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Mar 14^th, 2012 at 5:57am

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Thought I had posted this last night but, since I don't see it, I might have never actually posted it after previewing. Took the P-47 up to 35,000 ft last night over the Hawaiian islands to catch the last of the sun as it set. I forgot that you can begin to see the curvature of the earth from up there:

Rich

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Reply #1 - Mar 14^th, 2012 at 2:20pm

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Cool shot.........the ol' Jug can really get some altitude Shocked

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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Reply #2 - Mar 14^th, 2012 at 3:04pm

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Wonderful shot...well done...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #3 - Mar 14^th, 2012 at 3:09pm

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It's service ceiling is 40,000 feet. The first 35K takes about a half hour. So the trip up to there isn't too bad. From that point, the last 5K will take another 20-30 minutes and can be quite tedious. I just didn't feel like going the rest of the way. Once you're up there you can't do much except try to maintain altitude. So it's not much fun. The last time I had it up there was two years ago for my video review of A2A's P-47.

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Reply #4 - Mar 14^th, 2012 at 4:28pm

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Very cool shot. Cool

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Reply #5 - Mar 14^th, 2012 at 4:33pm

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Gotta love the old jug!

Not as good as another plane I may know ..... Roll Eyes

Great shot

Stang

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Reply #6 - Mar 15^th, 2012 at 6:33am

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p-51mustangfanatic wrote on Mar 14^th, 2012 at 4:33pm:

Gotta love the old jug!

Not as good as another plane I may know ..... Roll Eyes

Great shot

Stang

Stang, thank you. They're all good, if they get you off the ground.

Rich

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Reply #7 - Mar 15^th, 2012 at 4:12pm

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RSorochak wrote on Mar 15^th, 2012 at 6:33am:

Stang, thank you. They're all good, if they get you off the ground.

Rich

Even better if they get you back on it in one piece. Cheesy

Great shot. Wink

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Reply #8 - Mar 15^th, 2012 at 9:54pm

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it's lonely at the top Wink

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Reply #9 - Mar 16^th, 2012 at 6:41am

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It certainly can be.

Rich

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