Very neat photo.
From the looks of the photograph, the plane's altitude looks to be in the upper 20000's or lower 30000's at least. (The cloud deck on launch day was about 5000' with tops at 5500'.) Most carriers require PED's to be turned off while descending through 10000'. So this passenger would have been well within regulations to take the photo.
73, Brandon, K7BBR
On 5/20/2011 3:34 PM, George Henry wrote:
And what was her iPhone doing turned on during approach? Still a no-no on all commercial carriers, AFAIK...
George, KA3HSW
From: Clint Bradfordclintbradford@mac.com To: AMSAT BBamsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 2:20:44 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] In-flight iPhone snaps Space Shuttle launch
The story behind the photo taken of the Space Shuttle from an in-flight passenger jet. Stefanie Gordon shot the image of Endeavour's launch with her iPhone as her plane descended for a landing.
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/17/in-flight-iphone-snaps-space-shuttle-launch/