JWilsonphoto wrote:
A Buddy called me last week to ask me if I would consider going to Europe for this year's D-Day remembrance. He is leading a C47 formation over and back and will be there for a month doing D-Day and a number of associated air shows and commemorations. The group wanted me to shoot all the activities air to air. Great opportunity, and I was honored that they would ask, but my schedule made accepting the offer tough.
Interesting backstory, it's 18 hours over and 24 hours back, over some of the most inhospitable territory on the globe, in 80 year old airplanes, Yikes!
The AC-47 aka "Spooky or Puff the Magic Dragon" rained hell on the NVA. I had the priviledge of flying in one of these a few times over Northern South Vietnam out of Pleiku AB.
You STAYED "strapped in" or your feet would be above your head due to "dead airspace" and a 3-5K drop! The "thermals" during the dry season were pretty bad! Don't know what was the cause of the Auzzie 787 drop but crap happens and it aint the plane all the time!
JWilsonphoto wrote:
A Buddy called me last week to ask me if I would consider going to Europe for this year's D-Day remembrance. He is leading a C47 formation over and back and will be there for a month doing D-Day and a number of associated air shows and commemorations. The group wanted me to shoot all the activities air to air. Great opportunity, and I was honored that they would ask, but my schedule made accepting the offer tough.
Interesting backstory, it's 18 hours over and 24 hours back, over some of the most inhospitable territory on the globe, in 80 year old airplanes, Yikes!
The AC-47 aka "Spooky or Puff the Magic Dragon" rained hell on the NVA. I had the priviledge of flying in one of these a few times over Northern South Vietnam out of Pleiku AB.
You STAYED "strapped in" or your feet would be above your head due to "dead airspace" and a 3-5K drop! The "thermals" during the dry season were pretty bad! Don't know what was the cause of the Auzzie 787 drop but crap happens and it aint the plane all the time!
JWilsonphoto wrote:
A Buddy called me last week to ask me if I would consider going to Europe for this year's D-Day remembrance. He is leading a C47 formation over and back and will be there for a month doing D-Day and a number of associated air shows and commemorations. The group wanted me to shoot all the activities air to air. Great opportunity, and I was honored that they would ask, but my schedule made accepting the offer tough.
Interesting backstory, it's 18 hours over and 24 hours back, over some of the most inhospitable territory on the globe, in 80 year old airplanes, Yikes!
The AC-47 aka "Spooky or Puff the Magic Dragon" rained hell on the NVA. I had the priviledge of flying in one of these a few times over Northern South Vietnam out of Pleiku AB.
You STAYED "strapped in" or your feet would be above your head due to "dead airspace" and a 3-5K drop! The "thermals" during the dry season were pretty bad! Don't know what was the cause of the Auzzie 787 drop but crap happens and it aint the plane all the time!
JWilsonphoto wrote:
A Buddy called me last week to ask me if I would consider going to Europe for this year's D-Day remembrance. He is leading a C47 formation over and back and will be there for a month doing D-Day and a number of associated air shows and commemorations. The group wanted me to shoot all the activities air to air. Great opportunity, and I was honored that they would ask, but my schedule made accepting the offer tough.
Interesting backstory, it's 18 hours over and 24 hours back, over some of the most inhospitable territory on the globe, in 80 year old airplanes, Yikes!
The AC-47 aka "Spooky or Puff the Magic Dragon" rained hell on the NVA. I had the priviledge of flying in one of these a few times over Northern South Vietnam out of Pleiku AB.
You STAYED "strapped in" our your feet would be above your head due to "dead airspace" and a 3-5K drop! The "thermals" during the dry season were pretty bad! Don't know what was the cause of the Auzzie 787 drop but crap happens and it aint the plane all the time!
JWilsonphoto wrote:
A Buddy called me last week to ask me if I would consider going to Europe for this year's D-Day remembrance. He is leading a C47 formation over and back and will be there for a month doing D-Day and a number of associated air shows and commemorations. The group wanted me to shoot all the activities air to air. Great opportunity, and I was honored that they would ask, but my schedule made accepting the offer tough.
Interesting backstory, it's 18 hours over and 24 hours back, over some of the most inhospitable territory on the globe, in 80 year old airplanes, Yikes!
The AC-47 aka "Spooky or Puff the Magic Dragon" rained hell on the NVA. I had the priviledge of flying in one of these a few times over Northern South Vietnam out of Pleiku AB.
You STAYED "strapped in" our your feet would be above your head due to "dead airspace" and a 5-10K drop! The "thermals" during the dry season were pretty bad! Don't know what was the cause of the Auzzie 787 drop but crap happens and it aint the plane all the time!
Mar 11, 2024 at 03:13 PM
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