On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:49:10AM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit: > Ghost. It seems to be the month for unexpected flying objects. First > the Red Tail Hawk surprised the c*** out of me, then this. I was > taking a walk on the shore of New Haven Harbor, pretty much under the > flight path from Tweed NH Airport when I heard the unmistakable sound > of a very heavy multi engine piston powered aircraft. I looked up > and my first thought damn that looks like a B17! I managed one shot > before it was too far away for the rig I had.
Which is darn good for that level of surprise! (Didn't even think of grabbing a camera the time I got darn near buzzed by a restored Lancaster.) > This is about the center 1/3 of the frame, reduced to 800:534 px. I > wasn't even sure of my identification until I was examining my shots > earlier this evening. There are what, maybe half a dozen of these > still flying anywhere in the world? > > http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20b17.html > > Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8~5,6 You got the tail number; that makes it possible for Google to tell me the B17 in question is the Liberty Belle. Many more photos of same http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/297849 -- Graydon -- 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.
