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Nimrod
Jun 30, 2006 7:27:42 GMT -5
Post by nikonbob on Jun 30, 2006 7:27:42 GMT -5
Just plane crazy but I will stop after these. All the shots so far have been with an Nikon FM2n and the aerial ones with a 180/F2.8 ais Nikkor. The shot of the CF 104 was with a Tokina 17/F3.5 SL. All were shot on print film. From Biggin Hill again. I have a great deal of respect for maritime patrol crews. Many years ago I had the chance to go with one of our Argus crews on a night ASW exercise. Flying a large four engined aircraft very low over water on a dark night doing MAD runs leaves little margin for error. Bob Hammond
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Nimrod
Jun 30, 2006 8:34:30 GMT -5
Post by kiev4a on Jun 30, 2006 8:34:30 GMT -5
Bob:
Nice shots. Never flew ASW but back in the '70s did get to fly to Alaska on a KC-135 tanker (a Boeing 707 fill with upteen thousand gallons of fuel. Takeoffs were always a cross-your-fingers affair. Five miles from liftoff we still seemed to be about three feet above the ground!.Somewhere I have some in flight refueling shots.
Doe the Nimrod have Comet ancestory? I only ask because of the way the engines are built into the wing.
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Nimrod
Jun 30, 2006 10:08:43 GMT -5
Post by nikonbob on Jun 30, 2006 10:08:43 GMT -5
Wayne
I had to do a web search just to be sure, but the Nimrods roots are the Comet airliner.
Bob Hammond
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Nimrod
Jun 30, 2006 10:44:50 GMT -5
Post by kiev4a on Jun 30, 2006 10:44:50 GMT -5
That design dates back almost as far as the B-52 bomber. The B-52 is now being flown by the gransons of some of the original pilots!
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Nimrod
Jul 1, 2006 17:26:05 GMT -5
Post by Rachel on Jul 1, 2006 17:26:05 GMT -5
That design dates back almost as far as the B-52 bomber. The B-52 is now being flown by the gransons of some of the original pilots! The English Electric Canberra (1950?) is just being retired from photo reconnaissance work at a local RAF station. This aircraft was also the Martin B57.
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Nimrod
Jul 3, 2006 6:15:01 GMT -5
Post by Rachel on Jul 3, 2006 6:15:01 GMT -5
I see that the RAF website for the Canberra www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/canberra.html notes that "Current plans envisage the aircraft remaining in service for some years to come." Isn't it strange how some aircraft and railway locomotives survive in service after many many years when most of their contemporaries are consigned to history or museums.
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