Fall 2009, FedEx Corp. is scheduled to open a $350 million sorting hub at Greensboro's Piedmont Triad International Airport. Hopefully, the economic benefits will outweigh the environmental impact. Since the plan became known in 1998, residents have been extremely concerned about noise pollution within in the flight path. The impending FedEx hub became a reality to us the other evening as we were driving along Bryan Boulevard and this FedEx plane was landing.
We offer this photo as our Sky Watch Friday and are reminded of Susie of Arabia who always assures her blog visitors that she doesn't take highway shots while driving. Mr. GDP was in the driver's seat while Mrs. GDP snapped this photo through the car windshield.
On our Sky Watch blog tour last Friday, we read that a woman who lives near a military base has helicopters so close to her house that she waves to the pilots from balcony. We weren't that close, but we were close! The beauty of always having a camera in tow is the opportunity to catch these in-the-moment shots!
this really is a great catch, perfect for skywatch. hopefully, you'll get used to the planes in no time. I live near an airport & sometimes it can be annoying, but most of the time I don't notice the noise. & I like the shot of your teal house too.
Posted by: Lily | Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Great shot. I enjoy airplanes and spent several of my early years in the flight path of what is now Baltimore-Washington International Airport. And my dad was an air traffic controller. So planes are in my blood. Working across the street from a small airport has brought me many smiles the past several years.
Posted by: Sally in WA | Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 11:50 PM
great shot of the cargo jet landing over the highway, love it.
Have a great weekend.
Guy
Regina In Pictures
Posted by: Guy D | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 01:06 AM
That is a magnificent sky. I love Susie's stuff too. A brilliant sfaety sky.
Posted by: babooshka | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 02:55 AM
Great capture! And I'm so glad to hear that you weren't driving! ;)
Many Filipinos were devastated when FedEx transfered its Asia hub to China last February.
Posted by: Hilda | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 03:53 AM
What a great catch! I would have been a bit afraid! That is too low....But I like the sky! :) Looks like rain could come at any time!
I live at the top of a 13 floor building, and lot of planes fly over my house. One saturday there was a small (but much bigger than a Cessna) plane flying over Oslo several times. At last it came to my houe. It passed my house så close - and I looked at it directly from my window - and I saw the skincolor on the pilot!! A bunch of guys playing football on the arena below me, stopped playing - in horror!
I called the right athority! That was too close (6 months after Twin Towers 9/11). They assured me it was not dangerous, it was a plane taking pictures of the landscape...How the h.... was I to know!
Thanks for visiting, and your nice comment! Of course I leave comments! That is the least one could do participating! :)
Posted by: Valkyrien | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 05:38 AM
Your best work seems to be pictures of the skies. I've noticed that you get more comments on those. That should be your first book.
That is unless you've already done a book.
Posted by: David Burke | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:42 AM
That's a beautiful sky shot. I know what you mean about balancing environmental impact with economic benefit.
I am the same way about shooting out of a car. I try to do it when someone else is driving as I did with the shot on my post. Occasionally, I will take a snap from stop lights or even blind shots where I'm stuck in traffic and I snap a shot without looking at the camera. I've stopped doing that though for the most part as it really isn't safe to have the distraction. Much better to save car photography for when I'm a passenger.
I hope you have a great weekend.
Posted by: Carver | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 08:59 AM
Great catch! =)
Posted by: Sanna | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 10:45 AM
What a great shot!
Posted by: Daryl | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 11:36 AM
To give a different reaction to this photo, I like that it appeals to the Skywatch Friday folks as well as to the Greensboro citizens who take pride in the progress that FedEx provides. JTM
Posted by: Jane Mitchell | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 01:48 PM
Hey sky watch neighbor.
Thanks for blogging by me. That's a nice shot... I'd just hate to live underneath that flight pattern.
NOrwood
Posted by: norwood | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 03:43 PM
Wow, nice capture!
Posted by: Debbie@Like a Rose | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 04:09 PM
It's a great shot and a beautiful shot. Good thing you had a passenger to capture it!
Thank you for the mention. I am not allowed to drive here as women are forbidden from driving, but even when I'm in the states, I never take photos while I'm driving either!!!
Posted by: susie of arabia | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 05:57 PM
Nice going! Especially through a car windshield. Great sky shot! We lived under a flight pattern in Fort Lauderdale and it wasn't fun...FedEx has a big operation there, too, but the ones above us were mostly commercial airliners.
Posted by: Jacob | Friday, May 29, 2009 at 09:47 PM
Cool Shot! And I guess a debatable predicament with the Fed Ex sorting area, yes the economy may benefit, but then there is the environmental issue. That is a tough one...
Posted by: Evita | Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Great capture! Glad to hear you weren't shooting and driving. :)
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