Thrust Airbus A350-900 · Flight deck
The acrylic print is made in Germany, your photo sealed behind gallery-grade acrylic glass.
- Glossy and Deep: The acrylic glass deepens the greys of the pedestal and makes the green of the displays and the white sleeve stand out.
- Razor-Sharp Details: Printed at full resolution, so the lettering on the panels and the details of the thrust levers stay crisp.
- Ready to Hang: The hanging system is fitted on the back, so the picture sits slightly off the wall.
The fine-art print is made on Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta, a 325 g/m² paper with a barium sulphate coating.
- Darkroom Character: The baryta coating gives the paper the silk sheen and fine texture of a classic darkroom print; the dark screens and the grey panels get deep, even tones.
- Razor-Sharp Details: Pigment inks on bright white paper keep the lettering on the panels and the lines of the thrust levers sharp.
- Ready to Frame: A 2 cm white border on acid-free, museum-quality paper. Shipped unframed, ready for the frame of your choice.
Four sizes in the original 2:3 ratio: 20 × 30, 40 × 60, 60 × 90 and 80 × 120 cm. Fine-art prints ship unframed. Acrylic glass arrives ready to hang. The signed edition, Positive Climb, comes in 80 × 120 cm only.
Shipping is included in Germany and the rest of the EU. Printed to order in Germany and shipped by parcel service. From order to your door it takes about 3–5 working days within Germany and about 4–8 elsewhere in the EU. A fine-art print in 80 × 120 cm takes about 9 working days within Germany and 11 to other EU countries. All countries and special cases are on the Shipping page. If you need a print by a certain date, write to me before you order. If your print arrives damaged, email me within 14 days of delivery with your order number and two photos, and I’ll arrange a replacement or a refund.
Manufacturer
Made to order by Saal Digital Fotoservice GmbH, Zeppelinstraße 36, 91187 Röttenbach, Germany (www.saal-digital.de) or by WhiteWall Media GmbH, Europaallee 59, 50226 Frechen, Germany (www.whitewall.com).
Seller and contact in the EU
Aaron Püttmann – PilotstoriesArt, Alt-Praunheim 53, 60488 Frankfurt am Main, Germany · hello@pilotstories.art
Safety
Acrylic glass prints are heavy, especially at 60 × 90 and 80 × 120 cm. Hang them with screws and wall plugs suited to your wall and to the weight. Carry and unpack them with both hands and hold them by the edges. Keep packaging material away from small children.
Care
Dust acrylic glass with a soft, dry microfibre cloth; for marks, use a little clean water. No alcohol, glass cleaner or abrasive cloths. Hold fine-art paper by its edges. Hang prints out of direct sunlight and away from heaters.
Thrust
The story behind the frame
Saturday, 31 July 2021, the first weekend of the Bavarian summer holidays. The Airbus A350-900 normally flies long haul, but on this day it flew a special holiday flight from Munich to Palma de Mallorca and back, and I was lucky enough to be on the flight deck as a photographer for the leg back.
This is Palma de Mallorca, minutes after engine start for the flight back to Munich. The hand of the captain in the left seat rests on the two thrust levers, one for each engine, and the big screens of the pedestal fall soft behind it. Each Rolls-Royce Trent XWB on the A350-900 delivers up to 374 kilonewtons of thrust, which is where the title comes from.
The details
I took it from the jump seat with the focus on the captain’s hand and the thrust levers. Both engine masters are on, the start selector sits in its normal position, and on the radio panel at the bottom the first radio is still tuned to Palma: ground on 121.705, clearance delivery on 123.880 in the standby window. The two rounded rests on either side of the levers belong to the keyboards and trackballs each pilot uses for the flight management system. Golden Departure, the Embraer wing at sunset, is from the same evening, on my way home to Frankfurt. It is cockpit wall art for pilots, and for everyone who likes to see how a big jet is flown.
From the jump seat, July 2021
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