Turning to Final

[AlanLichty]

It's easy to forget just how close to the metro area you are at the west end of the Columbia River Gorge until you get photobombed by an airliner turning into final approach to the airport. I was taking telephoto shots of Crown Point from a bridge at Shepherds Dell and did not notice the airplane until I was looking through my images at home.

C&C always welcome.

 

[JimFox]

Wow Alan! What a very cool image! And it's funny that you didn't even notice the airplane until afterwards.

 

[AlanLichty]

Wow Alan! What a very cool image! And it's funny that you didn't even notice the airplane until afterwards.

Thanks - I thought it was a fun unintentional catch. This is a heavy crop with the image at 100% so I didn't spot the jet until post processing.

 

[Michael13]

If you're on an incoming flight from the east, the flight path takes you within an arm's reach of Mt. Hood. Then you descend into the Gorge for the final. If the weather is clear that last 15 minutes can be quite memorable! Good catch!

 

[AlanLichty]

If you're on an incoming flight from the east, the flight path takes you within an arm's reach of Mt. Hood. Then you descend into the Gorge for the final. If the weather is clear that last 15 minutes can be quite memorable! Good catch!

Thanks - I used to fly a lot out of PDX on business in my working days and always enjoyed the view when the approach was from the east and north of Mt. Hood. Great views of Adams, St. Helens, and Rainier as you first come over the Hood River area. That flight path is a gentle glide over the Gorge with a straight path to the runways. That's the flight path your are describing. The flight above is coming out of the north and turning right into final approach short of the mouth of the Gorge. This is a zoomed in telephoto shot so that jet isn't as close as it looks.