Nice airplane. I flew one in 1991.
A lot of fun.
These airplanes trained pilots of the Army and Navy before going to the more advanced AT-6.
AT stands for Advanced Trainer, whereas these PT-17’s (PT) stands for Primary Trainer.
After AT training a pilot would be assigned to his airplane that he would fly in combat; Navy/Marines: F4F, F6F, F4U. Army Air Corp (later named Army Air Force): P-38, P-39, P-40, P-51.
Others were assigned to bombers, transport, scout, dive bomber or torpedo aircraft. Some instructors that I had at the Naval Academy switched to the LTA aircraft, blimps! The Navy used blimps with great success during WW2 protecting convoys at sea.
There were other PT and AT aircraft, but the Stearman PT-17 and the North American AT-6 aircraft were the most used.
It may be interesting to note that the AT-6 was dubbed the “Hollywood Zero” as it was often used as a stand-in for the Mitsubishi Zero in flying films after the war. From afar they have similar silhouettes.
Real nice photo set!
Shot #3, the lighting is perfect.
I commend you on such beautiful art.
You took these shots?
Nice work.
WayneL wrote:
Check out MPB and KEH, good used camera sellers
Yes thank you, I know, but I took a shot because I really trust the people in here.
Thank you.
Al
New Jersey
If anyone here has a Canon T6s body they would like to sell please let me know.
Thank you.
Thanks for posting this.
Have a great weekend.
My 18-135mm does the job. The APS-C magnification factor makes it a 28.8-216mm. Very useful range.
Stunning shots. Real art.
Does this lens have Image Stabilization?
Thank you.
quixdraw wrote:
Takes me back to a Fridge magnet Mom had for years, being married to a guy of German descent. "What do you call a Grouchy German?..."
Not sure of the spelling but grouchy in German is “grew-ka “.
CHG_CANON wrote:
The EOS R5 will change how we think about mirrorless, how we think about photography, how we think about life.
How we think about “life”?
Please expand on that thought.
Thank you.
To click or not to click, shutter noise, it hasn’t bothered me in 49 years and the idea to spend a small fortune to eliminate that familiar click, well, I’m fine with the click.