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Picture of the day: The runway behind you

By General Aviation News Staff · May 3, 2015 ·

Jake Cameron sent in this photo he named “the runway behind you.”

Jake CameronHe explains: “Nothing more useless than the runway behind you…How many times have you heard that statement from you instructor? The shot was taken with a GoPro after taking off from a Texas airport.”

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  1. Michael Sundstrom says

    May 4, 2015 at 7:34 am

    Or the altitude above you.

  2. Neil Evangelista says

    May 4, 2015 at 5:52 am

    “…the runway behind you, the altitude above you, and a tenth of a second ago.”

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