That one is worth framing and putting on your wall. Nice shot!
737?
Close, 747 ;). Only one digit off!
I recognised the thrust reverser panel as a boeing part. Wanst sure of the type. It looked tiny so guessed tiny 
Aah fair enough, it’s not such a big aircraft no
Looks like the J-Box in the Citation, but upscaled about 20 times larger…LOL…engineers learned around the 80s to start putting stuff in the tail where pilots couldn’t muck with them. If a 150AMP circuit breaker pops…nobody has any business resetting it in flight… 
So is that in the tail or under the cockpit? Looks like a thru-hull there for something…blue water or air or something?
Cable fishing. Replacing the rear shifter cable on my road bike.
There’s a special place in hell for whoever designed internally routed cables. 
Under the main deck, under the cockpit would be cabin 
. I think what you mean is a air valve, not sure what it is for but it looks for ground circulation. Definitely not flight use.
While visiting my father in the hospital, the Air Ambulance helicopter came in. This is of the helicopter departing. It was interesting to see it’s departure profile, which involved it climbing while backing out. I’d guess it was at least 200-300ft up before it turned on course.
Those guys are rockstars. I have seen our local ambulance chopper, which is actually more often used to get a doctor on scene ASAP, set down in some incredibly tight spots. Having flown those monstrous whirligig contraptions a bit in DCS, I have nought but the utmost respect for the people operating those birds.
How’s the old man? And you?
Those pilots are amacing. A couple of years ago there was a pretty bad crash around the corner and they had to cut two people out of their car. The EC-135 Air Ambulance that flew one of them out landed in a very confined space between some trees. There was not a lot of clearance between rotor blades and treetops as they flew in and out.
Speaking of profiles, the Air NZ A321Neo I flew on to Auckland on Saturday flew what seemed to me like an almost sporty arrival to NZAA - I could see the runway all the way to the turn to final in an almost GA-plane fashion.
I went to check the profile after and indeed it looks to my layman’s eye tighter than the usual:
The google screenshot is for scale - judging from that, it’s about 3km from the junction over which he lined up to the threshold.
Is that a typical arrival or something else? Pretty sure normally I see the planes line up well past Highway 1 which is a good 8-10km E of the airport. Need to dig out and try to decipher the approach plates, I guess - regardless, was fun to watch!
Looks like the RNP approach to 23L… those RNP approaches are a thing of beauty. Unfortunately you need specific training and authorization to use them.
Interesting to hear that’s a standard thing! I see them daily since I live right next to the hospital. Those are amazing machines!
Sounds familiar…
Visiting Saxony for a four day tour.
While cruising through s small town a familiar shape caught my eye. Turns out this is the hometown of the first German in space and they have his old personal LSK/LV jet on display as well.
Bought a second hand lens, a 70-300mm Sigma lens, but it’s for full frame sensors(FX on Nikon) and I have it on a DX camera. This means that the range is effectively times 1.5. Plus it has a macro mode that allows me to effectively focus a 450mm lens at a range of about 1 meter. I am loving this! It has no optical stabilization though, nor does my D3200 body(one of the things that would make me look at different bodies at times) so it takes some practice to get sharp shots.
