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Post by Peter Lewis on Mar 27, 2012 11:08:06 GMT 12
Weather looking good.
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Post by efliernz on Mar 27, 2012 12:09:59 GMT 12
Yup... is looking great.
I was looking at flying my new octocopter from the town side of the lake to get the pre-launch aerial 100-200' photos tomorrow but I've only got 15 minutes of air-time on it... I'd like a bit more testing before flying in public surrounded by water and people... It is an awesome machine but that isn't the reason to skip testing!
Being safe is a real bugga some times!
Pete
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Post by efliernz on Mar 28, 2012 9:12:40 GMT 12
I'm at work so no fancy editing or photo hosting  Perfect wind conditions this morning with katabatic wind currents (thanks to the lake) giving a circular vertical cycle enabling some balloons to take-off and fly away and circle back over the lauch area. Haze over the lake and high cloud made it a photography nightmare! Like I said... no fancy editing at work. Pete Attachments:
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Post by efliernz on Mar 28, 2012 9:15:44 GMT 12
One more... I'll get them sorted better once I get home Pete Attachments:
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Post by Peter Lewis on Mar 28, 2012 19:31:09 GMT 12
A cloudy morning at Hamilton, with some haze in the air. Otherwise perfect ballooning weather. The slight wind was south-west, so the departures were into the rising sun which also made photography a little difficult.  Three special shapes were on show, the star being the Cameron Balloons KIWI-90 N6566K  The other two were Kangaroos  The second 'roo departed facing away from the crowd, you can't win them all!  There were a couple of locals I had not seen before. ZK-MET is a South Island based Aerostar S-77A  while ZK-FBA/3 is a Kavanagh C-77 from Wellington  Kubícek BB22Z ZK-FRG hails from Matamata  The weather forecast for the next few days seems to favour the event. I'm off to bed - its a long time since 4.15 this morning. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 28, 2012 21:52:16 GMT 12
Fantastic shots Peter. For the first time ever they plan to have a night glow in Cambridge on Friday night. I'll be in Ohakea though, typical!
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