Peter: Great story! Glad no one was hurt. Enjoyed reading this. Thanks. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 11:33 PM Subject: Re: Your Great Photographic Moments? > In a way my greatest photographic moment is a shot I didn't take. There > is a private air museum in Old Rhienbeck, New York, dedicated to WWI > aircraft. On a family outing when I must have been at most 12 years > old, I was taking photographs of the old biplanes taking off and > landing. Well it was a very special afternoon because the museum had > just completed restoration of a DH2 pursuit, (fighter to the > uninitiated), plane. The restoration effort had taken about 10 years > and this was to be it's first flight since being stored in a barn > sometime in the 1920's. Well the plane took off and flew beautifully. > However on landing just as it reached the part of the field where I was > stationed the damned thing ground looped, took a right angle turn and > headed directly for me and about a hundred other people propeller > windmilling, me cranking the film advance and shooting away... > > Luckily for the me, and the rest of the audience, there was a > reproduction WWI ambulance and a restored Renault Light Tank that were > too close together for the DH2 to squeeze between them, and the plane > was brought to a halt with a great splintering of wood and riping of > canvas. The plane was rolled off the field for another 10 years of > restoration, and dammit all if not a single shot came out well enough to > show anyone... > > Christine Aguila wrote: >> Hi Everyone: >> >> I hope you don't find this request tiresome, but given the great >> international reach, the delightfully varied life experiences and >> photographic interests, and the endless talent of the list, I'd love to >> hear >> stories about your greatest photographic moments. Anyone willing to >> share a >> story or 2? >> >> Cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> > > > -- > I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. > A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. > When it is complete the Bavarian Cream Illuminati will rule the world > -- Anonymous > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
