Post your best Airplane pix

Ubilam · Jun 15, 2006

I'd like to see some old Harvards and Spitfires, or a couple of
Pitts Specials and Jennies. Gliders or jets. In the air or not. Your
model plane masterpieces.

stretfordender · Jun 15, 2006

http://www.stretfordender.com/Album15/IMG_2008.html

Martin Lyons · Jun 16, 2006

Full size English Electric Lightning

Full size Buccaneer

Full size Shakleton (the last airworthy one in the world)

Model Spitfire

Model Harvard

Model Harvard take-off

Tiger Moth taking off

Is that enough, or do you mant more?

Martin

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John Porter · Jun 16, 2006

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Doogs38 · Jun 16, 2006

Some taken in recent times using the excellent Sigma 100-300 EX DG HSM.

Doogs38 · Jun 16, 2006

One More!

rjalex · Jun 16, 2006

Martin,

great pics. Some fo the full size seem to be having taken while flying. Am I correct ? Could you tell me the lens you used for these superb shots ?

Thanks

PS I am an ex competition sailplane pilot here in central Italy. How many times I would have loved to have a pro photograper with me !!! Unforgettable sights of clouds, other flying things, mountains etc etc (just in case you wondered I was usually too busy flying to shoot decent photos 8-> )
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rjalex · Jun 16, 2006

You must be a BRAVE man !!! I would have fainted to have such a bullet darting at me (unless you are cheating with a 5000mm lens 8-> )
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Bob
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Martin Lyons · Jun 16, 2006

Hi rjalex

Nope! They were all taken while the feet were firmly on the ground.
The full size were at our local airshow and the models at an open day event.

I used the Bigma for all of them.
It's quite a usefull lens when handled correctly.
You have to learn to pan proerly though and depend heavily on good light levels.

I've done some air to air stuff, but taking decent pictures when you're the pilot doesn't work too well.

I've also taken the door off my C182 and gotten someone else to do the piloting - that was fun (got some awesome shots of an Extra300 with its wingtip almost inside my door.)

The flight was so smooth that, while heading to the photo area, the pilot of the Extra and myself were playing "rock/scissors" he was that close!!!

Regards
Martin

rjalex said:
Martin,
great pics. Some fo the full size seem to be having taken while
flying. Am I correct ? Could you tell me the lens you used for
these superb shots ?

Thanks

PS I am an ex competition sailplane pilot here in central Italy.
How many times I would have loved to have a pro photograper with me
!!! Unforgettable sights of clouds, other flying things, mountains
etc etc (just in case you wondered I was usually too busy flying to
shoot decent photos 8-> )
--
Bob
If two people agree on everything one of them is redundant.

--
You toucha my stuff, I breaka you face.
See my galleries at http://www.pbase.com/martin_lyons

rjalex · Jun 16, 2006

Martin Lyons said:
I used the Bigma for all of them.

snip

Martin Lyons said:
It's quite a usefull lens when handled correctly.
The flight was so smooth that, while heading to the photo area, the
pilot of the Extra and myself were playing "rock/scissors" he was
that close!!!

Thanks Martin. As I have been grounded for high blood pressure, you made my heart break with the desire to be up there again. If you have ever flown in sailplanes you would surely know that flying very close to others is very common especially in those days when everyone seems to cramp right under that lone cumulus in a meager day

I have flown in gags (dunno if that is the right word) of 25-30 sailplanes circling in not more than 100 vertical meters (approx) ... assured to have no time doing a photo

Bob

PS Sorry for the OT but a grounded pilot is a wounded beast 8-(

Canadian Club · Jun 16, 2006

Hi:

Pitts S1 flying near the RenCen in Detroit - Taken from a Lancair (I'm in the right seat, not a pilot).

Then again over the county

Beautiful hand launch of an R C Glider

Twin Comanche landing

And our beautiful Chipmunk

Life is good - Blue Skies

CC

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Brit · Jun 16, 2006

Haven't loaded older photos on Pbase yet...so these are not necessarily my best but ones I have on Pbase – all taken last month (May) – a few misc photos. No Harvards or Spitfires…behind the P-51 the Spitfire is probably my all time favorite aircraft.

F4U Corsair

1/250s f/13.0 at 400.0mm iso100

F-22A Raptor

1/1000s f/9.0 at 400.0mm iso100

F-86 Sabre

1/800s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso200

A-10 Thunderbolt II (aka Warthog)

1/1000s f/6.3 at 400.0mm iso200

SJN (T-6 Texan)

1/250s f/14.0 at 400.0mm iso100

B-25 Mitchell

1/800s f/9.0 at 400.0mm iso200
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http://www.pbase.com/brit_ve/lafb_apr06

SUBY · Jun 16, 2006

good work and very sharp. Your exif shows high shutter speeds even at 400mm. What lens did you use for this array of pics?
Cheers Suby

winker · Jun 16, 2006

Brit · Jun 16, 2006

SUBY said:
good work and very sharp. Your exif shows high shutter speeds even
at 400mm. What lens did you use for this array of pics?
Cheers Suby

Thanks,

I used the 400/5.6 for most shots - I switched to the 70-200/4L with 1.4XTC for some of the formation shots.

For jets I like to keep the shutter speed above 500 and for props I perfer to keep the shutter speed 250 or lower. The B-25 at 1/800s was a bit of a mistake - I was shooting jets when the B-25 flew by and didn't lower the shuter speed.

Below is a B-25 shot at a better shutter speed.

1/250s f/14.0 at 400.0mm iso200

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http://www.pbase.com/brit_ve/lafb_apr06

Lert · Jun 16, 2006

Bob

send me an email to grahamw at arach dot net dot au if you want to talk about gliding in australia..

cheers..

John Porter · Jun 16, 2006

70-300 Kit Lens.
I have some more that I will post.
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John Porter · Jun 16, 2006

I was taking shots at our car club's hillclimb in October last year when this guy flew in unannounced and uninvited and put on a great show for the spectators. I hadn't taken any more than two plane shots ever, so I was pleased with these taken with the kit 70-300 lens. I guess the clear sky helped the auto focus.

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Remember, The longer you lose...The sooner you win....(&V/V).
Never forget! - The glass is really half full!

fred catherwood · Jun 16, 2006

Ubilam

Here are some old photos. Can't take credit for either but was Armanent Flight Test Engineer on both projects. The photo of the F-86 Sabre as a tow plane for rocket testing is a digital scan of a photo taken 1955-56. The second photo is of the AVRO Canada Arrow c1958.

I have a couple more old photos of an AVRO jet fighter and an AVRO jet passenger transport of same vintage if anyone interested.

Fred Catherwood

John Porter · Jun 16, 2006

My first ever plane shot...Taken with my old Sony P&S. (Wish I had had the 350D then).

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Remember, The longer you lose...The sooner you win....(&V/V).
Never forget! - The glass is really half full!

Post your best Airplane pix

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