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05-21-2006, 11:01 AM
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#16 | | "Shooter"
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Country:  | Yes, those are the trouble shots. I had just shot the first shot of the British Hellcat with the problem, when my cell rang. It was Syscom calling to check if I had caught that. It was good to get a heads up even though I already had it. There was so much up in the air at that time, it could have been easy to miss. But the group of photographers I was with also have the ATC freqs on monitor and we heard the trouble start early. I would guess there were at least 20-30 long lenses on that Hellcat, keeping an eye out and hoping/praying that he got it resolved. I love to catch unique shots, but I don't ever want it to be the unique shot of a crash.
Here's what happened. In the first pic, normal takeoff and the gear were folding as I shot that one. Everything looked good. Pilot did not get the full retract and they stuck almost up (2nd pic). Then he decided to drop the gear and retract again, also thinking maybe to drop them and just land to check it out. Third shot, worst friggin nightmare, one up, one partial. Joe can confirm this, but this is the LAST landing configuration you want, better to have both up, than one up and one down.
Fourth shot, all is well, one more pass round to confirm gear locked in down position and landing. As he went by us, we all gave him a thumbs up.
It was nice meeting you as well yesterday, Syscom. I looked for Chris McMillan, but didn't see him. Did you find him?
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05-21-2006, 11:20 AM
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By the way, did it occur to you that the real disaster was painting the Hellcat in RN colors? Good god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All the famous F6F schemes he could have done from the USN and he painted it that way. made me want to cry. 
Heres some pictures I took inside the hanger. They had an R2800 and R4360 opened up for all to see, plus they had some German engines laying around
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05-21-2006, 11:33 AM
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Country:  | Excellent shots Eric, the one with the two P-51's and the B-17 shot are teriffic!
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05-21-2006, 11:48 AM
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Country: | An Avenger with Rockets???? Excellent shots again Eric, as well as urs too sys...
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05-21-2006, 12:16 PM
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Country:  | Those aerial shots are awesome Eric!
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05-21-2006, 01:12 PM
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#21 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | I know they have taken some creative license on some of these restorations, but at least they are flying. The one that kills me is that Mustang covered with the Jelly Belly logo and the jelly beans. Ack..cough...gasp...ptooey. Blech!
Cool shots of the engines too, Syscom. I didn't actually get into any of the museums or hangars. I do plan on making a trip down there one of these days to spend some time in POF.
Here is a shot of the Jelly Belly Mustang. I understand the need for corporate sponsorship and having a logo is one thing. But this is just killing it for me.
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05-21-2006, 01:55 PM
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Country: | One of the great crimes against humanity if u ask me.... That and the Red Bull crap....
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05-21-2006, 01:57 PM
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#23 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | At least with red bull they have one uniform color with a logo and that's it. These multi-color polka dots are just goofy.
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05-21-2006, 01:59 PM
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Country: | Yeah that is a lot worse than the Red Bull ones.
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05-21-2006, 02:11 PM
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Country: | Excellent pictures, Eric.
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05-21-2006, 03:52 PM
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Country: | Eric and Syscom, great shots.
Eric, what type of camera did you use for it? Was it a digital w/ a long lense. I figure as much based on the speed with which you got them up. Great, clean shots.
Syscom, which of the RR engines was that one? It's tough to get a scale on it based on the picture. XX?
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05-21-2006, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by lesofprimus One of the great crimes against humanity if u ask me.... .. |
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05-21-2006, 05:49 PM
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#28 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Tim,
I use a Nikon D50 with several different lenses. I mainly used an 80-400 zoom that a friend lent to me for the show. I also use a 70-300 and a 28-80. I use the 28-80 for static and closeup shots and the big heavies for the rest.
Here's a real one-off. It's a Yak-3 with a radial engine! At first glance, it looked like a small Sea Fury.
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05-21-2006, 07:23 PM
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Country: | That's a Yak-3UTI, right, Eric? A lot of people confuse Yak-11 that was at Duxford with a Yak-3UTI because it was based on it.
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05-21-2006, 07:24 PM
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Country:  | Superb pics all round gents!!
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