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Undercheese101 — Loud Landing
Published: 2010-05-22 21:35:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 1344; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 73
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I took Marcia near the airport and took this fun shot of a plane coming in for a landing over her head.Related content
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What a wonderful moment!!! 
Have many more of such moments!
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ya those giant planes are amazing...and loud 
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I love this for it's originality...
I also love to be around those amazing flying machines!!!
Xd/James
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ya they are so ..uh....big
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"Big" is a word that I use to describe you..., but uh..., I know what you mean!!!
Anyways..., Happy Memorial Day to ya...Xd/Airlux
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Thanks same to you my friend
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is it your photo in the avatar square
it is cooool
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yes and you can see the whole pic somewhere in my gallery
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it will be cool i will look for it now
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really? I dont fly......too scary
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flying is not that scary... its only bad when you think about it, so i read a lot....
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Ya I think about it too hard. I need to get drunk before I go
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well thats a great way to fly... I think if i drank more thats the way id want to travel
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ya I have to....It freaks me out flying in a ton of steel across the sky
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dont forget about the several tons of gas thats flying with you!!!!
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oh ya..thats another thing
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yeah sorry for having that be my reply... i didn't think when i typed it and i realized what i said right after i sent it off to you.
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Nice shot. At least you got a loud plane. Jagmoo, that is definitely a DC-10 or MD-11 (updated version of the DC-10).
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I wouldnt know what kind of plane it was..just a loud ass one
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It's definitely a DC-10. I've been reading up on planes since I was a kid. Flew on one back in 1972. FedEx uses them as freighters. Most jets are loud when landing or taking off. The older, low bypass ratio jets were even louder. It's a great shot.
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Thanks for the comment and the info
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You're very welcome. I grew up (and still live) under the approach paths to Philadelphia International Airport.
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It's not that bad nowadays with the quieter jets. Back in the '60s and '70s things could get a bit loud. You kind of tuned it out after a while and it became "oh, another jet".
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Got one going over right now and I barely noticed it.
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ya it just becomes backround noise after awhile im sure
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Nice, looks like it could be a L-1011, but considering is FEDEX... id put my money on it being a DC-10.
Well timed pic anyway : )
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Not sure what kind of plane but thanks
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The L1011 would have had three engines on the tail section. John you should freak the pilots out and shoot a nude out there some time... Give people returning home that warm fuzzy feeling.
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Both the L1011 and the DC-10/MD-11 have a very similar layout with their engines. Sort of the tri-jet layout. You can actually see the third engine here which is quite cool
But as *focallength has pointed out it is either a DC-10 or an MD-11, because i dont think FedEx still runs L1011's.
And id love to see how many crashes there will be of pilots not paying attention on short finals if theres a nude shoot 
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OK OK....might sound a bit snobish but i couldn't help jumping in on this one.
As a long time McDonnell Douglas Technician, have to set the record straight. This is a DC-10 -10 series, which was the first version of the DC-10 to be produced, It can be readily identified from this angle by the lack of a center landing gear, which was installed on both the -30 and -40 series and made it possible to have a much higher landing weight.
This particular model has nonetheless been converted into an MD-10, a conversion Fedex underwent to gain a bit of congruency among their DC-10/MD-11 fleet. The modification entails upgrading of the avionics package to a full glass flightdeck and changing from a 3 man crew (Pilot, Copilot, Flight Engineer) to a 2 man crew (Pilot, and Copilot)
Enough tech though.....great timing to get the shot....Was prolly in the range of about 140kts or 160mph at this stage of the landing process.....great image....
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Thx for the info...
love the tech talk and information from someone who knows MD Aircraft..
my expertise is more along the lines of modern Airbus/Boeing/Bombardier and a bit of old Tupolev : )
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