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Post by casualcollector on Apr 15, 2008 19:41:20 GMT -5
Images from the annual Sun-N-Fun fly in at Linder regional airport in Lakeland, Florida. I attended Friday and Saturday equipped with Kodacolor 400 print film, A Canon A-1, 28mm F2 Kiron and 300mm F5.5 Vivitar T4 lenses. The show opened with skydivers from the Hartzell Propellor Co. One of them tows the largest American flag yet flown under canopy. Aerocar. Yes, you can drive it or fly it! I think it's the last one in flying condition. "Lucky" Liz acquires new nickname. Lockheed T-33 jet trainer. Two seat version of P-80 "Shooting Star" fighter. B-25 "Mitchell" medium bomber. An acquaintance and real, money earning pro photographer who was at the show says he likes to see a propellor "disc" in airplane shots, not a frozen prop. I shoot at 1/1000 sec. and pray that I'm close to focus trying to get sharp pictures! The flag and the flying shots were made with the Vivitar 300. Liz and Aerocar were captured with the Kiron 28. More to come, hopefully, including the USAF Thunderbirds. Bill
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Post by vintageslrs on Apr 15, 2008 21:02:33 GMT -5
Bill
Real nice pix.....
thanks for sharing them.
Bob
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Post by olroy2044 on Apr 15, 2008 21:27:53 GMT -5
Nice goin', Bill! You were kitted out about the same as I use at airshows with a wide and a tele. Really nice shooting! Post more when you can. I remember the AeroCar from either Popular Mechanics or Popular Science when it was announced. Had no idea there was still one around. Roy
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Post by nikonbob on Apr 16, 2008 6:22:45 GMT -5
Bill
Thanks for sharing those, now I really wish to go there. I too was surprised that there is still an AeroCar still around much less in flyable condition. To get prop arcs is a difficult thing to do with a 300 hand held without the benefit of some sort of IS. I think you have to get down to 1/125 or so to get that effect. Keep them coming please.
Bob
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Post by minoltaman on Apr 16, 2008 8:35:55 GMT -5
Nice shots Bill, looking forward to more!! That Lockheed plane shot is awesome!
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Post by Randy on Apr 16, 2008 11:25:51 GMT -5
I'm speechless! Freakin Fantastic!!!!
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Post by casualcollector on Apr 16, 2008 17:26:40 GMT -5
Thanks for the kudos, guys. I keep trying! The B-25 and T-33 shots are cropped. About two thirds of the original frame is shown. I think the best photo I've ever made came my first year there, 2005. That's with Canon F-1 and 500/8 Mirror lens. Very difficult to focus an f-8 lens with the old beast. Second year I went with the New F-1 and its brighter screen. Better. Last year I took the A-1 and MA motor drive and it was much easier tracking planes. The 500 seemed get too close so this year I tried a 300. I think a 400 may be just right for this show so next year a 200 and a 2X! I'll upload a few more shortly
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Post by casualcollector on Apr 16, 2008 18:25:05 GMT -5
More pictures from Sun-N-Fun. These are Saturday, 12 April. Another show opening jumper from the Hartzell Propellor Co. team. 300mm Vivitar T-4. Probably 1/1000 @ f8 on Kodacolor 400. B-25 "Panchito". 300mm, uncropped. Doors are open. A simulated "Bomb" was set off on the ground as the plane passed. Orange flame, black smoke, big boom, happy crowd! T-33. I think this one is called The Red Baron. 300mm, uncropped. This one "strafed" the field. A string of small charges set off as it passed. For you "Herc" fans. I was startled to see one of these fly barely a thousand feet up, following the hilly terrain in Vermont some years ago. Probably from the Scotia, New York A.N.G. base near Albany. This one bears the markings of the Carolina A.N.G. I'm hoping this is very successful. That would mean employment security! Show mock-up of the proposed Piper Jet. The flying prototype is taking shape in the development hangar. I'm hoping I can get a position on the production team.
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Post by olroy2044 on Apr 16, 2008 23:52:46 GMT -5
Absolutely great shots, Bob. Love the shots of the jumpers, and the B25 with the doors open. I have found that a good 200 prime plus a good 2X make a good combo for aerial shots. That is the combination I used at the Chico Air Fest last summer. Mine is a Viv/Komine and a Viv 2x on a Spot F. Here is an example of what it can do. Film was 400 Superia, and speed was 1/250 as shot, uncropped Sadly, it looks like the Air Fest won't be coming back. It has fallen victim to fuel prices and high liability insurance cost Roy
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Post by casualcollector on Apr 17, 2008 17:50:11 GMT -5
That's good shooting, Roy. A good friend of mine from Vermont is an avid aviation photographer. He does trains and cars, too. He was my introduction to aviation. We'd go to a race or railfanning and always stop at an airport on the way back. Here's a link to some of his stuff. www.vermontel.net/~tomh/Photos.htmSun N Fun seemed a bit less well attended this year. Probably for the reasons you mentioned. Bill
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Post by olroy2044 on Apr 19, 2008 11:31:46 GMT -5
Hey Bill--That guy's GOOD! Thanks for the link Roy
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2008 15:51:15 GMT -5
I had almost forgotten the Aerocar.
The P-51 Mustang is the most beautiful aircraft ever made, prop or jet --unless one was on your tail. After the 51 there was no reason to try to design another fighter that wasn't a jet. There just wan't any way to make a better prop fighter.
Speaking of the speed of jets, about 1969 I was in the middle of an armored column winding along a road at the armored training site in the desert south of Boise, Idaho. The armored regiment stretched out for at least two miles along the road. The scenario called for us to be on guard against air attack. Our APC was midway down the column and I heard someone up at the front say something on the radio about aircraft. I looked up and saw several dots coming down the column toward us. Before that even really registered with me the first of four F100 "Super Sabre" jets from the North Dakota Air National Guard went over us at an altitude of no more than 150 feet. Those guys couldn't have been much under Mach and the F100 may have been the loudest jet fighter ever manufactured. From the time we saw them until they were gone there wasn't enough time to bring a weapon to bear on them--heck there wasn't even time to pee your pants. If it had been real war most of us would have been statistics. It was unbelievable how fast those jets could move down on the deck.
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