Hey! Thanks for getting a shot in of Meigs Field (KCGX) in Chicago. I know there's only a city park there now, but that plot of land will always be Meigs Field to me.

Not very common at all over here. Almost every long flight I've seen on most American based airlines is usually a 767 or 777 or sometimes an A330. One of the only airlines here that I know of that uses the 747 is Delta on flights from Atlanta to some cities in Australia. United Airlines also does some trans-Pacific routes with them.

Well they're pretty common - if you do a long flight, you've got a good chance of being on one!

Well, my envy meter has officially blown through the roof!

Wow - yeah, that's me! KLM 0643. Thanks a lot for the screenshot! I actually tried to link up with Flightdiary (you can see on the left hand side that it says 'Flightdiary users on board: none', so I guess it didn't work). Here's the Flightdiary map anyway:

http://flightdiary.net/george7378

Great!

As far as I know this was the only Amsterdam-New York flight on that day, so I guess this was you:

Yeah - it's quite a country you've got there

It was a 747 - if you pause quickly on the second picture, you can have a better look at it!

Nice! I'm glad you had a great visit here. What sort of plane did you take on the Amsterdam-NYC leg?

In Russia, certification and registering of an ultra-light aircraft is still "optional". Which paves road for disasters like this.

Sorry to hear about what happened...airshows in general are great events, so it's sad to hear about this tragedy.

The problem with ultralight aircraft is that, as far as I have understood, they are certified to "lesser" standards than regular aircraft.

I'd hate to see what would happen if this were to get into Earth. The rock that created Meteor Crater in Arizona was guessed to be about 50 meters in diameter. Imagine what size the crater of this one would be like if it were to impact?

I wished you had been there too. But that's surely not the last "fest"!

The aircraft was equipped with a safety parachute for the trike. I have seen it extended on the lines, but still not opened, on the ground. They were simply too low for it to deploy. I have been told that the pilot was found with the chute's safety pin in his hand (I didn't inspect his body in great detail, you know). That's too bad that his 20 years of flying experience ended like that.

Very nice pictures. I wish I was there.

That crash is a tragedy, though. To be honest, I never trusted those kind of ultra-light aircrafts very much. Even if they had carried parachutes, 200 meters was too low to bail out.

Bibi.....Please tell me you have not given up on this!

Great pictures. My condolences to the friends and family of the people involved in the crash.

Rest in peace.

thats an interesting city indeed

That was great, Scav! I love the 'rock, paper, scissors'.

I'll be looking forward to that book!

Well yes, as of the moment there are 1329 potentially hazardous asteroids, but my point is, this one is big. about 300 meters. Something that big coming that close is uncommon. But anyway, thanks for commenting! I appreciate it!

Will do.

Although it's been quite a wrench even thinking up a title for this work . . .

Beautiful. Just put on the cover an Orbiter style picture because I hate most of the covers from SF books today.