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Well I finally got to go to this museum, we had a great time and learned allot from some of those great veterans who flew these beauties, especially the B-17 crew. Used the new camera so any advise is greatly appreciated.
DC-3, this one was realy cooool.
Last edited by ontos; 06-17-2009 at 07:48 PM.
I found these detaild models of the Navy men of war fascinating.
Awesome... I like your photo of the fightdeck and seeing the depth of field...
Was that a DC3 or a C47? Did it have pasanger seats or was it set up for cargo/paratroopers?
These are my KC shots, Eric.
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The camo plane was a DC-3 and was set up for troops, it had wood benches on the port and starboard sides. I didn't check the history on it, which I hope to do, but it had signs inside and writing on the bulkhead that were all in Arabic.
Great pics....
DAM, that's incredible.
Here are some more.
100 year old "Old Glory"
This was my favorite, PBY
Thanks for looking.
Not bad, Ontos. The inside if an air museum give some challenging lighting and you did pretty well. One thing I would suggest is to watch your horizon a bit. Not a huge deal, but something that easily forgotten.
The C-47 was actually outfitted as an electronic combat aircraft and the markings inside are in Hebrew, not Arabic. The Israelis used them for electronic reconnaissance, eavesdropping and they even had a few that had high power transmitters that would emit a signal to blow up mines on the ground as they flew over them. They called them Mallards, hence the stylized Mallard marking. There is another former Israeli C-47 at the Estrella Warbird Museum in Paso Robles and another one at Camarillo with the American Aeronautical Foundation.
I wrote an online article about the one at Estrella:
Van Gilder Aviation Photography of Southern California- A C-47 with some history
Keep experimenting with your camera, you are doing well.You do have a couple of KC shots that are cool too.
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For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci
Thanks eric, I appreciate your clearing that up on the C-47. They hope to have the PBY flying in November.
Last edited by ontos; 06-17-2009 at 10:28 PM.
Great shots ontos.
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