JL18 from NRT Just touched down on 08L with its thrust-reversers deployed on a early and crisp December morning

Last flight of JAL with the route MEX-YVR-NRT

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Lining up on runway 25R during Golden hour

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It is difficult to describe the feeling of departing SNA, but hopefully this photo helps illustrate some of the procedure: First, engines are generally throttled up while the brakes are applied, takeoff roll and intial climb happen quickly on the 5701' runway, climbout is usually at a higher pitch than most normal departures, and after initial climb the engines are throttled back before a left hand turn is performed to follow the Newport Bay topography

Not a bad job if you can get it

This fitting registration is looking very shiny in the new paint scheme