Blue above, Green below is also good advice. 73 Stewart G3RXQ
Ex PPL On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:07:27 -0800 (PST), WA6OCP wrote: > > I believe that "maintain spacing" ranks right up there with "keep the shiny > side up" and "speed and altitude are our friends". :-) > > Neal WA6OCP > > > wb8yqj wrote: > >> Great Pics!!! >> >>>>> If you look carefully at the high resolution >> versions, you can see me peering back at the other >> plane to maintain spacing. >> >> This is some flying term that I am unfamilar with. Is >> "maintain spacing" important in flying? ;-) >> >> ;-) >> >> "Never let another airplane get in the way of a good >> photo" >> >> >> The in-flight photo was taken by a pilot friend and >> professional photographer, Dan Dawson, while we flew >> formation from Watsonville up to Half Moon Bay for >> lunch on Sunday, Dec 30th. (He was a passenger in the >> other plane.) >> >> A friend wanted pics of his plane, a recently >> refurbished 1970's Cessna >> >> 172, so I was the photo plane on the way up. After a >> free lunch from him, Dan moved to the 172 plane and >> they took pics of me on the way back home. >> >> See http://flickr.com/photos/dandawson/tags/airtoair/ >> for the complete picture set of both planes. If you >> look carefully at the high resolution versions, you >> can see me peering back at the other plane to maintain >> spacing. >> >> And to answer another frequent question - No, I do not >> make HF QSOs while in flight as PIC :-) (But when >> Lerma is PIC I might sneak in one >> >> or two VHF QSO's. No HF in the plane yet..) >> >> 73, Eric WA6HHQ >> _______________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >> Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): >> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >> Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
