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Airbus A320neo (N316FR) - Frontier's "Shelly the Sea Turtle" (N316FR) is snapped here in an extremely rare capture; a view of a commercial passenger jet taking off toward the camera's position with Slide Mountain in the background. This unusual photo was actually "caused" by the COVID virus -- because the Frontier jet was almost completely empty, its lack of weight allowed it to rotate less than 3000 feet down runway 34L and climb so rapidly that it was high enough that Slide Mountain could be seen and photographed in the background. Most pictures that show Mt Rose and Slide Mountain are one of two types: they show aircraft on short final approaches as they are about to land on either 34L or 34R ... or .. they are photos showing jet airliners from the rear view angle as they are climbing after taking off from runways 16R or 16L. This "head-on' view of a commercial pax aircraft departing Reno with Slide in the background is only possible if the departing airliner rotates quickly and climbs rapidly, as the nearly empty Shelly did here.
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Airbus A320neo (N316FR)

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Frontier's "Shelly the Sea Turtle" (N316FR) is snapped here in an extremely rare capture; a view of a commercial passenger jet taking off toward the camera's position with Slide Mountain in the background. This unusual photo was actually "caused" by the COVID virus -- because the Frontier jet was almost completely empty, its lack of weight allowed it to rotate less than 3000 feet down runway 34L and climb so rapidly that it was high enough that Slide Mountain could be seen and photographed in the background. Most pictures that show Mt Rose and Slide Mountain are one of two types: they show aircraft on short final approaches as they are about to land on either 34L or 34R ... or .. they are photos showing jet airliners from the rear view angle as they are climbing after taking off from runways 16R or 16L. This "head-on' view of a commercial pax aircraft departing Reno with Slide in the background is only possible if the departing airliner rotates quickly and climbs rapidly, as the nearly empty Shelly did here.

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Gary SchenauerPhoto Uploader
There was one additional factor that made this photo possible. The thinner air at RNO usually means that departing commercial aircraft must make longer takeoff rolls in order to rotate and get airborne, so even though this FFT was nowhere near as heavy as it normally would have been, it still would have had to stay on the runway to get up to Vr speed. However, the wind was blowing so intensely directly toward aircraft departing on the 34s that this Frontier obtained added lift so as soon as it came off 34L it climbed very rapidly and from my location the snow-capped mountains came into view behind it.
trembo A
awesome capture!
Gavin Hughes
Great capture Gary. From your comprehensive comment it seems all things came together but if you don't add skill, you get zilch or poor. Neither of the latter apply here.
Darryl Sarno
Great shot Gary!
Tom Vance
I see G-man is out dusting us off the charts again....you forgot to add " extremely rare",,,I've never seen a photo of Slide Mtn in this type of view from RNO! 5 Sliders and Calendar shot!
ken kemper
Great Capture Gary............

Interesting add on about how the pic was "made".
JM32
WOW !! I mean really WOW. This is an awesome picture. Well done Gary. 3 thumbs up
Dale Docken
Totally magnificent, Gary!!
Qatar123
Awesome shot Gary!
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16-06-2025 A20NInt'l de Seattle-Tacoma ()Ontario Intl () 14h00 PDT 16h20 PDT Planifié
16-06-2025 A20NOntario Intl ()Int'l de Seattle-Tacoma () 10h13 PDT 12h39 PDT Planifié
16-06-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()Ontario Intl () 07h50 MDT 08h51 PDT Planifié
15-06-2025 A20NLaGuardia ()Int'l de Denver () 23h14 EDT 01h11 MDT (+1) Planifié
15-06-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()LaGuardia () 16h27 MDT 21h54 EDT Planifié
15-06-2025 A20NJohn-Wayne ()Int'l de Denver () 12h12 PDT 15h23 MDT Planifié
15-06-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()John-Wayne () 09h55 MDT 11h11 PDT Planifié
15-06-2025 A20Nnational Ronald Reagan ()Int'l de Denver () 07h10 EDT 08h19 MDT Planifié
14-06-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()national Ronald Reagan () 18h52 MDT 23h53 EDT 3:01
14-06-2025 A20NEl Paso Intl ()Int'l de Denver () 13h19 MDT 14h48 MDT 1:28
14-06-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()El Paso Intl () 10h48 MDT 12h09 MDT 1:21
14-06-2025 A20NInt'l de Los Angeles ()Int'l de Denver () 06h38 PDT 09h36 MDT 1:57
13-06-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()Int'l de Los Angeles () 23h53 MDT 00h50 PDT (+1) 1:56
13-06-2025 A20Nrégional du Nord-ouest de l'Arkansas ()Int'l de Denver () 21h12 CDT 21h45 MDT 1:33
13-06-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()régional du Nord-ouest de l'Arkansas () 16h24 MDT 18h48 CDT 1:24
13-06-2025 A20NReno/Tahoe Intl ()Int'l de Denver () 12h06 PDT 14h57 MDT 1:51
13-06-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()Reno/Tahoe Intl () 09h55 MDT 10h45 PDT 1:49
13-06-2025 A20Nintercontinental George-Bush de Houston ()Int'l de Denver () 06h20 CDT 07h12 MDT 1:52
12-06-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()intercontinental George-Bush de Houston () 20h30 MDT 23h34 CDT 2:04
12-06-2025 A20NInt'l McCarran ()Int'l de Denver () 16h32 PDT 19h06 MDT 1:33
12-06-2025 A20NSan Antonio Intl ()Int'l McCarran () 14h09 CDT 14h35 PDT 2:25
12-06-2025 A20NInt'l McCarran ()San Antonio Intl () 08h35 PDT 12h43 CDT 2:07
11-06-2025 A20NInt'l Sky Harbor de Phoenix ()Int'l McCarran () 19h38 MST 20h22 PDT 0:44
11-06-2025 A20NInt'l McCarran ()Int'l Sky Harbor de Phoenix () 16h59 PDT 17h44 MST 0:45
11-06-2025 A20NInt'l de San Francisco ()Int'l McCarran () 14h13 PDT 15h17 PDT 1:04
11-06-2025 A20NInt'l McCarran ()Int'l de San Francisco () 11h01 PDT 12h11 PDT 1:09
10-06-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l McCarran () 17h07 EDT 17h53 PDT 3:45
10-06-2025 A20NLaGuardia ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 12h01 EDT 14h02 EDT 2:00
09-06-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()LaGuardia () 21h43 EDT 23h21 EDT 1:37
09-06-2025 A20NInt'l de Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 17h56 EDT 19h07 EDT 1:10
09-06-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l de Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky () 15h03 EDT 16h14 EDT 1:10
09-06-2025 A20NInt'l Donald Sangster ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 09h18 EST 12h45 EDT 2:26
09-06-2025 A20NLaGuardia ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 06h35 EDT 08h31 EDT Annulé
09-06-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l Donald Sangster () 06h07 EDT 07h30 EST 2:22
08-06-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()LaGuardia () 23h43 EDT 01h51 EDT (+1) Annulé
08-06-2025 A20NInt'l de Punta Cana ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 16h36 AST 19h43 EDT 3:06
08-06-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l de Punta Cana () 11h33 EDT 14h31 AST 2:57
07-06-2025 A20NInt'l d'Orlando ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 19h46 EDT 20h53 EDT 1:07
07-06-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l d'Orlando () 15h32 EDT 16h30 EDT 0:57
07-06-2025 A20NInt'l Donald Sangster ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 09h18 EST 12h40 EDT 2:22
07-06-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l Donald Sangster () 06h13 EDT 07h33 EST 2:19
06-06-2025 A20NInt'l de Los Angeles ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 19h17 PDT 01h48 EDT (+1) 3:30
06-06-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l de Los Angeles () 16h27 EDT 17h53 PDT 4:26
06-06-2025 A20NInt'l Midway de Chicago ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 11h38 CDT 14h06 EDT 1:27
05-06-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l Midway de Chicago () 22h39 EDT 23h09 CDT 1:29
05-06-2025 A20NInt'l de Los Angeles ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 14h15 PDT 20h58 EDT 3:42
05-06-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l de Los Angeles () 11h14 EDT 12h47 PDT 4:32
05-06-2025 A20NInt'l Midway de Chicago ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 06h40 CDT 09h08 EDT 1:27
04-06-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l Midway de Chicago () 21h53 EDT 22h23 CDT 1:30
04-06-2025 A20NInt'l de Punta Cana ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 16h27 AST 19h36 EDT 3:08
04-06-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l de Punta Cana () 11h49 EDT 14h49 AST 2:59
04-06-2025 A20Nintercontinental George-Bush de Houston ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 07h11 CDT 09h50 EDT 1:39
03-06-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()intercontinental George-Bush de Houston () 20h35 EDT 21h15 CDT 1:40
03-06-2025 A20NInt'l de Raleigh-Durham ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 17h06 EDT 18h09 EDT 1:03
03-06-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l de Raleigh-Durham () 14h44 EDT 15h45 EDT 1:00
03-06-2025 A20NInt'l Donald Sangster ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 09h23 EST 12h49 EDT 2:25
03-06-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l Donald Sangster () 06h05 EDT 07h32 EST 2:26
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