NightOwl Cat wrote:
The B1s were just passing through, and I was caught off guard, so didn't get any shots of it. However, Erich was lucky, and if the preview on his screen is any indication.. be prepared to have your socks knocked off!.
I was caught just as off guard as everyone when they roared over the trees, but sadly the small camera display flattered what I caught. I did get a couple of keepers, but not what I had in my minds eye beforehand. The B-1s on the ramp we were focused on to launch for the fly-by were indeed from Ellsworth AFB, but for a rechristening ceremony.
Had the unexpected pleasure of flying an air to air sortie with my good Bud from Austin this morning. It was short and sweet as we juggled weather and gear, flew the mission and sent Glenn off to his next assignment. Fun, none the less!
well dang, that's what was distracting us thinking those were the ones taking off. Hopefully you can work some magic with the shots you did get.
ELinder wrote:
I was caught just as off guard as everyone when they roared over the trees, but sadly the small camera display flattered what I caught. I did get a couple of keepers, but not what I had in my minds eye beforehand. The B-1s on the ramp we were focused on to launch for the fly-by were indeed from Ellsworth AFB, but for a rechristening ceremony.
Seeing that many B-25s in the air at once was nice, but by the time they got to us it was more of a gaggle than a formation. Then again, I guess you can't expect precision when a bunch of pilots who are not used to flying together and with no workup put together a gathering like this.
You would think that 2 planes as big as the B-1s are flying close together and both in full burner would make a heck of a racket. Not so. We had no clue they were in the area until they roared over the trees behind us. I can't imagine what it'd be like if they were really hauling and at true terrain following altitudes. The departure reminded me of watching the space shuttle launches. They just kept climbing and climbing and climbing, until all I saw was the little glowing dots of the burners.
Having seen them for the first time in the air, I'm definitely going to have to try to catch them again, but next time be properly prepared!
NightOwl Cat wrote:
Jerry, sorry we seemed to have missed connections both days.Hope you managed to get some shots from wherever you ended up.
The thing that really threw me on Tuesday was when the NPS website for the Wright Memorial showed, in big red letters, CLOSED. Silly me, I thought CLOSED meant closed.
After seeing the massive traffic lines to get onto the museum grounds, I parked offsite and walked in. There is/was something blooming that we didn't have in Georgia and it is beating me to death. One of the locals said they called the area Sinus Valley and sinus meds were the area's hottest product.
By the time the 25s wandered by, I was pretty tired. By the time the B1s showed up, I was barely hanging on. Going to post a couple of shots to prove I was there & then go back to recovering. More posts later. Getting too old to spent that much time walking, standing around, and carrying heavy gear -- but not ready to give up.
The funny thing about "Sinus Valley" is that my allergies that appeared out in the Mojave Desert, where I wound up taking 50 weeks out of the year, disappeared when we got here, and I've had no troubles since. Glad you were able to get some shots for all your troubles. We had park rangers checking on us a couple times and never said anything about up there being closed. I kept looking around for you, too.
…. and in other news ….. We had a Tri-Pic competition evening at my local camera club. I did one set of prints – you may remember the three pics of a lighthouse as the evening sun faded away, posted about a year ago. Result – nothing!
I finally managed to get myself into air show mode. I have a ticket for the Abingdon Air and Country Show, next month, and for the RIAT Saturday show in July.
Meanwhile it’s chocolate box time here in the UK. I wonder if one of Jim’s clients would do a waterside development like this?
NightOwl Cat wrote:
The funny thing about "Sinus Valley" is that my allergies that appeared out in the Mojave Desert . . . .
Friend of mine had something similar happen. He moved from the midwest where he had no problems, to Albuquerque and had all kinds of sinus/allergy problems. When it got really bad, he went to a little hole-in-the-wall Mexican place and got their green chili. I tried it once and was sure I was going to die and not from allergies. Hottest stuff I'd even encountered.
