Not a 757. The plane in the pic has 3 engines (3 contrails). The 757 has 2. Lots of retrofits going on in the aviation world with those winglets.
Walt On 6/6/08, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/6/08, Walter Hamler, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >OK, I printed Bill's full image at 10" on a piece of paper. Assuming > >he was shooting with a standard 23.5 x 15.7 mm sensor, the image is > >10.8X on the paper. Measuring the image size with a machinist ruler I > >come up with an image size on the sensor of .033 inch. Assuming the > >plane to be a DC-10, at 180 feet long, he was flying at 43000 ft. > >That's probably pretty close. Now, I still haven't figured out the > >pilots name but I'm still working on that !! > >:-) > > NOT being a plane geek at all (Adam is best at that), may I offer that > the plane in the pic is not a DC-10 as that type does not have winglets > (visible in the pic). I think it might be a 757-200 :) But hey what's a > few feet between friends as he actress said to the bishop.... > > (cue Mr Maas) > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
