Monte-Bianco

This picture of Mont-Blanc (litterally Mount-White), or Monte-Bianco in Italian, has been taken on an IFR departure from Geneva, approximately passing 7'000ft climbing to FL090.

It is one of the privileges of flying IFR in this region to have such views, as all VFR have to remain much lower, below airpsace C of the TMA.

It was a high pressure summer day, in early enough in the morning to have no thermal activity at all, explaining the low haze layers. The colors have not been modified, they probably look blue-ish as a combination of taking the shot trough the plane window, and because of the zoom factor and side-light.

Looking at this picture fills me with smoothness and relaxation, as was the flight on this day.

Reflections on passengers

I've been flying light aircrafts for 6 years by the time I start this blog, and one of the things I prefer in this activity is the possibility to share the pleasures of flying with my passengers. Some of them flew in a light aicraft for the first time, and some also flew for the first time on this occasion !

Some are fellow pilots, other as family members or friends. Their level of aeronautical knowledge varies a lot, but I hope they all shared a part of my passion. Most of them are taking pictures, and movies, and the purpose of this blog is to share this photographic work, and also to provide other pilots with tips on aero photography.

Note that this blog has a twin, dedicated to flying video.

One funny thing with passengers is that they almost always take the same shots. There are some routes I fly more frequently, and I can now say in advance what kind of pictures I will get after the flight.

One example is given by the two pictures of this first post. I promise they have been made on different days, by different passengers. It is not the same plane, as one is a PA28 and the other a PA32, but apart from that these pictures are so simillar...

Another thing I like about the one with the shiny propeller spinner (the cone in the center of the prop) is that depite its mirror aspect, and because of its shape, the photographer's reflection can not be seen !