JWilsonphoto wrote:
One more variation..............
Super image, and a fascinating illustration of structural wash out (and maybe a touch of wash in at the wing root). Move along folks - no detergent was used in the making of this comment.
Yesterday was definitely a day of temporal anachronisms. I was shooting a dressage show out in the middle of Amish country. Every few minutes a black horse and buggy would drive by. Actually, a lot of their horses had better trotting form than the competitors, but don't the riders that. Anyway, as always when outside you hear airplanes fly by but hardly notice them. However, far off in the distance I heard something very different a number of times. Sure enough, there was a Ford Tri-motor working the area. They must have been giving rides, as I saw them at least 4 times.
They must have, since I saw them flying again later. I knew as soon as I posted it someone would comment.
I was kinda busy shooting this to change settings.
Man, you can't get anything by this group! Just recreate it in Photoshop Erich, I hear it can be done fairly easily.
I was at an EAA chapter monthly coffee and donut gathering not long ago and a gentleman was making me what an air to air mission might run. While we were discussing it, a guy walked up and proudly displayed one of those shots that you see in Flying where you send in a shot of your plane on the ramp and for 50 bucks the "artist" puts it in the air, blurred prop and all. Almost the same thing..............................
Oh, I forgot, I was going to send Glenn the link for that service. No point in actually doing it, or having any talent if you can click a mouse.
The F-16 Demo Team did a very odd version of the High Alpha pass at the twilight show on Friday night. Came out of a left bank to early and wasn't set up straight to the show line. Ended up drifting right over top of the VIP tent before lighting the afterburner...it was the best...and worst high alpha pass I'ver ever seen. lol
I am in St. Petersburg, Florida to photograph two Falcon 50's that are for sale, and due to it being SAUNA conditions down here, (talk about HUMID !!) I took a break and went out on the ramp and low and behold, this special paint scheme of an Allegiant A-320 was backing out of the PIE airport.
I was very pleased to see something different, obviously. Allegiant does quite a bit of flying into St. Petersburg, can't imagine what it would be like to board them in the pouring rain. No jetways, at all.
Hope everyone has a great week. Photographing the other Falcon 50 tomorrow.
You have touched on a subject that has generated hours of conversation and strategizing. The T-38 is not comfortable, nor are it's pilots, below 200 knots. The B25, will not achieve 200 knots in level flight, and there is the rub. I'll save everyone the speculative time and effort, we have investigated just about every airframe that exists and might be appropriate for the mission and all have compromises. I'm headed to California later this year to get familiar with the team at Wolf Air, and their systems, that is the only air to air platform that doesn't have any upper end speed/acceleration limitations. There's been discussions about buying a Lear and creating a state of the art platform capable of 8K cinema and high res still work. What always seems to happen is that we find ourselves in a position with an immediate need and a three year R&D program doesn't fit the timeline. So, weebeesee............
Until we figure out exactly where we're going, we'll have to accept the flaps, choose angles that don't highlight their deployment, and/or do some creative flight patterns that utilize fly by's instead of formation, none of which is ideal obviously.
Anyway, as always when outside you hear airplanes fly by but hardly notice them. However, far off in the distance I heard something very different a number of times. Sure enough, there was a Ford Tri-motor working the area. They must have been giving rides, as I saw them at least 4 times.
