This week to kick off our Foto Fridays, I decided we’d go with two shots.

The first is one of the reasons that pilots tell me their job is one of the best anyone can have. It’s the view from the office. Here, James Nichols with American Airlines sends us a wide angle shot he took at daybreak. Anyone recognize the location? That’s right. You’re looking from the cockpit of a DC-9-82 looking east at DFW holding short of 17C with the hotels on Highway 114 in the background. Oh, and of course the brakes were set with an indefinite ATC delay. (James told me to make sure I said that.)

Great way to start the day if you ask me.

And, thanks to another American Airlines’ pilot, Kent Wien, who sent me an email directing me to this shot on Flickr. We sent the photographer a note and asked him if he would mind us posting it here, and he said no. His name is Enrique Morales, and he told us, “It would be nice that airline geeks, pilots, everyone get to see this picture.”

Well, here you go. Cool shot. Sharp, great angle, and vortices no less.

Anyone know where the shot was taken?

That’s right. It’s the Tegucigalpa airport.