Sunday, March 22, 2009

Bird of steel


This is a Wideroe Dash-8 100 inbound for Trondheim Airport Værnes.

Some facts about this small airplane:
Max speed: 482 km/h
Max take-off weight: 15.649 kg
Engines: 2x 2150 hp Pratt & Whitney PW121 Turbo Propeller
Max load: 3603 kg
Wingspan: 25,9 meters
Length: 22,3 meters
Number of seats: 39

I wish you all a great new week.

12 comments:

  1. Stilig bilde. Har tenkt å ta en safari ut til flyplassen selv en dag, men det var bare det å finne ut når da.

    Ha en fin kveld

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  2. fint bilde ikke twin 8er fra mo i rana men greit nok.

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  3. Der fly den videre :) Flott fanget Ivar!

    Takk for kommentarer hos meg!

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  4. Nice photo.They use small planes like this domestically in NZ too. I took one photo in the bright sun and 1/4000 sec shutter speed and the propellors look stationary.

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  5. stunning capture!!!!
    interesting info too.

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  6. God fangst! De der klarer ikke jeg :-(

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  7. Very interesting info. Never thought about it before. Cool.

    Paz

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  8. Great catch - good detail! Though your Ox steal the show at any time! :)
    Cheers, Klaus

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  9. Jeg trodde det var storken Sture du hadde fanget Ivar ;)
    Flott fanget og fint perspektiv også.
    Well done, Ivrig.

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  10. Very interesting site. Love to read all the history and look at the photos!

    http://www.aspenphotostudio.com

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