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Post by amitch on Aug 7, 2006 10:09:17 GMT 12
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Post by phil82 on Aug 7, 2006 20:28:46 GMT 12
What a lovely little aircraft is that Staggerwing!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 7, 2006 20:56:11 GMT 12
Very very nice. It looks so sleak and nifty.
Thanks for sharing Alex
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Post by planeimages on Aug 8, 2006 19:13:09 GMT 12
Wonderful images. I can't wait to go on the air-to-air sortie I have arranged in a month.
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Post by xr6turbo1 on Aug 8, 2006 21:00:17 GMT 12
what are you taking photos of?
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Post by planeimages on Aug 9, 2006 1:07:27 GMT 12
Not sure of the subjects yet. Depends on who voluntreers.
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Post by planeimages on Aug 9, 2006 1:21:36 GMT 12
Yak2 is a candidate, so I believe.
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Post by turboNZ on Aug 9, 2006 8:10:47 GMT 12
Beautiful pics for sure. !! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by yak2 on Aug 9, 2006 18:12:03 GMT 12
According to the Irishman ( now formation endorsed) Yak2 is already nominated as a candidate Peter. Staggerwing. One of the all time classics. Beautiful pics of a beautiful aircraft.
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Post by planeimages on Aug 9, 2006 19:46:04 GMT 12
This is so and looking forward to finding a weekend where people, aeroplanes and WX are in synch.
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Post by yak2 on Aug 9, 2006 21:43:12 GMT 12
Here you go Peter.......very snappy footwork. And check out the kid with the bike.
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Post by yak2 on Aug 9, 2006 21:51:15 GMT 12
and the other one. Apols for the PPT 'appearance'. .....pic was from a safety forum we ran following the airshow. Am still on L plates with this Photobucket stuff!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 9, 2006 22:02:14 GMT 12
Holy CRAP!!
That is a very dangerous place to stand! May I respectively suggest Peter if you still want to stand at the end of a runway after that, you should go early with an entrenching tool and dig a foxhole.
It looks like even the road ain't a safe place at that airfield!
It must be very distracting for the pilots to have people in their approach path, isn't it?
Let's see the Zero photo you were taking, of go on, please...
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Post by planeimages on Aug 10, 2006 10:15:03 GMT 12
Hi Dave,
I totally agree. Initially, there was plenty of height but then several pilots made very low approaches and touched down well before the displaced threshold. (See my shot of the Paye/Hourigan Mustang landing correctly at Tyabb). After the experience with the Rhin, I moved well to the side and then the "Zero" replica (post above) swept in as if to prove the point.
Later the Beech Staggerwing made a very low approach, too. I was well to the side by this time but became a little concerned when the pilot opened up the throttle and the big radial coughed and black smoke issued forth from the exhaust. The engine caught and the lovely red aeroplane lifted its path.
There is no doubt that the road is higher than it should be and in an ideal world, it needs to be re-routed. This is an on-going problem for the operators of the airfield.
I was rather concerned about the young fellow and his bike. Apparently the local kids do this all the time. That doesn't make it right, of course.
The area was out-of-bounds on the airshow day but not so on the Saturday. Eventually the Police came along and moved the cars which were parked directly on the extended runway centre line.
When the Rhin swept in, a van drove past slip seconds after the Rhin crossed the road. Some of the photographers assessed that the aircraft would have hit the van if the timing was slightly earlier.
Although I determined that it was only necessary for me to duck at the time, I had already decided to drop below the line of the concrete parapet if things went pear-shaped and an aircraft was to fly too low. So it wasn't entirely as careless as the photo makes out.
As a fairly experienced pilot I was also quite comfortable that the pilots would be looking well ahead at the upwind end of the strip and not be concerned about activity in the foreground. I recently asked a former airline senior check and training captain friend of mine if he had seen me taking photographs as he co-piloted the HARS Super Connestallation into Albion Park. He rejected the idea that he would be looking at the roadway before the runway.
Nothwithstanding all this I agree that the issue at Tyabb needs to be addressed and I gather that this is in hand.
Clearly I have learned my lesson, too!
PS. The "Zero" photo is in the prevoius post from yak2. There seems to be a post missing from the thread which brought all this business of the approach to Tyabb into this forum.
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Post by corsair67 on Aug 10, 2006 10:18:00 GMT 12
I love being close to low flying aircraft, but not that bloody close! Obviously photographers working in war zones aren't the only ones who risk decapitation! ;D
I agree with Dave; an entrenching tool might be the order of the day for Peter.
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Post by planeimages on Aug 10, 2006 10:19:40 GMT 12
PS. I got the shots I was after! Will post later.
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Post by planeimages on Aug 10, 2006 11:10:00 GMT 12
The Rhin on approach. Lots of side-slip. Pilot's view of the road almost totally obscured by the nose. Just before touchdown. Dragging it in.
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Post by planeimages on Aug 10, 2006 11:12:34 GMT 12
And before the next question come in, "What's a Rhin?" Here is a link:http://www.pfa.org.uk/S%20Mac%20Website/New%20PDFs%20Jan%2006/Dr107.pdf
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Post by flyjoe180 on Aug 10, 2006 11:13:48 GMT 12
I was about to ask just that...
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Post by planeimages on Aug 10, 2006 11:18:43 GMT 12
Statue yak2? Great aeroplane.
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