Waiting for my flight to take off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, not long before sunset – another jet comes in from the west for a landing.
I was a little lucky to get these shots – but there is more to the story.
The main runway at Fort Lauderdale’s airport runs east-west. On this day, planes were landing from the west and taking off toward the east (toward the coastline). As we got ready to take off at about 7:15 p.m., I had my camera in my hand intending to take some photos of the coastline right after we got in the air.
Right before we rolled onto the main runway, we were stopped as we waited for the plane in the photo to land. Because I had positioned myself by a window to see the coastline as we left, I was perfectly positioned to see this other plane coming in from the west.