Simviation Forum - Darn it...! Missed again ....

Sep 15^th, 2004 at 5:34pm

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.... or words to that effect. Whatever made me take up this hobby? It can be so frustrating at times. ???
I must be a masochist. Perfect conditions & a wonderful show but some aircraft seem determined to elude me. Either I mess it up or some stoopid idiot decides to get in the way just as I press the button. Roll Eyes

I dug these out from the Recycle Bin. If I pretend they're supposed to be like this maybe they're not so bad after all. Wink

After seeing it displayed at 3 Old Warden shows this year I have yet to get a decent shot of the Avro 504. Embarrassed

Same goes for the SE.5a. Roll Eyes

Ah, here's the Avro 19 (aka the civil Anson). First time I've seen this one fly.* Darn it - missed again. Sometimes I think I'll never get the hang of this lark. Cry

Not to worry, I'll catch it when it lands. Oops...! Who put that bloomin' great mast in the way? Angry

Now this is a very rare sight. Don't mess it up for goodness sake. Blast it......! Roll Eyes

Almost (but not quite) the best shot I've taken this year.

Don't mention the Spitfire. Never did get a decent shot of that. Roll Eyes

Maybe I was trying too hard. Never mind, better luck next season, I hope. Practice makes perfect they tell me. Well, nobody said it was going to be easy did they? No fun in that is there. Wink

*PS. I've actually seen that Anson lots of times. This machine used to belong to Meridian Airmaps at Shoreham when I worked for the flying club next door back in the '60s. It was flown by the late Jackie Moggridge.

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Reply #1 - Sep 15^th, 2004 at 10:01pm

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AH yes Doug, but of all those wonderful cockpit area closeups in the air, you never wasted or paid for any film....

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Reply #2 - Sep 15^th, 2004 at 10:28pm

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For "lousy" photographer them pikchurs look awful purty!

I wish my GOOD ones were that good!

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Reply #3 - Sep 16^th, 2004 at 5:55am

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Its good for us mortals to see SimVs master aviation photographer goof a little, gives us some hope that we'll catch-up with you one of these days Wink

Mind you they are still pretty good photos!!!

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Reply #4 - Sep 16^th, 2004 at 8:48am

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too be honest with you i was expecting empty sky, if these are bad, i think your becoming a little to picky:) Wink

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Reply #5 - Sep 16^th, 2004 at 11:29am

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too be honest with you i was expecting empty sky

These are some of my better efforts. You should see the really bad ones. Roll Eyes

I have plenty like this if you want them. Look at that lovely blue sky. Now you see it, now you don't. Where the flippin' heck did he go? ??? Grin

This is a genuine full frame photo - simply resized, not edited or cropped in any way. I usually delete these immediately to save memory. If I didn't there wouldn't be too many with planes in at all. Roll Eyes

PS. It disproves the common belief that it's always gloomy & raining in the UK. 8)

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Reply #6 - Sep 16^th, 2004 at 11:49am

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Nice pics! Wink

The final Beautiful Blue Sky photo definately looks Mediteranean. Wish I could get shots of the sky like that here in Inverness, Doug! Roll Eyes

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Reply #7 - Sep 16^th, 2004 at 12:49pm

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Nice pics! Wink

The final Beautiful Blue Sky photo definately looks Mediteranean. Wish I could get shots of the sky like that here in Inverness, Doug! Roll Eyes

That photo was taken 2 weeks ago at Old Warden in Bedfordshire. It was just the same the previous day at Duxford, Cambridgeshire when I got more blue sky photos than aeroplanes. Conditions were perfect all weekend but you might have noticed the lack of photos I posted of this event. One of those days when nothing went right & I felt like packing it all in & taking up a more sensible hobby like knitting. Roll Eyes

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Reply #8 - Sep 16^th, 2004 at 1:00pm

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Anson #2 photo (the mast): I had never realized how tiny the landing gear looks on the Anson.

It seems a real airplane with a case of atrophied landing gear.

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Reply #9 - Sep 16^th, 2004 at 1:25pm

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Anson #2 photo (the mast): I had never realized how tiny the landing gear looks on the Anson.

It seems a real airplane with a case of atrophied landing gear.

Now you come to mention it those wheels do look a tad undersized. The Anson was the first ever aircraft in RAF service with a retractable undercarriage. 200 turns on a handwheel I believe. Wink

PS. I think the later Ansons like this one have either electric or hydraulically operated gear.

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Reply #10 - Sep 16^th, 2004 at 1:54pm

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Now you come to mention it those wheels do look a tad undersized. The Anson was the first ever aircraft in RAF service with a retractable undercarriage. 200 turns on a handwheel I believe. Wink

I understand that one (not officially sanctioned) method of extending the u/c on the F4F Wildcat was to unlock the gear crank/wheel and give a quick jerk back on the control stick in a shallow dive - just enough to overcome the initial inertia and the gear would extend - you just had to make sure that neither your hand nor any body part was near that spinning wheel!

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Reply #11 - Sep 16^th, 2004 at 2:44pm

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Where the flippin' heck did he go?

THAT is the trouble with those stealth planes Doug Wink

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Reply #12 - Sep 16^th, 2004 at 3:32pm

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This is the sort of shot I got nine times out of ten with my old Sony digital. What is impressive is the clarity of these shots. Can't wait to get to an airshow to try my new camera.

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