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Thudfest
After posting a picture of a Thud, I decided to see how many of the ones listed on Wikipedia as preserved in the US I had photographed. Here they all are in their Thud-loveliness.
NOTAR Sneaks Up on Me (I Guess It Works)
In the late 80s and early 90s, NOTAR was a big deal. McDonnell Douglas Helicopters (as it then was) had come up with the concept of NO TAil Rotor and was pushing it hard. It was seen as a safer … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, civil, Pacific Northwest, photo
Tagged airport, Boeing Field, civil, helicopter, KBFI, king county, md-530N, notar, photo, seattle, washington
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Practice Panning to Make it Different at BFI
I was killing some time at Boeing Field and the light was dropping fast. There was a variety of traffic inbound but nothing that counted as terribly unusual and not, therefore, something I desperately cared about getting a good shot … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, civil, Pacific Northwest, photo, technique
Tagged aircraft, airplane, Boeing Field, civil, KBFI, king county, low, photo, seattle, shutter speed, slow, technique, washington
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Combat Air Takes Up Some Customers
I got a little distracted while I was at Lyons Air Museum. Out on the ramp were some SF-260s belonging to a company called Combat Air. The company shared space with the museum and, while I was walking around, a … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, civil, photo, Travel
Tagged air combat, aircraft, airplane, airport, california, civil, john wayne, marchetti, orange county, photo, piston, Santa Ana, sf-260, siai
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RAT Noise
UPS is buying a bunch of 747 freighters at the moment. I have shot a few of them including examples here and here. The route back to Paine Field takes them across our area when the pattern being flown is … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, civil, Pacific Northwest, photo
Tagged 747-8F, aircraft, airliner, airplane, Boeing, Bothell, cargo, civil, flight, freighter, jet, overflight, photo, ram air turbine, rat, test, ups, washington
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Take Your Pick When Refueling
The F-105 Thunderchief (or Thud) is a beast of a plane. Sadly I never got to seem them in action. One is parked outside at Cavanaugh in Addison TX. Its camo is a bit bleached by the Texas sun (it … Continue reading
Cascades or Buckets?
Watching a bunch of arrivals at Vancouver, I got a lot of shots of aircraft reversing thrust. Current jets fall into one of two categories. Cascade reversers or bucket reversers. The bucket reversers aren’t quite as obvious as those fitted … Continue reading
Astar Over My Head
These shots are from a few years ago. I had the privilege to spend a day with the late Alan Purwin during the filming for one of the Transformers movies in Chicago. I got to fly with them on some … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, Chicago, civil, photo
Tagged Airbus helicopters, aircraft, alan purwin, astar, camera, Chicago, civil, eurocopter, filming, helicopter, Illinois, movie, photo, squirrel, Transformers
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Cavanaugh Air Museum
I have been to Addison in Texas a few times recently for work. The trips have been pretty much in and out with little spare time so I have not been able to check out the Cavanaugh Air Museum before. … Continue reading
A Pair of Douglas’s Finest
The Lyons Museum included a few larger types in the hangar. At one end they had both a DC-3 and a C-47. While notionally different types, they are in principle the same aircraft and one that Douglas churned out in … Continue reading