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Interesting Perspective !
I knew they were 'Big'..but 'Wow' ! This shows an Airbus A380 and a Boeing B737 flying parallel approaches into LAX / (Los Angeles, California) ! Airplane Pictures (Credit 'Scott Arfin') I have seen 737's and Larger..but yet to see an A-380 ! This gives it a 'Whole New Perspective' ! Hope to one day see one myself ! (photoshare.shaw.ca) Plus d'info...
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The picture looks fake.
The proportions might be correct. Bit I doubt this scene was captured as seen.
If 2 planes were performing simultaneous approaches at LAX, they'd use separate runway pairs at opposite sides of the airport, which are a mile apart, maybe more. They wouldn't be using either runway pair alone. They're only a few hundred feet apart.
Looks like a photoshop job, which combined photos of 2 planes which landed on the same runway at different times.
The proportions might be correct. Bit I doubt this scene was captured as seen.
If 2 planes were performing simultaneous approaches at LAX, they'd use separate runway pairs at opposite sides of the airport, which are a mile apart, maybe more. They wouldn't be using either runway pair alone. They're only a few hundred feet apart.
Looks like a photoshop job, which combined photos of 2 planes which landed on the same runway at different times.
They have done this before, but not with an A380, but a Lear and a B747. both were flying into the 25s. The 747 into 25R, the Lear into 25L. I'll post the picture.
Though I do wonder about the wingspan of the A380, which is part of the reason why 25L got moved 50 feet to the south, and added in taxiway Hotel between 25L and 25R. The wingspan of the A380 would make it interesting. Not enough to call this fake, but definitely interesting.
Though I do wonder about the wingspan of the A380, which is part of the reason why 25L got moved 50 feet to the south, and added in taxiway Hotel between 25L and 25R. The wingspan of the A380 would make it interesting. Not enough to call this fake, but definitely interesting.
Wow! I can't believe they have planes flying that close together, when they have other runway options that can keep simultaneously approaching airplanes about a mile apart, or greater.
But even if planes do sometimes use runway pairs at LAX for simultaneous approaches, those 2 planes in the photo don't look like they are separated by either just over 5,000 ft or just under 1,000 ft.
That photo would have to be taken from miles away with a very high magnification lens to shrink nearly 1,000 ft to almost nothing.
Any LAX plane spotters out there, who can help us make sense of this photo?
But even if planes do sometimes use runway pairs at LAX for simultaneous approaches, those 2 planes in the photo don't look like they are separated by either just over 5,000 ft or just under 1,000 ft.
That photo would have to be taken from miles away with a very high magnification lens to shrink nearly 1,000 ft to almost nothing.
Any LAX plane spotters out there, who can help us make sense of this photo?
Sure.
That is looking north on Sepulveda Blvd. If you look under the nose of the A380, you will see a grey-bluish sphere. Behind that is a yellow building. That is a parking structure, which sits behind the In-n-Out restaurant. Next to that is the park where most spotters head to see all of the arrivals to the 24s. With that, the direction of the shot has been established. This is most likely coming from one of the hotels sitting on Century Blvd, looking north onto Sepulveda, or parked at one of the parking lots looking north. IIRC, for this to be legit, there would have to be at least 500ft between the runways for parallel approaches to be permitted. Now, depending on the A380, an approach like this would be possible, if the smaller aircraft were already established on the localizer and not turning base to final. This is because if it did, it would be behind the A380, requiring at least 6nm separation behind the A380 for wake turbulence.
Now, if the A380 was turning base to final, he would only have to NOT PASS the smaller aircraft for parallel approaches to be used. That would be why this would work.
Similar approaches like this happen at SFO, but even more so, on the 24s at LAX:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Thai-Airways-International/Boeing-747-4D7/0149558/L/
http://www.airliners.net/photo/0967005/L/
These used similar approaches, and as long as the heavy jet didn't overtake or pass the smaller jet, operational error due to wake turbulence wouldn't be cited.
That is looking north on Sepulveda Blvd. If you look under the nose of the A380, you will see a grey-bluish sphere. Behind that is a yellow building. That is a parking structure, which sits behind the In-n-Out restaurant. Next to that is the park where most spotters head to see all of the arrivals to the 24s. With that, the direction of the shot has been established. This is most likely coming from one of the hotels sitting on Century Blvd, looking north onto Sepulveda, or parked at one of the parking lots looking north. IIRC, for this to be legit, there would have to be at least 500ft between the runways for parallel approaches to be permitted. Now, depending on the A380, an approach like this would be possible, if the smaller aircraft were already established on the localizer and not turning base to final. This is because if it did, it would be behind the A380, requiring at least 6nm separation behind the A380 for wake turbulence.
Now, if the A380 was turning base to final, he would only have to NOT PASS the smaller aircraft for parallel approaches to be used. That would be why this would work.
Similar approaches like this happen at SFO, but even more so, on the 24s at LAX:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Thai-Airways-International/Boeing-747-4D7/0149558/L/
http://www.airliners.net/photo/0967005/L/
These used similar approaches, and as long as the heavy jet didn't overtake or pass the smaller jet, operational error due to wake turbulence wouldn't be cited.
I agree. No way normal approach separation into LAX yields that picture. If we're both wrong and somebody can prove it, my buddy Photo will kiss your grits. If not, I will. I like grits.
Photoshop possibilities notwithstanding.. I have landed alongside another aircraft on the 7R/7L pair at LAX a few times and also a similar pair at SFO.
FWIW, at LAX 7R/7L are 10,000 feet long and 800 feet center-to-center.