Re: Peso: Blackbird and Friends
The SR 71 is still a hell of an aircraft. Most impressive! You can see a lot of X-15 in it from that angle imho. Cool pic! Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com Sent: October 15, 2012 10/15/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Peso: Blackbird and Friends I never heard that one. KJ is someone I've always respected from history. The UH Center has the other end of his career as well, the P-38. My young friend was intrigued by the two planes, and was truly surprised that the SR-71 is an almost 50 year old design. We had a nice chat about the P-38 and the SR-71 as they are both beautiful designs with some funny similarities. On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Oct 15, 2012, at 5:48 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: A post card image but I still like it. The woman on the left provides a greats sense of scale. http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-hMJBkP2/0/XL/blackbird-XL.jpg Nice photo of one of my favorite airplanes. One of my favorite quotes is Kelly Johnson recounting how one of his engineers accused him of trying to make a Ford Tri-Motor fly at mach 3. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Peso: Blackbird and Friends
A post card image but I still like it. The woman on the left provides a greats sense of scale. http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-hMJBkP2/0/XL/blackbird-XL.jpg -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso: Blackbird and Friends
Steve, Wonderful shot. Is that the Air Space Museum Annex out by Dulles Airport? The Blackbird is special, but the Space Shuttle in the background makes the shot. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: A post card image but I still like it. The woman on the left provides a greats sense of scale. http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-hMJBkP2/0/XL/blackbird-XL.jpg -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso: Blackbird and Friends
Yes, It's the Udvar-Hazy Center. $15 to park the car free after that and an amazing museum. The Blackbird just stuns everyone because it is so much bigger than you think it would be. And, of course, because it was built in the early 60's. From a photography POV, the place just oozes with amazing angles. I was using the Oly with the 14 (28 equivalent) and that is the right lens, unless maybe a 24. On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Steve, Wonderful shot. Is that the Air Space Museum Annex out by Dulles Airport? The Blackbird is special, but the Space Shuttle in the background makes the shot. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: A post card image but I still like it. The woman on the left provides a greats sense of scale. http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-hMJBkP2/0/XL/blackbird-XL.jpg -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso: Blackbird and Friends
Make that $15 to park the car and after that it's free and an amazing museum. Now I'm somehow doing cut-and-paste-o's. On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, It's the Udvar-Hazy Center. The Blackbird just stuns everyone because it is so much bigger than you think it would be. And, of course, because it was built in the early 60's. From a photography POV, the place just oozes with amazing angles. I was using the Oly with the 14 (28 equivalent) and that is the right lens, unless maybe a 24. On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Steve, Wonderful shot. Is that the Air Space Museum Annex out by Dulles Airport? The Blackbird is special, but the Space Shuttle in the background makes the shot. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: A post card image but I still like it. The woman on the left provides a greats sense of scale. http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-hMJBkP2/0/XL/blackbird-XL.jpg -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso: Blackbird and Friends
On Oct 15, 2012, at 5:48 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: A post card image but I still like it. The woman on the left provides a greats sense of scale. http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-hMJBkP2/0/XL/blackbird-XL.jpg Nice photo of one of my favorite airplanes. One of my favorite quotes is Kelly Johnson recounting how one of his engineers accused him of trying to make a Ford Tri-Motor fly at mach 3. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso: Blackbird and Friends
I never heard that one. KJ is someone I've always respected from history. The UH Center has the other end of his career as well, the P-38. My young friend was intrigued by the two planes, and was truly surprised that the SR-71 is an almost 50 year old design. We had a nice chat about the P-38 and the SR-71 as they are both beautiful designs with some funny similarities. On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Oct 15, 2012, at 5:48 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: A post card image but I still like it. The woman on the left provides a greats sense of scale. http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-hMJBkP2/0/XL/blackbird-XL.jpg Nice photo of one of my favorite airplanes. One of my favorite quotes is Kelly Johnson recounting how one of his engineers accused him of trying to make a Ford Tri-Motor fly at mach 3. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso: Blackbird and Friends
On Oct 16, 2012, at 1:48 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: A post card image but I still like it. The woman on the left provides a greats sense of scale. http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-hMJBkP2/0/XL/blackbird-XL.jpg I'm green with envy :( Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
