Flying history
Jun 25, 2017 02:36:50 #
P-51D "Upupa Epops" at a local airshow this afternoon...
http://image.ibb.co/kgFyNk/IMG_7649_crop_sm.jpg
http://image.ibb.co/kgFyNk/IMG_7649_crop_sm.jpg
Jun 25, 2017 03:54:58 #
Jun 25, 2017 06:10:49 #
That is a very nice picture. Taking pictures at an Air Show, can be very difficult. GOOD JOB ! BB
Jun 25, 2017 09:39:32 #
Bobgood1 wrote:
That is a very nice picture. Taking pictures at an Air Show, can be very difficult. GOOD JOB ! BB
A fine example of "Shutter Priority", great capture, a real sense of motion without, without any Blur. We can feel that plane wizzing by us!
Jun 26, 2017 11:30:52 #
A very successful image of a fine, long distance escort fighter plane that saved lives of many crews of Flying Fortresses. Thank you for sharing!
What was the visibility problem (for landing) some pilots were complaining about? Anybody knows?
What was the visibility problem (for landing) some pilots were complaining about? Anybody knows?
Jun 26, 2017 16:36:23 #
Jun 26, 2017 16:38:40 #
Paul J. Svetlik wrote:
A very successful image of a fine, long distance escort fighter plane that saved lives of many crews of Flying Fortresses. Thank you for sharing!
What was the visibility problem (for landing) some pilots were complaining about? Anybody knows?
What was the visibility problem (for landing) some pilots were complaining about? Anybody knows?
Long nose and being a taildragger, that cuts into your forward visibility. Most pilots in tail wheel equipped airplanes quickly learn a little maneuver called an "ESS" where
you gently swing the tail from one side to the other giving you some forward visibility as you taxi. The one "little" problem that can bite pilots in higher powered aircraft on
takeoff is the prop torque that must be compensated for in setting proper trim prior to beginning one's take off roll and being ready to compensate with opposite aileron pedal once
you've gotten enough lift under the wings.....otherwise you're going for a fast trip into the grass.
Jun 26, 2017 23:14:41 #
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