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"QUANTUM SHOT" #86


The Splendor of Flight

"Letchik Lekha" is a Russian commercial pilot who also happens to be an avid photographer. On his site you can find many rare shots of airplanes, the land below and the sky above, so here is just a small sample (click to enlarge photos):
(by the way "Letchik" means "the pilot" in Russian, so his real name is kept secret for now... maybe because of airline regulations) You can also visit his blog (in Russian).

Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Air travel, airplanes, tourism
The Ural Mountains:
Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Kazbek Peak, Caucasus Mountains
Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Villa in Saudi Arabia:
Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Air travel, airplanes, tourism


2. Photo series: "We also dream of flight"

Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Air travel, airplanes, tourism

3. The giant AN-124-100 "Antei"
Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Moscow at night
Air travel, airplanes, tourism
Winter Landing:
Air travel, airplanes, tourism

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13 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am not russian and no pilot but took that awesome picture of snow in the dessert yesterday ...


http://www.random-good-stuff.com/index.php/2007/01/18/snow-in-the-desert/

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

wow amazing photos !

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Awesome! Great pictures! Good cam...

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Blogger Bring The SEXY into Cell Phones... said...

Amazing images!!!

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Beautiful photographs!

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

stunning
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

His real name is not a secret. "Aleksey" is his official name, written in passport. His mother and wife call him "Alesha" with love in voice. His close friends can call him "Lesha" or "Leha". He calls himself "Letchik Leha" - that means "Pilot Aleksey". Rich and beautiful Russian language allows to transfer many subtle differences and senses just by changing words.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ah, his full name - Aleksey Victorovich Kochemasov.

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Blogger world map said...

hi this is raghu
i have gone through this site it is tremendous photography is marvelous here i had gone through an another site which helps us to view whole earth on PC to visit this site click here
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aerial photography

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice article. One correction though: Antonov An-124 is called Ruslan. Antonov An-22 is Antei.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hello! I read this article! Big thanks to author, very interesting. Write more.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow really great pictures. Especially the clouds looks very good!

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

'Winter Landing': it's an abandoned plane. There is no nose cone, where the radar equipment is normally located.

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