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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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28-07-2025 A20NInt'l de Portland ()Int'l de Los Angeles () 14h03 PDT 16h00 PDT 1:56
28-07-2025 A20NInt'l de Los Angeles ()Int'l de Portland () 10h37 PDT 12h27 PDT 1:49
28-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Int'l de Los Angeles () 06h36 CDT 08h46 PDT 4:10
27-07-2025 A20NInt'l Austin-Bergstrom ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 22h55 CDT 01h06 CDT (+1) 2:10
27-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Int'l Austin-Bergstrom () 15h31 CDT 17h53 CDT 2:22
27-07-2025 A20NInt'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 12h33 EDT 13h03 CDT 1:30
27-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington () 08h11 CDT 10h42 EDT 1:31
26-07-2025 A20NInt'l de Los Angeles ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 16h54 PDT 22h23 CDT 3:28
26-07-2025 A20NInt'l de Portland ()Int'l de Los Angeles () 13h18 PDT 15h13 PDT 1:54
26-07-2025 A20NInt'l de Los Angeles ()Int'l de Portland () 10h03 PDT 11h52 PDT 1:48
26-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Int'l de Los Angeles () 06h36 CDT 08h36 PDT 4:00
25-07-2025 A20NInt'l d'Orlando ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 23h34 EDT 00h52 CDT (+1) 2:18
25-07-2025 A20NInt'l de Cleveland-Hopkins ()Int'l d'Orlando () 19h33 EDT 21h48 EDT 2:14
25-07-2025 A20NInt'l d'Orlando ()Int'l de Cleveland-Hopkins () 14h26 EDT 16h22 EDT 1:56
25-07-2025 A20NMercedita ()Int'l d'Orlando () 09h20 AST 11h51 EDT 2:31
25-07-2025 A20NInt'l d'Orlando ()Mercedita () 05h54 EDT 08h18 AST 2:24
24-07-2025 A20NInt'l de Lambert-Saint Louis ()Int'l d'Orlando () 18h00 CDT 20h54 EDT 1:54
24-07-2025 A20NCancun Int'l ()Int'l de Lambert-Saint Louis () 13h08 EST 16h02 CDT 2:53
24-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Cancun Int'l () 07h54 CDT 11h07 EST 3:12
23-07-2025 A20NInt'l de San Diego ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 17h35 PDT 23h09 CDT 3:34
23-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Int'l de San Diego () 14h18 CDT 16h02 PDT 3:43
23-07-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 09h13 EDT 09h42 CDT 1:29
23-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 05h15 CDT 07h42 EDT 1:26
22-07-2025 A20NInt'l de San Diego ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 17h55 PDT 23h30 CDT 3:34
22-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Int'l de San Diego () 14h21 CDT 16h01 PDT 3:39
22-07-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 09h13 EDT 09h45 CDT 1:32
22-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 05h12 CDT 07h40 EDT 1:27
21-07-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 23h44 EDT 00h17 CDT (+1) 1:32
21-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 19h08 CDT 21h47 EDT 1:38
21-07-2025 A20NNashville Intl ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 15h53 CDT 17h08 CDT 1:14
21-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Nashville Intl () 13h33 CDT 14h27 CDT 0:54
21-07-2025 A20NInt'l de Dallas-Fort Worth ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 10h18 CDT 12h02 CDT 1:44
21-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Int'l de Dallas-Fort Worth () 06h49 CDT 08h51 CDT 2:02
20-07-2025 A20NInt'l Charlotte-Douglas ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 22h19 EDT 23h12 CDT 1:52
20-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Int'l Charlotte-Douglas () 18h12 CDT 20h37 EDT 1:25
20-07-2025 A20NNashville Intl ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 15h25 CDT 16h45 CDT 1:19
20-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Nashville Intl () 12h54 CDT 14h03 CDT 1:08
20-07-2025 A20NInt'l de Dallas-Fort Worth ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 09h16 CDT 11h08 CDT 1:51
20-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Int'l de Dallas-Fort Worth () 05h41 CDT 07h32 CDT 1:51
19-07-2025 A20NInt'l de Tampa ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 18h06 EDT 19h38 CDT 2:32
19-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Int'l de Tampa () 12h54 CDT 16h18 EDT 2:24
19-07-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 09h31 EDT 09h57 CDT 1:26
19-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 05h19 CDT 07h46 EDT 1:26
18-07-2025 A20NInt'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 23h43 EDT 00h20 CDT (+1) 1:37
18-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta () 18h36 CDT 21h09 EDT 1:33
18-07-2025 A20NNashville Intl ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 15h13 CDT 16h30 CDT 1:17
18-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Nashville Intl () 12h39 CDT 13h38 CDT 0:59
18-07-2025 A20NInt'l de Dallas-Fort Worth ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 09h02 CDT 10h52 CDT 1:50
18-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Int'l de Dallas-Fort Worth () 05h40 CDT 07h28 CDT 1:48
17-07-2025 A20NInt'l de Philadelphie ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 21h17 EDT 22h10 CDT 1:53
17-07-2025 A20NInt'l O'Hare de Chicago ()Int'l de Philadelphie () 17h02 CDT 19h34 EDT 1:31
17-07-2025 A20NCancun Int'l ()Int'l O'Hare de Chicago () 11h11 EST 14h25 CDT 3:14
17-07-2025 A20NInt'l de Lambert-Saint Louis ()Cancun Int'l () 06h46 CDT 09h36 EST 2:50
15-07-2025 A20NInt'l de Tampa ()Int'l d'Orlando () 23h34 EDT 00h02 EDT (+1) 0:28
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