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Boeing 747-400 (N715CK) - Backlit, but who cares when you are standing this close next to an active runway at ORD. 28-R departure.
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Boeing 747-400 (N715CK)

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Backlit, but who cares when you are standing this close next to an active runway at ORD. 28-R departure.

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Gavin Hughes
Fantastic, and agreed, who cares if it's backlit when it works. Backlighting shouldn't be avoided, just needs to be managed.
John GiambonePhoto Uploader
Thank's Gavin!
ken kemper
John...........

I think the back lighting gives the pic drama......

Super Photo & love Chicago included in the background.
Curtis Smith
Flaps 20 Takeoff! LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!!! Great Shot!!!
Kam Bahrami
Sweet plane. Sweet background!
marylou anderson
how close were you?
Mark Albrecht
Great shot with the city skyline in profile. A five.
John GiambonePhoto Uploader
Marylou Anderson, We were standing on the edge of the adjoing taxi-way, so perhaps something like 250 feet.
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Date Aircraft Origin Destination Departure Arrival Duration
19-Feb-2025 B744Sofia Airport ()Al Udeid Air Base () 12:35PM EET 05:33PM +03 3:57
18-Feb-2025 B744Rickenbacker Intl ()Sofia Airport () 05:10PM EST 10:02AM EET (+1) 9:51
18-Feb-2025 B744Hill Afb ()Rickenbacker Intl () 09:44AM MST 02:35PM EST 2:51
13-Feb-2025 B744Los Angeles Intl ()Hill Afb () 06:44AM PST 09:10AM MST 1:26
11-Feb-2025 B744Daniel K Inouye Intl ()Los Angeles Intl () 02:44PM HST 09:48PM PST 5:03
11-Feb-2025 B744Los Angeles Intl ()Daniel K Inouye Intl () 02:46AM PST 05:39AM HST 4:53
10-Feb-2025 B744Anchorage Intl ()Los Angeles Intl () 03:33AM AKST 08:57AM PST 4:24
10-Feb-2025 B744Incheon Int'l ()Anchorage Intl () 12:02PM KST 01:45AM AKST 7:43
10-Feb-2025 B744Near Zhoushan, ZhejiangIncheon Int'l () 06:59AM CST 09:13AM KST 1:13
08-Feb-2025 B744Daniel K Inouye Intl ()Shanghai Pudong Int'l () 09:32PM HST 03:07AM CST (+2) 11:34
08-Feb-2025 B744Los Angeles Intl ()Daniel K Inouye Intl () 03:31AM PST 06:48AM HST 5:16
07-Feb-2025 B744Mexico City Santa Lucía Airport ()Los Angeles Intl () 10:07AM CST 11:12AM PST 3:05
06-Feb-2025 B744Anchorage Intl ()Mexico City Santa Lucía Airport () 08:50PM AKST 06:35AM CST (+1) 6:44
07-Feb-2025 B744Zhengzhou Xinzheng Int'l ()Anchorage Intl () 03:10AM CST 06:50PM AKST (-1) 8:40
05-Feb-2025 B744Anchorage Intl ()Zhengzhou Xinzheng Int'l () 08:07PM AKST 11:13PM CST (+1) (?) 10:06
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