Richard, Damn nice shot of the B17 Flying Fortress (all are)! I saw two WWII bombers flying over last Friday, but didn`t know what they were, so I called a couple of airports in the area, and the guy said one was a B-17, and the other a B-24. It was a marvelous sight to behold, and quite a nice roar of the engines. Wish I had time to photograph them, but I was in traffic and had only a 50mm on the Spottie. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Seaman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:14 PM Subject: Re: Old Aircraft Photography
> Cotty, > > Dave Mann can't be allowed to have all the fun, so perhaps this > flightless kiwi will also jump the pond to dear old Mother England and > indulge his airshow lust at the same time. > > I was sorry to see that the Duxford airshow site doesn't seem to have > even a tentative list of what aircraft will be flying - what are they > thinking? > > The Royal International Air Tattoo the weekend after Duxford seems to > have a good selection flying, including spitfire, lancaster, hurricane, > tornado, jaguar and nimrod: > > http://www.airtattoo.com/airtattoo_2002/participation/aircraftframe.html > > Do any of you guys go to that show? > > Oh, and if people are interested in Me109s, check out this guy flying > down in lil' ol' New Zealand: > > http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/WanakaWarbirds/Bf109/index.h tml > > There's also plenty of airshow wallpaper to keep people happy, including > P51s and B17s, all photographed with Pentax gear, naturally: > > http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Aircraft/index.html > > Richard. > > home page: www.richard-seaman.com > > --- original message --- > > Fredo! > > >I have to confess that I do have a fondness for some of the older > >military aircraft (especially the B-17 and the P-51, my favorite > >bomber and fighter, respectively). I also would like to sometime > >see a P-38 (I assume that there must be a few still surviving) and I > >also would love to see an Me-109 someday. > > snip > > >I do hope > >to eventually see some of the other remaining B-17's that are still > >around, and my ultimate "dream trip" (with photo gear, of course) > >would be a journey to the locations of some of the old B-17 > >airfields in the UK (East Anglia area). > > Come on over fella! Duxford is just such an East Anglian aerodrome. I > don't know if a Flying Fortress will be present but I can sure as heck > find out. P-51s, definately. Me-109, I'll have to check. Apparently the > climax of the three hour show is ALL the flying display planes trouping > past in formation - we're talking a couple a dozen at least - all going > ten to the dozen. They say it's pretty unbelievable. > > http://www.macads.co.uk/pdml/ > > carrot ---> stick, > > Cotty > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
