Thursday, July 27, 2017

Pilots Get A 'Front Row Seat' To A Chinese Missile Test

Van Heijst's freighter aircraft was flying at over 32,000 feet when the missile blasted past overhead

Daily Mail: 'And if you look to your right you'll see a Chinese anti-ballistic missile coming towards us': Stunned pilot photographs launch of hypersonic weapon which then flies right over his plane

* Dutch Pilot Christiaan van Heijst is known for the stunning images he takes from air freighter cockpits
* He was flying from Hong Kong to Baku in Azerbaijan when he captured the launch of the missile
* It took off from a restricted area to the north of his flight path and created amazing balloon effects

The breath-taking moment that an anti-ballistic missile was launched into the night sky has been caught on camera by a stunned pilot, who described it as a 'once in a lifetime event'.

Dutch Pilot Christiaan van Heijst, 34, cannot resist pulling his camera out whenever possible in the cockpit of a Boeing 747-8 Freighter.

He took these breath-taking photos during a flight from Hong Kong to Baku in Azerbaijan on Sunday on an airway heading over the Himalayas.

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Update: Photographer Accidentally Gets Front Row Seat to Secret Chinese Missile Test (Popular Mechanics)

WNU Editor: You do not see that everyday.

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