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ATR 42-500 AP-BHM 659 Gilgit - OPGT




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» July 10, 2010
» Murtaza Sattar
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Remarks: 1600px High up in the mountains of Pakistan lies a small town by the name of Gilgit. After seeing these photos I just knew I had to get up there to catch them. Having only 2 flights a day from Islamabad (both within half hour of each other and weather dependant) this was not an easy task. To get to this location I endured a 36 hour journey from Lahore by road. The flight time is only 45minutes, but a two week waiting list for flights was not an option! Upon arriving at the airport, AP-BHM had just arrived. I had already missed the earlier flight. The time was 8am and the heat was already unbearable, the high snow capped mountains did little to cool us down. I would like to thank fellow Jetphotos.net photographer Mr Asuspine for all his help in catching this at Gilgit and also all the help he gave me in Karachi :). Would also like to thank Mr Khalfan and Mr Zaheer for all their help in the mountains and around the airport. Gilgit airport lies 4,921ft above sea level. The air is thin, this ATR was (as you can see from the air disturbance on the runway) belting down the runway at full power in order to gain as much height as possible before closing in on the high peaks that surround Gilgit airport. Unfortunately our return flight from Skardu was cancelled, so another 36hour drive back :(. Look forward to going back to Gilgit one day. Far in the back ground you can just see 'City Park', this will be cleared for a runway extension (paid for by Emirates) to allow larger aircraft to use this airport.
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Posted by Sriram Hariharan on October 14, 2010

Fantastic shot, Murt.. A nice comment on this picture as well.

Posted by Aalok Gaitonde on October 14, 2010

What a cracking shot Murt, and from such a rare and exotic location :-) This is a very nice and worthy reward for that 36 hour road journey in the mountains, congrats! Thanks for sharing such a beautiful picture, and please keep them coming.

Posted by Beardsley on October 14, 2010

Very nice photo Mr. Sattar. Breathtakingly amazing. Shame there isn't an EasyJet A319 on this show otherwise it surely would have go an SC!

Posted by Matt - Manchester Photography Group on October 14, 2010

Quality shot Murt, well worth the trip!

Posted by Kevin Murphy on October 14, 2010

A truely terrific photograph, well done.

Posted by Piotr Olechnowicz on October 14, 2010

Respect..! Perfect work.

Posted by M. Azizul Islam on October 14, 2010

Absolutely spell binding shot Murtaza. Well done and congratulations for the beautiful shot, the epic history behind the scene, the effort and well deservedly making it to the top 4. Definitely getting my PC vote for this. Once again thanks for bringing this beautiful picture from this so remote region, cheers!!!

Posted by Paul Massey on October 14, 2010

A superb photo and very interesting story Murt...top marks for a great effort and well deserved s/c, well done!

Posted by A320 on October 14, 2010

I am sorry, really amazing! ! ! ! Pakistan is nice city about photo: -)

Posted by Beautiful! on October 14, 2010

Murtaza, That's a great and amazing powerful photo. One of the best I've seen on last days in Jetphotos website. Also great comment! Regards

Posted by Lars Hentschel on October 14, 2010

Well worth the journey Murtaza, what a great scenery you have captured. Thank you for sharing!

Posted by Rutvij Talavdekar on October 14, 2010

Breathtaking Shot, Murt. It must be bitter sweet Memories driving so long! Regds.

Posted by Rashid Mushtaq on October 14, 2010

It is awsome, the picture, the background. Good job

Posted by Julian Mittnacht on October 15, 2010

72 hour ride for one picture. Thats insane! But the result is just amazing. Great job! Thanks for sharing!

Posted by Paul W Furmanski on October 15, 2010

Great composition Murt... well worth your hard work and endeavour, and nice to hear the bigger story as well. I don't think you'll be forgetting the moment you pressed the shutter release on this one for a very long time! Congratulations on capturing the essence of what it is to be a photographer as well as an aviation enthusiast. All the best, Paul.

Posted by Murtaza Sattar on October 15, 2010

Thank you all for your kind words. Yes, I did travel more than 72 hours by rough road all the way to Gilgit and back just for these photos. Of course there was the beautiful scenery to go with them. Thank you.

Posted by Vishal Jolapara on October 15, 2010

Beautiful!!

Posted by Nik French on October 16, 2010

Superb shot Murt, a fantastic amount of effort for a truly stunning photo !!

Posted by asuspine on October 16, 2010

Thank you Murt, assisting you was a pleasure. I have three photos of AP-BHM at Gilgit on JP. You completed the story from a fourth angle with a stunning shot. I have been waiting so long to see it on JP but its a shame that I missed the D-Day. Thanks for this awesome shot.

Posted by Tony Woof on October 17, 2010

Wonderful shot. good to see all the effort paid off for you.

Posted by Tony Marlow on October 25, 2010

Fascinating shot from a rare location. Your efforts to get there well worth it.

Posted by Shaggy on October 30, 2010

Glorious!!!

Posted by Stu Doherty on November 7, 2010

Excellent shot my friend. It's a well deserved People's Choice.

Posted by Paul Bailey on November 12, 2010

Superb shot Murt, so much is in the composition from the stunning backdrop and the runway perspective to the little dust devils. Something for me to aspire too.

Posted by Muccapazza75 - Leone Roberto on June 20, 2011

Great catch Murt! It's one of my preferred point of view!

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