#photography #art #alaska #wranglestelias
Went on a flight across the glaciers of alaska’s wrangle st elias mountain range, when I took this photo. Suddenly the motor stopped, the propeller stopped.. Pilot looked startled for a second, then flipped a switch, started the engine again and said dryly “that’ll get your attention”..
Wow incredible ✨
Being a pilot, I can confirm that an engine out does get your attention.
Beautiful picture.
I think he switched to a second tank? Can that be or no?
Probably that’s what happened. Airplanes usually have multiple tanks and there’s a fuel select valve. He probably had it on one tank instead of “both” and just switched it over to the other wing tank. It happens. My training taught me to use “both” but there are sometimes good reasons to feed off of one.
