Dynamic Braking
by Alex Esguerra
Title
Dynamic Braking
Artist
Alex Esguerra
Medium
Photograph - Color
Description
The landing of an airliner is almost always a very dynamic affair. Once the heavy machine has touched down, spoilers raise up to rob the wing of lift and let the plane settle it's weight on the runway. That helps the brakes, which generate so much heat in slowing tons on tons of man and metal that they sometimes glow. Finally, the thrust reversers deploy and the engines rev up, suddenly throwing the exhaust - that's been pushing the plane all along - in the opposite direction. It's a violent combination that can make every square inch of the airframe rattle as the aircraft is slowed from 150'ish miles an hour to a pace more suited for taxiing to the gate.
That's what I love about this photo. Normally, the only visible sign of all the "Dynamic Braking" that is going on is the spoilers going up. But with the runway still wet from a recent storm, the thrust reverse from this A330 is kicking of a spray that leaves little room for imagination in the power needed to stop an airliner.
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April 22nd, 2014
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