2018 a year of aviation happenings
Feb 5, 2019 11:46:21 GMT 12
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Post by planecrazy on Feb 5, 2019 11:46:21 GMT 12
My year of plane spotting and other related aviation ventures, yes a bit of
a brag she has been a biggy in fact I don’t think I will ever top it! Seeing
this is the photography thread will attempt to relate to the story behind the
image as best as I can.
Have been lucky to call Lord Howe Island my home for the last 28 years.
A small and remote location that happens to be between Australia and New
Zealand, therefore we get a number of aeroplanes transiting the Tasman Sea.
First cab off the rank this little rocket ship, try to shoot slow shutter speeds
one to get prop blur and two a blured back ground gives the impression of
movement. Glassair III image captured 9/1/18 ferried from New Zealand
now resides in Western Australia.
Been a model maker since I was a young lad initially plastic kits nowadays
RC planes all electric and favour the smaller ultra micros. Completed this
conversion of a 3.7volt powered Mustang to a more powerful 7.4 volts. She
flies fast and very responsive, small wing span, 410mm. Hard to capture her
in flight at least the set of keys gives an idea of how small she is.
The largest aeroplane to visit the island’s 3,000ft strip luckily visit on a fairly
regular basis, RAAF C130Js are our emergency evacuation method after
dark. They visit three to four times a year to keep the crews current, this
gives me an opportunity to get a few different angles. They only ever visit
in the afternoons when the sun is not at the best location, I have a 150 to
600 lens so can get in nice and close. This first image was hand held at
full zoom, F22 at 125th bit soft but not too bad considering.
As I said they stay and do touch and goes into the night, got lucky with this
rainbow parking up behind the machine all images captured 6/2/18.
5/3/18 sometimes I just can’t jag the take off or landing, long time New Zealand
resident now lives in Australia.
24/3/18 somedays just beautiful in more ways than one, a brand new RNZAF
King Air she had around 80 hours on the clock at the time of her visit.
Not always sunny and nice out in the Tasman, took off and flew direct to New
Zealand 1,643klms taking 5.5hours to get there! Well known ferry pilot Stephen
Death comes through on a regular basis with a variety of machines in both
directions, image captured 27/3/18.
Love the adventurous spirit of human beings, long distances over lots of ocean
in a small machine, great stuff! These three lighties venture to and from the big
brown land, 31/3/18.
Usually visit Sydney in the winter where our kids live and work, had an extra
trip for a couple of proud parents to witness a daughter graduate. By pure
fluke the weekend coincided with one of the Temora Aviation Museum’s mini
showcase airshows. Bit of a hike, 423klms but not too bad, excellent highway!
F10 at 250th, this image was cropped as well.
F11 at 160th, 468mm zoom, the trailing smoke makes tracking her in the sky
so much easier.
Beautiful day the sun gets into a worse position as the day progresses,
very backlit so overexposed F11 at 125th, 423mm zoom, images 29/4/18.
Back home and a screen shot off go pro footage of my RAAF P51 Mk III, have
experimented with this a bit, camera mounted on my head and you need to fly
really close, they always turn out a bit blurry but I think this can add to the
image sometimes?
2/5/18 got unlucky here parked at northern end of the airstrip to get her turning
around in front of the mountains and old mate decided to turn around mid strip!
Very rare but this time it all fell into place and you get two at the same time,
XL 750 going west, second new RNZAF Kingair going east, 26/5/18.
F14, 160th, 221mm zoom.
Just so happens the pilot of the 750 was Chris Underwood who flew the last
RNZAF Skyhawk in New Zealand, Chris kindly signed my book on the A4.
C130J after dark, on a tripod at F8, aperture open for 82seconds, 29/5/18.
Off the island for a winter holiday via Sydney town, popped down to check out
the seaplanes on Sydney Harbour, 24/6/18
Tricky image to capture, backlit, so overexposed F22 at 250th 435mm zoom.
Second half of the year to follow...........
a brag she has been a biggy in fact I don’t think I will ever top it! Seeing
this is the photography thread will attempt to relate to the story behind the
image as best as I can.
Have been lucky to call Lord Howe Island my home for the last 28 years.
A small and remote location that happens to be between Australia and New
Zealand, therefore we get a number of aeroplanes transiting the Tasman Sea.
First cab off the rank this little rocket ship, try to shoot slow shutter speeds
one to get prop blur and two a blured back ground gives the impression of
movement. Glassair III image captured 9/1/18 ferried from New Zealand
now resides in Western Australia.
Been a model maker since I was a young lad initially plastic kits nowadays
RC planes all electric and favour the smaller ultra micros. Completed this
conversion of a 3.7volt powered Mustang to a more powerful 7.4 volts. She
flies fast and very responsive, small wing span, 410mm. Hard to capture her
in flight at least the set of keys gives an idea of how small she is.
The largest aeroplane to visit the island’s 3,000ft strip luckily visit on a fairly
regular basis, RAAF C130Js are our emergency evacuation method after
dark. They visit three to four times a year to keep the crews current, this
gives me an opportunity to get a few different angles. They only ever visit
in the afternoons when the sun is not at the best location, I have a 150 to
600 lens so can get in nice and close. This first image was hand held at
full zoom, F22 at 125th bit soft but not too bad considering.
As I said they stay and do touch and goes into the night, got lucky with this
rainbow parking up behind the machine all images captured 6/2/18.
5/3/18 sometimes I just can’t jag the take off or landing, long time New Zealand
resident now lives in Australia.
24/3/18 somedays just beautiful in more ways than one, a brand new RNZAF
King Air she had around 80 hours on the clock at the time of her visit.
Not always sunny and nice out in the Tasman, took off and flew direct to New
Zealand 1,643klms taking 5.5hours to get there! Well known ferry pilot Stephen
Death comes through on a regular basis with a variety of machines in both
directions, image captured 27/3/18.
Love the adventurous spirit of human beings, long distances over lots of ocean
in a small machine, great stuff! These three lighties venture to and from the big
brown land, 31/3/18.
Usually visit Sydney in the winter where our kids live and work, had an extra
trip for a couple of proud parents to witness a daughter graduate. By pure
fluke the weekend coincided with one of the Temora Aviation Museum’s mini
showcase airshows. Bit of a hike, 423klms but not too bad, excellent highway!
F10 at 250th, this image was cropped as well.
F11 at 160th, 468mm zoom, the trailing smoke makes tracking her in the sky
so much easier.
Beautiful day the sun gets into a worse position as the day progresses,
very backlit so overexposed F11 at 125th, 423mm zoom, images 29/4/18.
Back home and a screen shot off go pro footage of my RAAF P51 Mk III, have
experimented with this a bit, camera mounted on my head and you need to fly
really close, they always turn out a bit blurry but I think this can add to the
image sometimes?
2/5/18 got unlucky here parked at northern end of the airstrip to get her turning
around in front of the mountains and old mate decided to turn around mid strip!
Very rare but this time it all fell into place and you get two at the same time,
XL 750 going west, second new RNZAF Kingair going east, 26/5/18.
F14, 160th, 221mm zoom.
Just so happens the pilot of the 750 was Chris Underwood who flew the last
RNZAF Skyhawk in New Zealand, Chris kindly signed my book on the A4.
C130J after dark, on a tripod at F8, aperture open for 82seconds, 29/5/18.
Off the island for a winter holiday via Sydney town, popped down to check out
the seaplanes on Sydney Harbour, 24/6/18
Tricky image to capture, backlit, so overexposed F22 at 250th 435mm zoom.
Second half of the year to follow...........
