Arriving On A Jet Plane Spotting at LAX

Photo: (Above) Cargolux Boeing 747-800 Cargo Freight plane on final approach landing at LAX – Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California

Plane Spotting at LAX

I know the song is called “Leaving on a Jet Plane;” Part of me wishes that was me ‘cuz I’d love to be on board a jet plane right now zipping off to somewhere (read: anywhere) out of the country. However, in light of the continuing pandemic, I’m keeping my feet on the ground for the next few months while I watch as vaccines and lowering infection rates hopefully continue to get better.

Last month, on my first trip away from my home in a very, very long time, I got to do the next best thing for someone like me; getting up close and personal with some of these big international jets while plane spotting at LAX.

“Someone like me,” you ask? Indeed, since I’m a self-professed armchair pilot. I took and passed aviation ground school before I even had my driver’s license learning permit. Unfortunately,  I never made it into a cockpit. I quickly realized my math-addled brain just wasn’t cut out for dealing with all of the numbers and calculations — at least back when there weren’t any computers – and even owning a Texas Instruments Calculator was like having a status symbol on your desk. So yeah, I’m an avid plane-watcher.

On my recent trip to visit family in San Diego, I had a chance to spend some time at my favorite plane spotting food spots, the In & Out Burger on Sepulveda Blvd right next to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). As I sat and watched these giant planes fly by — almost close enough to seemingly reach out and touch — I kept thinking of what life would have been like had I been able to pursue a career as an airline pilot. Oh well; Maybe in the next life…

In the meantime, check out some of the photos below. The last one really gives a sense of just how close these planes are flying.

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Again, many thanks for looking, and I hope you enjoyed these images.
~ Gary. 🙂

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Gary Crabbe is an award-winning commercial and editorial outdoor travel photographer and author based out of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. He has seven published books on California to his credit, including “Photographing California; v1-North”, which won the prestigious 2013 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal Award as Best Regional title. His client and publication credits include the National Geographic Society, the New York Times, Forbes Magazine, TIME, The North Face, Subaru, L.L. Bean, Victoria’s Secret, Sunset Magazine, The Nature Conservancy, and many more. In 2018, The USPS selected a nearly-unprecedented seven of Gary’s photographs to become U.S. Postage ‘Forever’ Stamps as part of the O Beautiful collection. Gary is also a photography instructor and consultant, offering both public and private photo workshops, as well as being a professional Photo Editor and Content Creator.

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