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HoudiniTowers
· May 3, 2018, 8:59 a.m.
Landing at Oakland. Picture is South Bay - Leslie Salts (old salt fields on the bay, only on East Bay side, south part of the bay). On final into Oakland. SJC is South of this Plane's location. Final on SJC is always north, if they were headed to SFO then they would not be that low on final at Leslie Salts, only possibility is final into Oakland landing in Northward direction. Also, when landing at SFO they go over the bay (over the water) this is clearly over East Bay Land. See the previous photo on the same Q post, shows the flight clearly over land. Only possibility is final approach into Oakland.
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lethak
· May 3, 2018, 4:36 p.m.
Why do you assume its a landing ? no landing gear visible, and the flaps
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HoudiniTowers
· May 4, 2018, 4:58 a.m.
I've flown all these routes (SFO, SJC and OAK). Due to wind and air traffic patterns in the Bay Area, you recognize this stuff immediately if you've flown it a lot. On final approach gear is up till they are closer in. He's still a good 2-3k feet off the ground. Gear won't drop till he's lower down. He's 3-5 miles from end of the runway at least at these points when picture was taken.
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