Los Angeles Intl Airport-KLAX/LAX

[Code20photog]

Xmas Eve

[Spectre130]

Xmas Eve

This one is just fantastic!

[SkyBaby]

Code20Photog- Excellent shots!  I'm curious, what's going on in the first one?  The vertical tail fin of the 737 seems to be in front of the Emirates 777.  Did the 777 really take off that close?  That's really cool looking, whatever it was you managed to catch. 

[phantomphan1974]

The way the new runways on the south are set up they hold between to the main ones.

[Code20photog]

There is a taxiway between runway runways 25L and 25R that runs parallel nearly the entire length.

When you land on 25L, you're directed off the runway onto the center taxiway. This frees up 25L for additional landings and you can get more planes on the ground with a shorter distance between them.

It's a brilliant design. I've seen as many as 4 or 5 planes on the center taxiway waiting for the traffic to take off from 25R. Without it, the departing traffic would have to wait for all of those planes to get off 25L and across 25R before they could take off, or the landing planes would have nowhere to land with aircraft stacked up on 25L waiting to cross.

Here's the diagram of LAX
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/1013/00237AD.PDF

They want to do the same thing on the north side, but the residents north of the airport are very opposed to it.

[SkyBaby]

There is a taxiway between runway runways 25L and 25R that runs parallel nearly the entire length.

When you land on 25L, you're directed off the runway onto the center taxiway. This frees up 25L for additional landings and you can get more planes on the ground with a shorter distance between them.

It's a brilliant design. I've seen as many as 4 or 5 planes on the center taxiway waiting for the traffic to take off from 25R. Without it, the departing traffic would have to wait for all of those planes to get off 25L and across 25R before they could take off, or the landing planes would have nowhere to land with aircraft stacked up on 25L waiting to cross.

Here's the diagram of LAX
http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/1013/00237AD.PDF

They want to do the same thing on the north side, but the residents north of the airport are very opposed to it.

That is brilliant.  Makes for a very interesting effect in pictures too.

[Code20photog]

Today

[phantomphan1974]

Some one is slow..on the shutter speed.  Nice ones Ken!

[Spectre130]

Great light on those Ken.

[KevintheRedwoodFlyer781]

Here are my first shots for 2011... at LAX!
US Airways Airbus A321-211 N18?US Flight US1419 From Philadelphia, PA (PHL)

Horizon Air Bombardier DHC-8-Q400 N425QX 25th Anniversary Livery

US Airways Airbus A321-211 N178US Flight US1433 From Charlotte, NC (CLT), flanked by company Boeing 757-200 N901AW, and rival Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4
*N178US is the latest A321 to be repainted in US Airways' "Fly With US" post-merger livery*

Volaris Airbus A320-232 XA-VON "Pedro"

Alitalia Boeing 777-243ER I-DISB Flight AZ620 From Rome, Italy (FCO)
*This is the second time that Alitalia has resurrected LAX service, the first was in 2008. This LAX re-launch is the first since Alitalia re-launched as "New Alitalia" (For many years, the "Old Alitalia" has been suffering financial losses)*

[KevintheRedwoodFlyer781]

Part 2 of my LAX visit..
AirTran Airways Boeing 737-700 N240AT
Flight 56 To Atlanta, GA (ATL)

Unfortunately, I couldn't get to see the new United Airlines post-merger livery, which is the same as Continental's but with the new United logo. Maybe next time. 

[aero-engineer]

Reverse Pattern 01/03/2011.

Kevin
aero-engineer

[SkyBaby]

I'll be going to the LAX Marriott for a convention this coming weekend.  Hopefully, I'll have enough time to do some spotting.  Where are some close, but good, spots to the Marriot? 

[Code20photog]

Reverse Pattern 01/03/2011.

As of 10 minutes ago when I walked in the apartment, they're still in reverse pattern. Have been all day. Totally unusual.

[Wombat_1]

As long as the winds are blowing in from the east, They'll still be in reverse pattern for better lift.