Friend of mine sent this e-mail to me... reading the description says it's a bit too much excitement and exaggeration but the photo isn't. Holy Crap!
EVA Air Boeing 747-45EM taking off from runway 36L at Amsterdam-Schiphol, Netherlands. The great timing and angle just makes this shot, and the size of the 747, looks surreal. The distance to the fence was 145 meters(475ft)... Yikes! I wonder if anyone computed thetakeoff distance prior to the trip?
This is an amazing picture of a disaster that didnt happen. From the smallest airplane to the largest, weight & balance calculations are a critical part of flight safety. From the looks of this 747, the weight was within the CG envelope, but if theyd have added one more marshmallow to each snack tray, this bird might not have cleared the fence.
