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By: 14th June 2006 at 00:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-10 more ...
By: 14th June 2006 at 05:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-10 more:
By: 14th June 2006 at 06:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-By: 14th June 2006 at 09:05 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Great stuff. You sure like your Focke-Wulfs, don't you? :p
Nice Spitfire IIa in Bill Dunn's markings, although the nose is a bit more like a MkIX. There was a short article in a recent Flypast about him, too.
By: 14th June 2006 at 17:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-10 more quick ones ...
By: 15th June 2006 at 15:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Great stuff!
Superb shots!!
I just love those R/C Warbirds :D :rolleyes:
By: 15th June 2006 at 22:37 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-By: 16th June 2006 at 14:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Even more great shots! Superb!!!
Do you have a movie of the FW190 radial powered one?
By: 16th June 2006 at 15:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Thanks ... more to come soon!
I hope to attend next year as well - I do intend to bring my video camera then! That radial sounded, well ... like a real radial at idle. Not quite the "throat" of course of a BMW 801, but 'realistic' nonetheless. The large Cuban Sea Fury also pictured carried the same engine. Both sounded more like real planes in the air than the bzzzzzz of the others.
Wade
By: 17th June 2006 at 20:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Steve Pisanos (71 ES & 4 FG) and Russ Kyler (56th FG) attended the flying event and spoke at the Saturday night banquet.
By: 19th June 2006 at 04:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-10 more ...
I happened to be looking at that beautiful P-38 (see my engine-run shots of her a few posts above) through the lens as she came in with, I believe, a gear problem. Extremely skillful flying on the pilot's part kept the damage to a 'repairable' minimum. The mishap notwithstanding, she flew superbly throughout her routine. I had a soft spot for this one as she displayed a 435th FS patch on her nose ... I flew with and did some artwork for the *current* 435th FTS (IFF) at Moody AFB, Ga, not too long ago:
By: 20th June 2006 at 02:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Hope you guys enjoyed these ...
In Memoriam - a beautiful Avenger (and HUGE, too!), which met it's end at the event:
Hats off, please:
By: 20th June 2006 at 08:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Ouch!
My worst mishap was flying through a tree with my 1/10th scale Grace Spitfire - it came out rather more intact than that!
By: 20th June 2006 at 13:43 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-What aircraft WAS that one? Looks like a very hard crash :(
But the nice pictures keep coming! Great job!!!
By: 23rd June 2006 at 08:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Excellent - thanks for posting. Shame about the Avenger - I hope he builds another.
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By: Chicoartist - 13th June 2006 at 22:16
Hi guys,
I flew into Denver last weekend to see the annual Warbirds Over the Rockies R/C show at Chatfield State Part in Littleton (south Denver area). Wow - I was most impressed. Not only were the models simply stunning examples of the craft, but the pilots were obviously very experienced, and flew these beauties very "scale" like.
I would like to mention that I was quite blown over by the welcoming reception I got. I was but one 'sponsor' (donated some prints for their auction), but I was treated as an old friend by the event organizers, getting full access to the facilities and airfield. As you'll see by these pictures, I took full advantage of my VIP pass. I shot over 900 images, and over 8 or 9 posts in this thread, I hope to show my favorites.
For the shutterbugs among us, I used a Canon EOS 20D with a 17-85mm IS (IS *off*) lens. For the flying shots, I set the AF point to center spot only. Aperture Priority (usually 1/800-1000 sec) was set. ISO at 200. Drive was set to Burst. For the ground shots, the camera's AutoProgram was used.
Let's get started (in no particular order):
Wade