One of the coolest aviation pictures I have ever seen.

[siucavflight]

Look at this guy's other pics.

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?photographersearch=Steve%20Morris

There are some absolutely super shots in here.

Thanks for that, some of those are fantastic.

 

[mzaharis]

What choo talkin bout Willis?

Ultimately, the vortex sheet behind the wing is descending. Where the prior poster is talking about flow from low to high pressure, this causes the tip vortex (which closes the vortex "loop").

If you view it from the Newtonian perspective, the "action" is the descending air ("Pushed" down by the wing), which results in the action (the wing being "pushed" upward).

My favorite link on airfoil and lift phenomena . . .

http://www.av8n.com/how/htm/airfoils.html

 

[DrewBlows]

These guys are "five miles from landing", yet they haven't even began to configure. I vote photoshop.

 

[siucavflight]

These guys are "five miles from landing", yet they haven't even began to configure. I vote photoshop.

That is a good observation, I was really hoping that it was not a photoshop, but still looks cool.

 

[TrafficInSight]

You guys are a tough crowd

I vote real.

 

[30West]

These guys are "five miles from landing", yet they haven't even began to configure. I vote photoshop.

Alot of European airports have arrivals that require minimum configurations for noise abatement as weight permits. 5 miles is tight, but for an operator who goes into the same airport in the same equipment regularly it's no big deal. We do it into MIA at lighter weights all the time. Also could be more than 5 miles. The photog probably couldn't tell exactly. From that distance it could have approach flaps and takeoff slats extended and would be difficult to tell from that angle.

 

[pgcfii2002]

Photoshop????