I believe that "maintain spacing" ranks right up there with "keep the shiny side up" and "speed and altitude are our friends". :-)
Neal WA6OCP wb8yqj wrote: > > Great Pics!!! > >>>> If you look carefully at the high resolution > versions, you can see me peering back at the other > plane to maintain spacing. > > This is some flying term that I am unfamilar with. Is > "maintain spacing" important in flying? ;-) > > ;-) > > "Never let another airplane get in the way of a good > photo" > > > The in-flight photo was taken by a pilot friend and > professional photographer, Dan Dawson, while we flew > formation from Watsonville up to Half Moon Bay for > lunch on Sunday, Dec 30th. (He was a passenger in the > other plane.) > > A friend wanted pics of his plane, a recently > refurbished 1970's Cessna > > 172, so I was the photo plane on the way up. After a > free lunch from him, Dan moved to the 172 plane and > they took pics of me on the way back home. > > See http://flickr.com/photos/dandawson/tags/airtoair/ > for the complete picture set of both planes. If you > look carefully at the high resolution versions, you > can see me peering back at the other plane to maintain > spacing. > > And to answer another frequent question - No, I do not > make HF QSOs while in flight as PIC :-) (But when > Lerma is PIC I might sneak in one > > or two VHF QSO's. No HF in the plane yet..) > > 73, Eric WA6HHQ > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/So-you-think-your-K3-got-special-treatment--tp15070679p15071254.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
