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Boeing 757-200 (N421UP) - Off runway 34L and on the climb, UPSs N421UP departs Reno in the first hour of full daylight enroute to Louisville (KSDF).
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Boeing 757-200 (N421UP)

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Off runway 34L and on the climb, UPS's N421UP departs Reno in the first hour of full daylight enroute to Louisville (KSDF).

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Gary SchenauerPhoto Uploader
After finishing up my morning of spotting, I went home and the next day I d-led the pics and looked them over. And it was only then that I noticed the copilot. In this pic, and in the three snaps previous to this one AND in the next five snaps taken after this one in the sequence, he is looking at me. I wasn't certain at first, but I noted that even as the B752 passed by my position his head continued to turn so he could see me. And then I began wondering ... when he first noticed me, did he perhaps think that I was holding a drone controller in my hands? Until I saw him definitely watching me in this series, I had never thought of it, but I suppose that pilots are especially alert nowadays to anything that looks like someone is flying a drone near an airport. And they certainly have every reason to be wary: twice in the past five days the air tankers being used to fight wildfires near here have been grounded because drones were sighted. And just over a week ago, a drone came within 150 feet of a Washoe County police helicopter making a water drop. In the future, I'll try to make it more evident that I'm holding a camera and not a drone controller.
Scot Wattawa
It is possible. The best one I have was a C-130 and there were two crew members looking at the lower cheek windows at me when I was taking pictures.
Scot Wattawa
Nice shot by the way.....
Mark See
Another EXCELLENT shot Gary!

I wouldn't worry too much about him thinking you were a drone operator because I know you spot with a scanner and you would have definitely heard him tell the tower if he thought anything of the sort, my guess would be that he was just interested in the fact that you were taking pictures of the a/c. Don't get me wrong drones scare the H*** out of me as a pilot because they are so small and hard to see, not to mention that a lot of people operating them probably got them from Radio Shack and have no idea that they are interfering with a/c. I'm not sure if it is the same up by you or if this was just for a shot time, but down here we had a fairly serious problem with drones in the mountains just to the north of the approach path to LAX (and the LA Basin area is also the second busiest GA airspace behind NY), so the Air Force was authorized for a while to just go and shoot them down provided they were over non- populated areas and considered mostly safe to do so... not sure if they actually shot any down or if that authorization still exists, but it did for a time.
Greg Byington
Very nice picture, Gary! And I'm guessing he could tell you were using a camera. You wouldn't be holding the drone controls up in front of your face. He might have even seen you out there before on a previous trip. But it probably is a valid concern.
Dave Sheehy
Great picture Gary! 5*++
Roy Hunte
Maybe he was wishing he was in your shoes Gary, taking pics of that beautiful aircraft!
Frank Gollner
Hope the Co-Pilot wasn't PIC, great shot Gary!
Jim Newton
Speaking of air tankers; has anyone seen the latest of the "Big Birds"? See the Video:
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Converted-747-Now-Largest-Firefighter-226180-1.html
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Date Aircraft Origin Destination Departure Arrival Duration
27-Mar-2024 B752Mexico City Santa Lucía Airport ()Muhammad Ali Intl () 11:17PM CST 04:04AM EDT (+1) 2:46
27-Mar-2024 B752Queretaro Intercontinental Airport ()Mexico City Santa Lucía Airport () 06:22PM CST 06:49PM CST 0:26
27-Mar-2024 B752General Mariano Escobedo Int'l ()Near Queretaro, Queretaro 08:17AM CST Last seen 09:08AM CST 0:51
27-Mar-2024 B752Muhammad Ali Intl ()General Mariano Escobedo Int'l () 05:30AM EDT 06:41AM CST 3:10
26-Mar-2024 B752Billings Logan Intl ()Muhammad Ali Intl () 07:33PM MDT 12:06AM EDT (+1) 2:33
26-Mar-2024 B752Ontario Intl ()Billings Logan Intl () 02:13AM PDT 05:13AM MDT 1:59
25-Mar-2024 B752Gowen Field ()Ontario Intl () 07:16PM MDT 07:50PM PDT 1:34
25-Mar-2024 B752Muhammad Ali Intl ()Gowen Field () 03:34PM EDT 05:06PM MDT 3:31
23-Mar-2024 B752Roanoke Rgnl ()Muhammad Ali Intl () 07:40AM EDT 08:38AM EDT 0:57
23-Mar-2024 B752Muhammad Ali Intl ()Roanoke Rgnl () 05:46AM EDT 06:36AM EDT 0:50
22-Mar-2024 B752Winnipeg Int'l ()Muhammad Ali Intl () 07:35PM CDT 10:38PM EDT 2:03
22-Mar-2024 B752Minneapolis/St Paul Intl ()Winnipeg Int'l () 06:48AM CDT 07:55AM CDT 1:06
22-Mar-2024 B752Muhammad Ali Intl ()Minneapolis/St Paul Intl () 03:04AM EDT 03:40AM CDT 1:35
21-Mar-2024 B752Fresno Yosemite Intl ()Muhammad Ali Intl () 06:22PM PDT 12:48AM EDT (+1) 3:26
21-Mar-2024 B752Muhammad Ali Intl ()Fresno Yosemite Intl () 04:01AM EDT 05:07AM PDT 4:05
20-Mar-2024 B752Mc Allen Intl ()Muhammad Ali Intl () 09:30PM CDT 12:37AM EDT (+1) 2:07
20-Mar-2024 B752Muhammad Ali Intl ()Mc Allen Intl () 04:55AM EDT 06:27AM CDT 2:31
19-Mar-2024 B752Syracuse Hancock Intl ()Muhammad Ali Intl () 10:18PM EDT 11:57PM EDT 1:38
19-Mar-2024 B752Muhammad Ali Intl ()Syracuse Hancock Intl () 05:40PM EDT 07:06PM EDT 1:25
18-Mar-2024 B752Shreveport Rgnl ()Muhammad Ali Intl () 11:17PM CDT 01:40AM EDT (+1) 1:23
18-Mar-2024 B752Lafayette Rgnl/Paul Fournet Fld ()Shreveport Rgnl () 09:11PM CDT 10:08PM CDT 0:57
18-Mar-2024 B752Lafayette Rgnl/Paul Fournet Fld ()Muhammad Ali Intl () 09:11PM CDT Diverted
16-Mar-2024 B752Muhammad Ali Intl ()Lafayette Rgnl/Paul Fournet Fld () 05:40AM EDT 06:17AM CDT 1:37
15-Mar-2024 B752Springfield ()Muhammad Ali Intl () 10:31PM CDT 12:32AM EDT (+1) 1:00
15-Mar-2024 B752Wichita Eisenhower ()Springfield () 09:18PM CDT 09:54PM CDT 0:36
15-Mar-2024 B752Muhammad Ali Intl ()Wichita Eisenhower () 06:37AM EDT 07:15AM CDT 1:38
14-Mar-2024 B752Shreveport Rgnl ()Muhammad Ali Intl () 11:12PM CDT 02:45AM EDT (+1) 2:33
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