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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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04-05-2025 A20NOntario Intl ()Int'l de Seattle-Tacoma () 16h39 PDT 19h22 PDT Planifié
04-05-2025 A20NInt'l McCarran ()Ontario Intl () 14h39 PDT 15h29 PDT Planifié
04-05-2025 A20NInt'l de San Francisco ()Int'l McCarran () 11h12 PDT 12h37 PDT Planifié
04-05-2025 A20NOntario Intl ()Int'l de San Francisco () 08h34 PDT 09h52 PDT Planifié
04-05-2025 A20NInt'l McCarran ()Ontario Intl () 06h30 PDT 07h14 PDT Planifié
03-05-2025 A20NJohn-Wayne ()Int'l McCarran () 18h21 PDT 19h13 PDT Planifié
03-05-2025 A20NInt'l McCarran ()John-Wayne () 16h17 PDT 17h14 PDT Planifié
03-05-2025 A20NInt'l Sky Harbor de Phoenix ()Int'l McCarran () 14h01 MST 14h57 PDT Planifié
03-05-2025 A20NInt'l McCarran ()Int'l Sky Harbor de Phoenix () 11h30 PDT 12h34 MST Planifié
02-05-2025 A20NInt'l de San Francisco ()Int'l McCarran () 22h11 PDT 23h20 PDT 1:08
02-05-2025 A20NJohn-Wayne ()Int'l de San Francisco () 19h36 PDT 20h36 PDT 0:59
02-05-2025 A20NInt'l McCarran ()John-Wayne () 17h21 PDT 18h02 PDT 0:40
02-05-2025 A20NSacramento Intl ()Int'l McCarran () 13h23 PDT 14h29 PDT 1:06
02-05-2025 A20NInt'l McCarran ()Sacramento Intl () 10h48 PDT 11h50 PDT 1:02
01-05-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()Int'l McCarran () 23h06 MDT 23h27 PDT 1:21
01-05-2025 A20NInt'l Midway de Chicago ()Int'l de Denver () 20h07 CDT 21h26 MDT 2:19
01-05-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()Int'l Midway de Chicago () 15h51 MDT 18h43 CDT 1:52
01-05-2025 A20Nnational Ronald Reagan ()Int'l de Denver () 13h04 EDT 14h20 MDT 3:16
01-05-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()national Ronald Reagan () 06h46 MDT 11h51 EDT 3:04
01-05-2025 A20NInt'l McCarran ()Int'l de Denver () 00h56 PDT 03h24 MDT 1:28
30-04-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()Int'l McCarran () 22h55 MDT 23h27 PDT 1:31
30-04-2025 A20Nintercontinental George-Bush de Houston ()Int'l de Denver () 06h14 CDT 07h27 MDT 2:12
29-04-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()intercontinental George-Bush de Houston () 20h46 MDT 23h48 CDT 2:02
29-04-2025 A20NSan Antonio Intl ()Int'l de Denver () 18h46 CDT 19h31 MDT 1:44
29-04-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()San Antonio Intl () 13h41 MDT 16h31 CDT 1:50
29-04-2025 A20Nintercontinental George-Bush de Houston ()Int'l de Denver () 06h28 CDT 07h29 MDT 2:01
28-04-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()intercontinental George-Bush de Houston () 21h14 MDT 00h11 CDT (+1) 1:56
28-04-2025 A20NReno/Tahoe Intl ()Int'l de Denver () 12h29 PDT 15h23 MDT 1:54
28-04-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()Reno/Tahoe Intl () 10h27 MDT 11h13 PDT 1:46
28-04-2025 A20NInt'l Austin-Bergstrom ()Int'l de Denver () 06h07 CDT 06h51 MDT 1:43
27-04-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()Int'l Austin-Bergstrom () 20h30 MDT 23h17 CDT 1:46
27-04-2025 A20NInt'l Charlotte-Douglas ()Int'l de Denver () 17h20 EDT 18h34 MDT 3:13
27-04-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()Int'l Charlotte-Douglas () 10h57 MDT 15h43 EDT 2:45
27-04-2025 A20NInt'l de Portland ()Int'l de Denver () 06h26 PDT 09h40 MDT 2:13
26-04-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()Int'l de Portland () 22h53 MDT 00h04 PDT (+1) 2:11
26-04-2025 A20NInt'l de Kansas City ()Int'l de Denver () 20h59 CDT 21h26 MDT 1:27
26-04-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()Int'l de Kansas City () 17h18 MDT 19h30 CDT 1:12
25-04-2025 A20NInt'l d'Orlando ()Int'l de Denver () 21h07 EDT 22h37 MDT 3:30
25-04-2025 A20NLuis Munoz Marin Intl ()Int'l d'Orlando () 15h02 AST 17h45 EDT 2:43
25-04-2025 A20NInt'l d'Orlando ()Luis Munoz Marin Intl () 11h00 EDT 13h25 AST 2:25
25-04-2025 A20NInt'l Logan ()Int'l d'Orlando () 06h19 EDT 08h45 EDT 2:26
24-04-2025 A20NInt'l d'Orlando ()Int'l Logan () 21h52 EDT 00h20 EDT (+1) 2:27
24-04-2025 A20NInt'l Charlotte-Douglas ()Int'l d'Orlando () 19h16 EDT 20h24 EDT 1:08
24-04-2025 A20NInt'l d'Orlando ()Int'l Charlotte-Douglas () 16h37 EDT 17h52 EDT 1:14
24-04-2025 A20NTrenton Mercer ()Int'l d'Orlando () 06h52 EDT 08h52 EDT 1:59
23-04-2025 A20NInt'l d'Orlando ()Trenton Mercer () 21h12 EDT 23h16 EDT 2:04
23-04-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()Int'l d'Orlando () 09h11 MDT 14h19 EDT 3:07
23-04-2025 A20Nintercontinental George-Bush de Houston ()Int'l de Denver () 06h18 CDT 07h23 MDT 2:04
22-04-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()intercontinental George-Bush de Houston () 20h15 MDT 23h13 CDT 1:57
22-04-2025 A20NSan Antonio Intl ()Int'l de Denver () 17h41 CDT 18h52 MDT 2:10
22-04-2025 A20NInt'l de Denver ()San Antonio Intl () 13h35 MDT 16h20 CDT 1:44
22-04-2025 A20NInt'l de San Diego ()Int'l de Denver () 06h42 PDT 09h31 MDT 1:49
21-04-2025 A20NInt'l Austin-Bergstrom ()William P Hobby () 11h17 CDT 11h51 CDT 0:34
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