So it looks like the picture is possible after all. I was somethat thrown by the caption, which, as in the article Larry found, says something like "AF1 flies past the broken windows...." Clearly, it is flying behind the whole hotel.
> On 13 October 2017 at 22:18 John <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I also found this regarding "right turn" departures from McCarran > International Airport. > > https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/effort-to-change-flights-on-brink/ > > > On 10/13/2017 13:59, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 13 October 2017 at 17:31 John <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> More likely it would be a right turn departing runway 25R. > >> > >> http://www.airnav.com/airport/KLAS > >> > >> Runway 7L/25R (the Airnav sheet has it as 8L/26R) is the longest runway at > >> McCarran. Traffic departing 25R should normally go straight ahead or turn > >> right. > > > > It says traffic pattern _left_ which I would expect - away from high > > population > > areas. If you do turn right I would expect a very high rate of climb, > > making > > the pictures less possible again. Although, as I wrote earlier, traffic > > rules > > may not aply to AF1. Some planes are more equal than others, it seems. > > > >> > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfield_traffic_pattern > >> > >> You could get that angle of view standing near the Las Vegas Village > >> concert > >> venue's Gate #5 on Giles St and have a pretty good chance that Air Force > >> One > >> would be departing in that direction. > >> > >> 36.095449, -115.170635 > >> > >> > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > 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.
