Dash 8 in Quantas livery http://www.airliners.net/photo/0100963/
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 3:31 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Larry Colen >> >> This is more a case of wondering what the plane is, rather than look >> at the pretty picture... >> >> I was meeting some friends for dinner the other night, and while >> waiting for some of the group to show up, I wasted some bits on the >> pretty sunset. I noticed that the plane in the background was a >> turboprop. Unfortunately I had my fast/sharp 16-50 rather than the >> versatile 18-250 lens on the camera, so the plane isn't as clear as >> it might be. Even so, just curious if anyone can ID it: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5039082245/ >> close crop here: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5039703650/ >> >> It isn't by any chance the same type as the plane in this photo is >> it? >> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100929.html >> No, the APOD is not mine, I wasn't even in the same hemisphere, but it's >> still a cool shot > > Got a brain-flash and Googled "regional turboprop" - it's a Bombardier Q300 > or Q400 > > http://www.plane-mad.com/photos/5/5293.jpg > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

