McDonnell Douglas MD-88 (N909DE)

Beautiful photo!

Thanks! :D

Great work. What a shot !

Gracias! The morning on the parking deck at RDU, with departures on 23R, is by far one of the best times for photography at any airport. I'm not exaggerating. It's beautiful.

Nice pic! Endangered species...

Wonderful shot of a classic jet!

Beautiful, not the time for a misfire.

Magnifico

Rocket ship!! Great photo.

Come on guys ... this is the WORST attempt at a Photoshopped image yet. Look at the area just in front of the nosecone and then again behind the pilot's cabin. You can still see part of the original image that this image was plucked from. The image hacker forgot to trim it off off before overlaying it on the new scenery. Maybe someone will have the good taste to remove this. Junk like this should not be a part of this otherwise great forum.

@Jack White. I have to disagree with you. Click on full and zoom in to the photo. In the image, beyond the flight deck, are buildings partially hidden by trees. Also, other photos from this same angle show the same background. And if i were spending that much time to edit a photo i would definitely replace the ‘brown’ trees with some nice lush green ones(just saying). Nice photo 5*

Howdy, Jack. I can appreciate your concern that there are contributors who create "cut and paste" pictures, but Savannah is not one of those folks. Lonnie's observations are absolutely correct. By viewing the full size copy of this shot instead of the thumbnails, the background is fully discernible. There is no clip and paste here. This same background scenery, including the structures seen here, appears in RDU photos taken by other contributors (Dan Bishop, Evan Waldron) over a period of years as well as in other pics posted by Ms. Ford. Plus, I've been viewing her posts for over three years now and I assure you that she has no reason to create bogus photos .... her photo skills are excellent and proven. This is simply her newest 5* post. Best Wishes in this new year to you Jack. And also to Lonnie and Savannah.

Hiya Jack! I hate to disappoint you, but my Photoshop skills (or lack thereof) are such that I’d never be able to pull such a caper off. But thanks for the compliment, tho’.

P.S. - Happy New Year, Gary! Hoping life's treating you well. Thank you for supporting up and coming photogs, even those of us who are still getting our sea legs.

Your long lens makes it look like the aircraft's aft portions are dragging the dirt!
AWESOME SHOT

Marylou - we have a gigantic dirtpile next to the runway, and it makes all the planes look like they're offroading... it's awesome.

superb! many thnks. Sad to see the Madd Dogg retired after all the years of fine service it gave.

She’s irreplaceable, that’s for sure.

Sad to see all those window shades closed. Most beautiful plane in the skies!