Nice! We really liked it there.
I was told by a Canon tec that the print head contains a heater that burns out, and it will no longer print after that.
I did some more investigation and found a video of them removing the airplane from the water. You can tell more about what probably happened by seeing it. I watched it 5 times and stopped it several times to see a still.
Find the movie here:
https://www.myndnow.com/news/bismarck-news/crashed-plane-retrieved-from-river-faa-begins-investigation/1310297545I think it went into the water almost verticle with the left wing a little low. It appears the left side has more damage. You can see the prop is bent slightly on the left side, looking from the front. Also, the windscreen is missing and it looks a little like some of the cowlings may have gone through the window. The wheel pant on the right side is missing. From the way they moved the airplane from the water, towing it by a boat from the tail, this may have removed some of the cowlings. Also, the sling they used may have bent a few things like the nose gear. You can see the back side of the wing which confirms to me it went in almost verticle. Most Cessnas like this one may flip when in a turn to the opposite side (right wing down, flip to the left). If the nose is high,it can flip on its back and may end up in a spin. I don't think this happened with this one.
I am a commercial pilot with over 3,000 hours in 25 different airplanes and was on a board of a major aircraft company that evaluated wrecks along with the official inspection. My guess is he stalled the plane and it went nose down, then into the water based on the wing and prop spinner damage. The plane hit hard to cause this damage. The damage looks like the plane hit a rock, but water can be almost as hard as a rock to a stalled airplane.
Recovery from an accidental stall in this airplane would take a minimum of 400 feet, probably more, because he had to adjust himself, get rid of the camera to start the recovery. The stalled airplane probably hit the water in less than 10 seconds, rocks fall really fast.
I have looked at the Canon SX-70 as a replacement for my SX-50, read reviews on it too. It appears to me that Canon has gone backward on the SX-70. I will not get it. I will borrow a friends P1000 to see what I think of it, it looks too big and heavy. Weight was why I went to a bridge camera in the first place, got tired lugging my bad of lenses around. I have been very pleased with the SX-50 but had hopes for a better camera in the 70.
In looking at the SX-70, I'm disappointed that it appears not better than the SX-50. I've read several reviews and looked at 3 urine reviews. None are very favorable.So I will look for a different camera to replace my SX-50.
Thank for replies. I recently installed Photoshop Elements 2018 and will try it.
I have around 50,000 photos organized in Picasa and the feature that I use most is face recognition. I have a very large family and use this for finding the right pictures for projects. What other program has this feature?
Yes, it was lots of fun for my family. We went twice each year for a long time. I too worked at LTV.
I thank you all for the suggestions and have made a list of all of them to check out. When I've made a decision I will let you know.
I want to replace my SX-50 with a camera that has WiFi and many of the SX-50 features. I might want one that has a larger sensor.