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!
James Moss got this striking image, called Wingtip Sunset, somewhere over Missouri in 2018 from a window in a Southwest Airlines 737. Moss didnât have his Canon EOS 7D handy, so he whipped out his iPhone 8 and captured this beauty.
Do you love taking photographs of airplanes or while flying? Enter your best photos in our Your Flying World contest today!
