casualcollector
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Post by casualcollector on Mar 15, 2009 19:10:57 GMT -5
Sitting here in front of the computer when I hear a long, low rumble. Cameras, film and tripod only six feet away. The shuttle launched in almost perfect light and I missed it!
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PeterW
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Post by PeterW on Mar 15, 2009 19:22:46 GMT -5
Ain't that always the way? Just in time to be too late.  PeterW |
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Post by nikonbob on Mar 15, 2009 20:19:27 GMT -5
Ouch, I feel for you. Just remarked to my wife today that those launches would be spectacular at night.
Bob
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mickeyobe
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Post by mickeyobe on Mar 15, 2009 21:42:25 GMT -5
I didn't hear a thing.
Mickey
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Post by camerastoomany on Mar 15, 2009 23:18:05 GMT -5
From time to time, Royal Australian Air Force trainee pilots wing down my way to practice land/sea low-level flying. They tend to make a pass over my house which alerts me to their presence.
Of course, even if I had a camera in my hand, I'd not make it outside in time. Jet aircraft flying at 400 kph tend to pass rather quickly.
I stand out in the yard waiting, waiting. Do they return? Yes, but the other side of adjacent hills where I cannot see them, only hear them. Never have they made a second pass over my house.
Murphy's law tells me the day I give up my patient vigil, is the day they will make a return pass at low level a few minutes later.
Sigh!
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Mar 16, 2009 6:05:00 GMT -5
I usually do the same with military aircraft. I only live about 1/2 mile from the airport and walk my dog right under an approach at the park. Often miss the Snowbirds, helicopters, F18's or old search and rescue Hercs.
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Post by Randy on Mar 16, 2009 11:01:44 GMT -5
My wife was talkin to her sister in Florida on the phone when it went up. She said it looked like a bottle rocket from where she lived.
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