OPShots Photographer Spotlight – Chris Jacobs (chrisjake)

When the Concorde came to Cleveland in 1985, Chris was there to document the event.

What can I say? Chris Jacobs has been the longest member of OPShots, and has been with us since day one.  In fact, you might even consider him a co-founder of the site! His were the first photos other than mine to appear in the database, and he is still actively uploading whenever he gets a… Read more

Contrail Simulations and how the winds aloft affect what you see – Contrail Science

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One often gets satellite images of contrails and it’s hard to visualize what’s going on, especially with racetrack contrails drifting in the wind. So I wrote a little simulator applet to demonstrate the formation of a contrail under various conditions. I have just updated this applet to… Read more

PC-12 Passes 1,100 Mark, With Follow-On Coming | AVIATION WEEK

This PC-12 paid a visit to Medina Municipal airport this past April.  Photo: Andrew Jones - OPShots Contributor

There was nothing like it: A pressurized, single-pilot, single-engine turboprop with 1,500-nm range, capable of taking off and landing on short, grass strips, featuring a flat-floor, 6-9-passenger cabin as capacious as those in some medium jets, and with a fully enclosed, flushing lavatory. And… Read more

Southwest reducing fleet while adding seats – AVIATION WEEK

A Southwest 737-700 lands at Detroit last July.  Photo: Chris Jacobs - OPShots Contributor

Southwest Airlines’ new cabin refurbishment program, which adds another row of seats to each of the carrier’s Boeing 737-700s, will give the airline additional revenue capabilities on each frequency as it reduces the number of aircraft in its fleet. The retrofit project, dubbed Evolve,… Read more

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