I made a mourning trek to SEA one weekend to catch the Salmon Thirty Salmon jet before it got repainted.  I shot a bunch of planes before it departed and one thing of interest after it left and was getting ready to head home.  A quick check of what else was due out showed me that the Singapore Airlines A350-900 was due out shortly.  It’s a nice-looking jet and the morning light was still good, so I figured there was no harm in waiting a short while longer to catch it.

Regular readers know I am partial to the A350 and some of my earliest shots of the type were operated by Singapore in to SFO when we lived in California.  Their livery has a classic style to it in my mind.  Besides, the trip to Singapore is a long one making full use of the A350’s range capabilities so it was likely to be heavy and would use a good chunk of the runway so would still be quite low as it passed me by.  All good reasons to get the shot.