Pilots have always been able to take photographs as they were flying, but it wasn’t easy, and it was, at times, questionably smart. But the advent of the camera phone (along with the meteoric rise in its ability to capture not good but great photographs) has allowed pilots to snap away. The results are wonderful, as you will see—a window into the flights that our friends make, a glimpse of the beauty that formerly we could only describe, which was always a poor substitute. So, to all who entered our Wingtip Wonders photo contest, thank you! And to our finalists and winners, thanks, and congratulations!
Our third-place photo is from Greg Pfeil, who captured this shot, entitled âContrails, Contrails and More Contrails,â while on a flight from Miami to San Antonio. He wrote, âThe weather conditions were such that it seemed every plane in every direction for hundreds of miles was leaving a contrail. In 46 years of flying, I had never seen that many contrails.â One detail that Greg didnât mention but got our immediate attention is the presence of so many well-defined contrail shadows on the cloud layer below, something that we have never seen in abundance, either! Greg captured the shot with a Sony Cyber Shot pocket camera that he says he takes with him on every flight. 1/1250 sec, f/8; 4.45 mm, ISO 100.
Do you love taking photographs of airplanes or while flying? Enter your best photos in our Your Flying World contest today!
