I love 'em too! Went to Farnborough and Biggin Hill a couple of times each when I lived in the UK. Nothing like the sound of a Merlin engine at full throttle in a WWII aircraft, or a Vulcan or Victor on full thrust on take-off.
Here in Queensland, there is a "Warbirds" museum with some well-restored aircraft from many decades: when I visited, I was amazed to find one of their Hawker Hunters was built when I was working at the Hawker factory in Kingston-upon-Thames, so it is very possible I plated the cockpit release catches! Glad to know it had no accidents as a result... John in Brisbane (actually at Caloundra this week) -----Original Message----- From: PDML <pdml-boun...@pdml.net> On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Sunday, 15 July 2018 9:29 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: PESO - Green and Gate I love air shows! I participated in a couple during my active duty days. One resulted in a few moments of terror when one of our planes didn't make it for the fly-by, but was involve in a mid-air that resulted in the loss of a radome and a navigation ejecting (safely except for some broken toes) over the pine forests of NC. The best one was wen my son was a teen-ager and we attended the one at Miramar, CA back when it was the "Top Gun" Navy Base. (It is now the USMC's main airbase on the West Coast). I had lots of high performance a/c, plus two Migs; first ones I ever saw other than I on radar screen. We have a nice annual airshow 2 hours west of here in Reading, PA, that specializes in WW II aircraft. An organization to which I belong mans a table there to promote our group and educate folks on aviation heroes. I used to like to post myself at the end of runways and watch the planes overhead heading for a touchdown. These days one can get arrested doing that. 😢 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 6:56 AM, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > On 13/7/18, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Not sexy, perhaps, but I really like the textures, especially the > >contrast between the greens and the gate. > > Two minds... > > Thanks mate. > > I thought of you yesterday - a 3-ship formation of a stealth bomber > (B-2?) and a pair of fighter escorts were holding over our village, > swooped by 4 times at about 2 thousand feet waiting to take part in > the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, > some 15 miles away. It's on all weekend so I expect we might get the > same today. Back in the 1990s I used to work at the show and was > always the runway camera, halfway between the crowd line and the > runway about the point they touched down on landing. This gave a good > vantage point for both take offs and landings. There were 2 main > cameras on the tower, a roaming camera the other side (north side) for > interviews and taxiing shots, and one cam on scaffold in line with the > runway about 300 feet past the threshold - he always got some amazing > shots, though technically mine was more difficult as panning all the > way through almost 180 degrees isn't easy keeping the plane centred and > steady while trying not to trip over the tripod legs.... > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ UK Shoot / Edit and > || (O) | Live Broadcast News > ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
