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08-26-2007, 04:41 AM
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#466 | | "Shooter"
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Country:  | Some shots from the Saturday shoot. FUN!
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08-26-2007, 08:11 AM
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#467 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | Great shots Eric those leotards must be worth a fortune  | |
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08-27-2007, 06:46 AM
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#468 | | "Shooter"
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08-27-2007, 08:15 AM
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#469 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Great, Great photos 
Do those young ladies get hazardous duty pay  
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08-27-2007, 08:17 AM
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#470 | | Older Than Dirt
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Country: | Yea.... those leotards have built in d-rings ! Geesh.... I don't even like
tall buildings. Good shots, tho, Eric.....
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08-27-2007, 09:24 AM
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#471 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Thanks guys. Those ladies deserve all the credit, just getting out on the wing at 80 MPH is scary enough. Being able to pose and keep their eyes open is amazing.
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08-30-2007, 11:46 PM
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#472 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Some of my shots from Saturday are now on the American Wingwalking Alliance page: August2007
And in one of their videos (I have credit at the end too). YouTube - Live your dream
Tomorrow afternoon, I will be flying aerial combat! Woo HOO!
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08-31-2007, 01:13 AM
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#473 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Good job Eric. Keep this up and what you do for a living may take an interesting turn. I only did a commisioned job once and that was for a wedding shoot. I found it just a big pain in the neck but then it just involve ordering people about and telling them were to stand.
Air to air must be great fun, no sodding about panning with huge lenses and you get to buzz about in planes as well, brilliant.
Looks like now you have your foot in the door things can only get better I wish more power to your shutter Eric you deserve it. | |
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08-31-2007, 08:41 AM
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#474 | | "Shooter"
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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Country: | Cheers Lee! I have had a few people tell me lately that a change of vocation is in my future. We shall see, I am taking it as it comes and enjoying it. Wedding photography doesn't really interest me, although photographing people can be a neat challenge. I like more candid shots anyway.
I think I do my best work air-to-air. You are right about the lens, I shoot air to air with my 6 oz 28-80 lens as opposed to the 5 pound Bigma. Having a place to sit with an awesome view is a huge plus.
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08-31-2007, 09:45 AM
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#475 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by evangilder  Some of my shots from Saturday are now on the American Wingwalking Alliance page: August2007
And in one of their videos (I have credit at the end too). YouTube - Live your dream
Tomorrow afternoon, I will be flying aerial combat! Woo HOO! | My goodness. How do you get out of a perfectly good airplane to "walk around" on the outside!
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08-31-2007, 10:42 AM
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#476 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | It's neat to watch, but I sure as heck wouldn't do it.
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08-31-2007, 11:08 AM
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#477 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | Fantastic pix as always....
I really envy your air to air stuff | |
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08-31-2007, 11:10 PM
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#478 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Cheers Crashgate. I feel that I do my best work air to air.
Here are some shot from today. I am exhausted, 5 hours of driving and 2 hours of aerial combat. But what a day! I flew a Marchetti against an Extra 300. I experience going beyond the performance envelope of the aircraft. When you do that, the airplane starts to buffet. You just ease out of the stick when it happens to get it to stop, but by that point, you have bled a lot of energy. That got me killed in that engagement. I forced the Extra into a spin while maneuvering, which lined me up for a shot.
It was about 100 degrees F in the cockpit and the bleed air was pumping hot air too. I think I sweat a few gallons today and probably lost a good 5-10 pounds. I would have been sweating even if it's hadn't been hot, so add the heat and it takes it right out of you.
The fights went through the vertical and horizontal planes, rolling, twisting, cuban 8, high and low yo-yos, the works. Several times we pulled 4.5 to 5 Gs. About halfway through the second fight, the heat and the Gs got to me and I got queasy. But I toughed out three more dogfights.
What an amazing experience. I have a lot more respect for fighter pilots now than I did before. It is a tough job.
These photos were taken with my wife's point and shoot by my opponent's wife. I didn't bring the Nikon along.
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09-01-2007, 07:40 AM
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#479 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | Damn sounds like you had a great time!
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09-01-2007, 08:17 AM
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#480 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | It was great. I have 2 video tapes from the fights, but they are on mini DV tapes, and I don't have a player. I am going to see if I can rent one today. I'd like to get it ripped down to the computer so I can edit and have some fun with the video. I got to watch a little bit at the ops office and it was really cool!
I can tell you for sure that after doing this, there isn't a PC based sim that could even come close. Flying a dogfight on a PC is simple and it is fun, don't get me wrong. But doing the real thing is hard work.
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