really does look as if the plane is about to enter the drink.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Unusual perspective

Anonymous

17 years ago

Nice angle, great use of telephoto!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

The photo is not pixelated and has excellent quality. The plane not to mention is also very amazing for i have never seen this airplane before

Anonymous

17 years ago

Catching the moment.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great moment

Anonymous

17 years ago

That is one hell of a photo. Wow, that pilot surely is skilled and he or she did leave it just to the right moment to lift off the huge aircraft.

Amazing work by the pilot. That sure is a heart-stopping takeoff.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Excellent

Anonymous

17 years ago

Perfectly captured breathtaking exhibition. Well done.

Anonymous

17 years ago

This is unbelieveable, great timing for this shot.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Sam is without doubt the world famous photographer of aircraft shot in unusual angle

Anonymous

17 years ago

From Mike in Canada. Wow! You were definitely in the right place at the right time to capture this moment. Not for the faint of heart to try this on a hot day in an aircraft that is close to its MAXTOW and is underpowered as well. Thanks for the shot!

Anonymous

17 years ago

The photo really gives you the gravity of the situation. Makes me wonder what it was like for a passenger looking out of their window...

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great picture

Anonymous

17 years ago

Nice...eventhough it was spot on...some of those Russians can fly!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great picture... great moment...wow

Anonymous

17 years ago

Boy, talk about a pucker factor. You can really see the situation looks to be be grim from the camera angle. Great photo!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Awesome Picture!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

These pilots must be having some fun...nice shot

Anonymous

17 years ago

Great picture sam, as usual.

Emmanuel from Luxembourg

Anonymous

17 years ago

Wow. This is a really fantastic camera angle!!! The plane looks as if it will just plonk into the water, and I would love to see what happens next!! Ooh... the suspense!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Thi is pretty nice view

Anonymous

17 years ago

Sam, Sam, Sam...your great man...Great photos.As usual:)

Anonymous

17 years ago

I cant not go to phuket more...

Anonymous

17 years ago

That's my country! Great shot!, cool man!

Anonymous

17 years ago

So rare sight mate!Congratulations!

Anonymous

17 years ago

A hair raising experience ...

Anonymous

17 years ago

Rare picture indeed and impressive calculation of the TODA!

Anonymous

17 years ago

You don't see this everyday!

Anonymous

17 years ago

The sense of drama ~ last chance!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Wow that was close

Anonymous

17 years ago

Wow!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Close call!!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

I don't think the plane has a square foot left to take off with. Awesome!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

This is "edge of the seat stuff"and the photo is drammatically alive

Anonymous

17 years ago

Did the flight crew have to change their pants after that takeoff roll?

Anonymous

17 years ago

This beutiful plan

Anonymous

17 years ago

Lots of tension!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Play it again, Sam!

Anonymous

17 years ago

How short is this runway?

Anonymous

17 years ago

I think the picture is amazing it deserves a 5 star
who ever took this pic is a good photograper

Anonymous

17 years ago

Almost took the fence with them!

Anonymous

17 years ago

To me it seems like watching: JAWS!!! Breath-taking! Vasilis from Greece

Anonymous

17 years ago

Wow!!! I wouldn't like to be in this flight as passenger! Great shot!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

PA :Ladies and gentlements, the life vest is under your seat, please prepare it for your safety...hehehe ( Great shot..!! )

Anonymous

17 years ago

That would have been one quiet cockpit in the climbout, I would think!
Have a look at the water... is is calmer closer to land... so this as a downwind takeoff. Yikes!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Mr. Chui, you are my hero, i am a 18 year old aviation photographer, and i have to admit that Mr.Sam Chui is simply the ''Right Stuff''... Congrats

Anonymous

17 years ago

What an amazing picture! Truly one in a million.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Looks like a commercial airline taking off a aircraft carrier

Anonymous

17 years ago

Really, a great shot, but somehow I cannot laugh about that! It's just very dangerous! What happens to them if one engine loses it's power...
Whatever, a very good shot 5/5...

Anonymous

17 years ago

I think this huge bird ripped off pieces of that fence nice shot

Anonymous

17 years ago

Rare shot!! Those poor people must have been clutching their armrests:)

Anonymous

17 years ago

I wish i was on that plane

Anonymous

17 years ago

Yeahhhh! touch the sky or the water!.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Watch out! Attention passengers, we have reached the end of the runway. Nice photo.

Anonymous

17 years ago

ITS A GREAT PILOT ! AND AN AMAZING SHOT !!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Geeee ... last minute take - off ... rotate or die !

Anonymous

17 years ago

One of the best...

Anonymous

17 years ago

You can't get much scarier without having a crash!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Good job, photographer.
I want the pilot to get fired, though.
This is not funny.

Anonymous

17 years ago

Oh my God!!!!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Graphic alarm

Anonymous

17 years ago

Unbelieveable!

Anonymous

17 years ago

What a brilliant photo!!! Very clear image from what must be quite a distance. I would hate to have been on the plane in question - must have been nerve-wracking!!

Anonymous

17 years ago

Heart stopping action

Anonymous

16 years ago

Incredible skill! The pilots must have nerves of steel. Imagine what the view would be like from the cockpit - the end of the runway rushing towards you!

Anonymous

16 years ago

Fantastic shot

Anonymous

16 years ago

One of the best pictures Ive seen! Makes me nervous just looking at it.

Anonymous

16 years ago

Impressive picture... Great job, congratulation :-)

Anonymous

16 years ago

Very exciting takeoff. Good camera work.

Anonymous

16 years ago

Don't see something like this all the time. Great shot

Anonymous

16 years ago

Great shot! But very dangerous TO...

Anonymous

16 years ago

WOW!!! If that's a landing I'm afraid he's not gonna make it......

Anonymous

16 years ago

Fantastic take off!!

Anonymous

16 years ago

It has great detal

Anonymous

16 years ago

Wow this is a great photo! :-) well done! i hope it did get airbourne in time! xxx

Anonymous

16 years ago

Wow it's incredible... the aircraft save for a little

Anonymous

16 years ago

ATC probably shat itself.

Anonymous

16 years ago

Great shot! I wonder how far back V1 was?

Anonymous

16 years ago

Please, please, give me some iron nerves. This is extremely close. This picture causes a lot of adrenalin shooting through your body. (It makes me remember the shortest commercial runway in the world, the 1.312 ft. runway of Saba, Netherlands Antilles, on top of cliffs, where only DHC-6 Twin Otters of WinAir do land and take off.)This picture of the Ilyushin II-86 is superb!!!

Anonymous

16 years ago

Toooooo heavy!

Anonymous

16 years ago

Great detail, once in a lifetime chance to catch this kind of event on film, he followed up with more details than are evident in the photo. I'm impressed!

Anonymous

16 years ago

Best photographer,best pilot and worst aircraft

Anonymous

16 years ago

Remind me to never fly with this guy!

Anonymous

16 years ago

I HAVE to fly on an IL-86 one day...what fun! Great photo, Sam!! You always seem to be in the right place-right time...!

Anonymous

16 years ago

Reminds me of that joke of the two blind pilots, "everybody in back is screaming so I guess it's time to rotate."
Amazing takeoff photo

Anonymous

16 years ago

Quality of photo and the point of wheels off the ground

Anonymous

16 years ago

Cool Picture

Anonymous

16 years ago

Awsome!

Anonymous

16 years ago

Excellent aircraft, one really "born to fly". Safe and able to form an effective symbiosis with pilot. I love it.

Anonymous

16 years ago

a heart stopping moment you do not get second chances for a shot like this unless the ilyushin does it all the time

Anonymous

16 years ago

Russian roulette!

Anonymous

16 years ago

In other news, Vaso Airlines replaces every seat bottom on RA-86140. ;P

Anonymous

16 years ago

You must have been just in the right place at the right time!!!

Anonymous

16 years ago

Very, Very, Very, good!!!Excelent!!!

Anonymous

16 years ago

I would like to know what the copilot was thinking about this take off

Anonymous

16 years ago

Amazing! it seems plane is pretty heavy and almost ended at the beach.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Wow awsome pic that would be soooooo scary

Anonymous

15 years ago

Very exciting moment!!!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Very brave pilots...Best shot ever for me.

Anonymous

15 years ago

WOW!!! That's a last-minute take off
Cool pilots

Anonymous

15 years ago

Now that's quite a scary takeoff!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Nice view of takeoff!

Anonymous

15 years ago

I bet ATC were worried!!!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Yeah that was close..... superb piloting ;P

Anonymous

15 years ago

This is a great shot. It makes me nervous just by looking at it. I guess the passenger might not notice about it...

Anonymous

15 years ago

Great photo and great plane!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Great plane, heavy take off, just praying to lift up!!!!!

Anonymous

15 years ago

This is what you look for. Amazing someone could actually this photo. Another second and and plane takes a plunge. Thank you

Anonymous

15 years ago

It shows great capabilities(sp) of pilots who know exactly what their aircrafts are capable of.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Congratulations to the pilots and to the photographer

Anonymous

15 years ago

Incredible shot....simply stunning rotaion

Anonymous

15 years ago

Good or bad pilot??? I think you have to check the airplane´s weight and balance first............but the photo is excellent

Anonymous

15 years ago

Exciting moment

Anonymous

15 years ago

Last second take-off or ending up in water. A thrilling photograph! Congratulations.

Anonymous

15 years ago

This Il-86 used every available inch of the runway!!!

Anonymous

15 years ago

A perfect picture taken at the exact moment. Congratulations. Defenitely an Airline to avoid flying with! Just imagine what would happen in case of an engine failure ...

Anonymous

15 years ago

Breathtaking!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Excellent shot. A heart stopping takeoff!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Well, if you see carefully, the runway marking says "GO", that means at that point the pilots will have to rotate the aircraft. :D

Great Photo!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Great shot!!

Anonymous

15 years ago

I just hope those pilots didn't get it trouble, nice shot!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Great shot, but for passengers are not great at all:)

Anonymous

15 years ago

In my opinion we see in this picture a dramatic mistake of the cockpit crew. As said before the pilots have to check the weight of the aircraft before takeoff. This takeoff was close to a fatal accident. Thank god the aircraft rotated in the last possible moment.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Crazy... sure, he is overweight..

Anonymous

15 years ago

This is a very exciting photo to look at.

Anonymous

15 years ago

It's obvious by the comments attached to this photo that the visitors to this site know nothing about being a pilot. It is an awsome photo, but is 2 seconds from being evidence in an investigation. The pilots of this airplane felt nothing about putting the passengers lives at risk by performing a take-off in an airplane whose performance on that day was marginal for the mission. These pilots should be grounded. This take-off goes against everything us pilots spend our careers trying to perfect

Anonymous

15 years ago

Poor airmanship!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Unless they lost an engine just before v1 and had planned to continue the takeoff this is very poor planning which resulted in a great photo

Anonymous

15 years ago

Ahh those crazy ruskies....
hehe

Anonymous

15 years ago

Great Photo, but it shows what happens when flight crews make mistakes that could end in disaster. On any take-off, allowance must be made for a rejected take-off or engine failiure. If an engine were to fail in this example, that airplane would have ended at the bottom of the sea... Poor performance by the flight crew in my opinion

Anonymous

15 years ago

My dad was flying in Tu-134 a few years back a was the same takeoff. Apparently dad said that there was something wrong with the plane and the pilot didnt want to fly, but the russians started yelling and abusing the pilot so he forced to takeoff and about half a second after is took off the runways ended and the fence was under them.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Its a nice shot. hope everyone was okay.

Anonymous

15 years ago

It's a nice shot. hope everyone was okay.

Anonymous

15 years ago

I am just glad I wasn't on that airplane!!

Anonymous

15 years ago

Yes it;s photo si nice i like iy's photo

Anonymous

15 years ago

Somebody call tha police!!1

Anonymous

15 years ago

OMG! They had to take off with max flapsa nd they still couldn't take off, this is an incredible shot mate .

Anonymous

15 years ago

Really impressive take off... i watched somethin similar when working at the airport in geneva with a similar aeroflot aircraft... it took so long to gain alitude that i tought it was going to go down!!...

Anonymous

15 years ago

Wow, looks dangerous, great timing

Anonymous

15 years ago

Close call! Remind me never to fly Vaso Airlines.

Anonymous

15 years ago

This is freaken awesoeme i did that on fsx

Anonymous

15 years ago

So tricky !

Anonymous

15 years ago

Very, very nice moment... I don`t think that this take off is dangerous for the passengers, simply almost all of the planes do it there.

Anonymous

15 years ago

Those holes on the engines are not reverses but intakes present on the typical Il-96 engines. The flaps seem very low for take off but the landing configuration is even more than that.

Anonymous

14 years ago

The pilot is getting his money's worth by using every inch of the available asphault!

Anonymous

14 years ago

Perfect shot, perfect aircraft (86s are really one of the safest), but seems to be overweighted (or risky pilots)
5*

Anonymous

14 years ago

Great Shot Ok

Anonymous

14 years ago

Incredible picture... and scary take-off. I wouldn't want to be the pilot that day.
Actually, who am I kidding? I'd love to be a pilot any day; but I wouldn't take-off like that.

Anonymous

14 years ago

The photo is not as spectacular as the event. It is obvious that the ariplane was overweight, the crew calculated the numbers wrong or they experienced an engine(s) failure at the most critical point.

Anonymous

14 years ago

The photographer fergot to mention this was a traning flight, and that this was a touch and go performed by an trainee. as a training captain on this type i know this aircraft very well and this is the exact moment the flaps were retracted enough to initiate a Vx climb out. There were no pax involved and no weight problems and no lack of speed and no thrust reverses. look aviation you can speculate alot about, but untill you actually see some real data- 1 picture can tell a million stories. but 1 is true ! I'm a frequent visitor of Phuket - Trainings Captain - P.Y.

Anonymous

14 years ago

They paied for the aircraft, they did the airport and they need to make it valuable!

Anonymous

14 years ago

The heavy Russian. a wonderful picture. They paid for using the runway. so why not use it? all of it

Anonymous

14 years ago

That it the kinda takeoff I hate :p

Anonymous

14 years ago

Great Runway and great pilots makes a Great Journey and Photograph

Cheers
Varun

Anonymous

14 years ago

Bad thing.

Anonymous

14 years ago

I can't believe it!

Anonymous

14 years ago

This is enough to make a nervous flyer like me never step onto an airplane ever again! Talk about cutting it close! Seriously, though...it's the kind of shot that makes you go "Wow!":-)

Anonymous

14 years ago

^^very nice photo. Russian pilots like to do that. I don't know why, but they don't crash

Anonymous

14 years ago

Very critical, once in tll i saw same kind of take off and it was il-62.

Anonymous

14 years ago

The photographer took the shot at precisely the right millisecond. If it was before or after this very moment and one would not get to witness the significance. Keep 'em coming.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Quite unusual photo

Anonymous

13 years ago

Amazing shot!! Wow!

Anonymous

13 years ago

A near escape ;)

Anonymous

13 years ago

This pilot knows his job! :)

Anonymous

13 years ago

Incredible photo, but I'd have to say the pilots exhibited some very poor airmanship in this case.

Anonymous

13 years ago

What a heart stoping moment!!!
it does look like it is training than the real thing.
if i was on that flight i would hopfully be out the exit and half a mile down the beach!!!!
very good shot....so cool!!!

Anonymous

13 years ago

Arn't we suposed to cross the threshold at or above 35ft?

Great picture by the way.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Wow! that is nuts. did those pilots check the performance charts on the preflight?

Anonymous

13 years ago

Wonderful. Absolutely exhilarating. Thank you Mr. Sam Chui.

Anonymous

13 years ago

CPT to FO: "We paid whole runway, we use whole runway!"

Anonymous

13 years ago

Russian Navy pilots!!! US F-18 pilots must learn!!!

Anonymous

13 years ago

The different between life or dead.

Anonymous

13 years ago

That's what I call: using the clearway!

Anonymous

13 years ago

Awesome. visit thailand again and again.

Anonymous

13 years ago

After point of no Return.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Bird strike! abort take off, abort take off! bubbles. bubbles bubbles!!!

Anonymous

13 years ago

Note to self- never fly VASO

Anonymous

13 years ago

Accelerate in Ground Effect.

Anonymous

13 years ago

OMG! He probably "collected" the fence at the end of runway..

Anonymous

13 years ago

Perfect time...great

Anonymous

13 years ago

Perfect point where Il needed rotate--scary indeed.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Are Russians familiar with the so-called "balanced field takeoff" at all? If you cannot comply, reduce the weight and/or wait for cooler temperature, stronger headwind, etc. I understand, time is money, but how can there be excuses for taking risks when there are 200-300 people seating behind you! I wonder how leaving the ground effect felt like.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Great shot of this Soviet Classic!!!

Anonymous

13 years ago

OMG! unbelievable. Il-86 are indeed gentle climbers

Anonymous

13 years ago

Is it me or did this pilot set his flaps one setting more than required. This happens when one does.

Anonymous

13 years ago

You were very lucky to be able to witness this on camera.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Very impressive!

Anonymous

13 years ago

AWESOME!!!!

Anonymous

13 years ago

Either we say luck you! or lucky pilot...

Anonymous

13 years ago

It does not happen so often...I hope !

Anonymous

13 years ago

The pilots of this airline are bit crazy, cause they managed to land this plane in my hometown airport...neverminding that takeoff was not specialised for this type of aircraft)

Anonymous

13 years ago

Every time I see this aircraft takeoff, they always seem to takeoff very late like this. The Il-96 doesn't seem to have this problem though. Great capture of this stunning takeoff! 5*

Anonymous

12 years ago

Like the take-off from the Carrier.

Anonymous

12 years ago

This picture needs two Australian air traffic controllers..

Anonymous

12 years ago

Il-86 takes off only because the earth is round

Anonymous

12 years ago

This could have been a second for disaster,glad vaso is not operating in our region.MAD

Anonymous

12 years ago

Pilot: "Woahhh! Pull way up!"

Anonymous

12 years ago

It's very funny ^^

Anonymous

12 years ago

Only the Russians can dare. Why are take offs reffered to as a rotation?

Anonymous

12 years ago

The airport officals were complaining that airliners never use whole runway for takeoff so this one did. Nice shot.

Anonymous

12 years ago

I can imaging sound of heavy rocket when Ilyushin was taking off.

Anonymous

12 years ago

Great shot, but very dangerous. I don't think this pilot (or dispatcher) knows how to run TOLD (either that or something was really messed up). Even more dangerous in that ICAO runways are TERPSed for a departure end of the runway crossing height of 35 feet.

Anonymous

12 years ago

I wonder if anyone has counted the number of comments this photo has? Maybe a record?

BTW, that's a pretty "hairy" takeoff!

Anonymous

12 years ago

I think this photo is great because I like the angle that this photo was taken. It shows that the airplane has almost ran off the runway and into the ocean!

Anonymous

12 years ago

I thought it was Hong Kong kai tak.

Anonymous

12 years ago

Absolutely Amazing!
One of my most favourite pictures on Airliners.net!
Diego

Anonymous

12 years ago

The timing of the shot was good. wish the picture was sharper. those fishes must have gone deaf. That thing is loud.

Anonymous

12 years ago

That's what you call "Last Chance" ;-)

Anonymous

12 years ago

Amazing! At the end of the runway.

Anonymous

12 years ago

We know he'll never let that happen again ;)

Anonymous

11 years ago

Great picture

Anonymous

11 years ago

Wow, superb! Good thing that's not an actual beach!

Anonymous

11 years ago

If anyone knows about hockey, this one's a one-timer!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Thanks to pilots for such a picture :)

Anonymous

11 years ago

Rotate! Rotate!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Think he's having a St. Martain flashback....PULL UP,PULL UP, PULL UP lol.

Anonymous

11 years ago

I bet that pilot's backside was going like a rabbits nose......!!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Going to the beach - maybe next time ...

Anonymous

11 years ago

Russians the best!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Great photo.

Anonymous

11 years ago

WOW I wonder what the ATSB would think if they were referred this 'near crash' situation??

Anonymous

11 years ago

"The Vodka burner is rolling" :) Great photo.

Anonymous

11 years ago

Perfect timing. hope the pax see this pic.

Anonymous

11 years ago

Excellent timing and perseverence (or just luck ;)

Anonymous

11 years ago

Crazy Russians!!!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Wont make it over the fence !!!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Stink alarm in the cockpit.... fo just had a code Brown

Anonymous

11 years ago

The ancient (early 80's) joke about IL-86: It could a take off due to the Earth's curvature (because the Earth is a ball).
So, the Thai's land has no curvature?

Anonymous

11 years ago

Great Shot! The Il-86 tends to eat up the runway because of its weak engines.

Anonymous

11 years ago

Wow! More proof that adrenaline is brown. :P

Anonymous

11 years ago

Good thing it rotated. What if it had engine failure right then. Anyway Sam, you take the best pictures!!!!!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Super

Anonymous

10 years ago

In Russia we have a famous phrase.

"Pot-bellied "eggplant" IL-86, rotates from the runway due to the curvature of the planet."

Now we miss him soooo much:(

Amazing shot! Finally I found what to write in comment.
5* Artyom

Anonymous

10 years ago

On time!

Anonymous

10 years ago

Amazing !!

Anonymous

10 years ago

"More proof that adrenaline is brown." I bet a bunch of shorts were brown.

Anonymous

10 years ago

This seems to be a perfect lucky shot!
At the right time at the right place!

Anonymous

10 years ago

Amazing takeoff.
My father is a retired IL-86 captain. Looking at this pic, he said he could indeed recall many takeoffs from "last stabs" there. Pilots relied on examplelary reliabilty of IL-86.

Anonymous

9 years ago

Typical Russian takeoff.

Anonymous

9 years ago

It seems like a ryanair take-off :)

Anonymous

9 years ago

I remember watching a youtube video someone took while the IL86 he was in was taking off. The takeoff roll took 50-odd seconds, compared to around 30 for the A330 or 777!

Anonymous

8 years ago

The pilots is crazy！The plane almost ran into the ocean!

Anonymous

8 years ago

Typcal Ryanair Takeoff.

Anonymous

8 years ago

Awesome!

7heaven

Russia

6 years ago

Sad it was scrapped in 2009 at VASO

Tucker1

Wisconsin, USA

5 years ago

Piece of shit airplane and crew

dev0null0

England, United Kingdom

2 years ago

what a useless comment

Flyingdevil737

Tasmania, Australia

3 years ago

We paid whole runway, we use whole runway!! ;)

Anonymous

3 years ago

"I THINK I can... I THINK I CAN!!!" HAHA

Anonymous

2 years ago

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dev0null0

England, United Kingdom

2 years ago

The shot remains as rare as it is awesome - but the caption really conveys the passion and love for aviation that makes Sam Chui the absolute legend that he is in this realm.
Thank you for all the great shots you shared with us!