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Re: Photography
« Reply #25 on: October 30, 2013, 09:28:14 PM »
HOLY SHNIKES.....I would love to learn to fly a copter let alone THAT ONE! hehe After that event my cousin and I used to argue what was better at combat a copter or plane (I know now after a lot of years) they both have their place ....He eventually got his private pilot licence (plane) and well I didn't. On to more fun things. I agree with you on the photography thread we need one for posting personal greats or just greats. Maybe you should start one sense you are the guy with the camera and Ill just tag along  :-)
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Re: Photography
« Reply #26 on: November 01, 2013, 08:03:38 AM »
Everybody loves scareplanes.
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Re: Photography
« Reply #27 on: November 01, 2013, 05:57:32 PM »
WOW Did you take those at that airshow you were just at? Those are great photos.
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Re: Photography
« Reply #28 on: November 05, 2013, 12:04:18 PM »
WOW Did you take those at that airshow you were just at? Those are great photos.
Ya, that was the place. 
If you have a favorite bird, I'll see if I have any shots from this year or other shows.
A few more from that day.
These are cut down in size quite a bit.  The full res. are better.
Then-Chief Justice John Marshall observed, “Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.”

John Adams warned in a letter, “Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet, that did not commit suicide.”

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Re: Photography
« Reply #29 on: November 05, 2013, 10:04:41 PM »
Those look great. I guess I missed a good show. Well as afar as planes go I'm pretty easy I like bi-planes and tri-planes, flying tiger I think it was a P40, But usually the older the better and a radial engine a plus. The GeeBee racer was a funky plane I have liked sense I was a kid as well. I need to see if I have any plane pics anywhere to post up. I know I have some from the Smithsonian but I will have to see if there is any that came out worth posting.
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Re: Photography
« Reply #30 on: November 06, 2013, 10:09:46 AM »
Throw some up if you find any..
I have a few of the old times, just not on this machine.
These next ones were from last year.
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Re: Photography
« Reply #31 on: November 06, 2013, 08:43:08 PM »
All I can say is WOW! I had Blue Angel models when I was a youth after seeing them on TV. That is a great picture. Nothing I have will match those in flight photos. Now I didn't take this one ( lol my dad wasn't born) but I like saving pics like this planes trains or autos...
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Re: Photography
« Reply #32 on: November 07, 2013, 03:24:21 PM »
I've always been a bit partial to the old Grumman F2F and F3F.
I think there might have been a little help from the Granville brothers, in their design.
Not my photos below.
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Re: Photography
« Reply #33 on: November 08, 2013, 09:44:38 AM »
Something different.
Got these at the Joe Gibbs Racing facility, last year.
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Re: Photography
« Reply #34 on: November 17, 2013, 08:17:21 PM »
The one I rode in last April.
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Re: Photography
« Reply #35 on: November 18, 2013, 08:07:26 PM »
WOW you lucky @#$%&*! I WANNA TAKE A RIDE IN SOME OF THEM......hehe you have the connections man! How was it?
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« Reply #36 on: November 19, 2013, 12:05:40 PM »
WOW you lucky @#$%&*! I WANNA TAKE A RIDE IN SOME OF THEM......hehe you have the connections man! How was it?
There were a few surprises.  It was a bit quieter than I anticipated.  I also expected it to be bit drafty around the waist guns.  It wasn't bad.
Effort to moving the waist fifties wasn't has hard as I thought it would. 
Construction is more in line with smaller general Av. aircraft, and not what most would expect.

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John Adams warned in a letter, “Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet, that did not commit suicide.”

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Re: Photography
« Reply #37 on: November 19, 2013, 08:52:34 PM »
I need one of the "surplus" extras in the last photo....hehe nice gun.
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Re: Photography
« Reply #38 on: November 21, 2013, 02:51:03 PM »
Couple more from air show.





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Re: Photography
« Reply #39 on: November 28, 2013, 07:07:52 PM »


Then-Chief Justice John Marshall observed, “Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.”

John Adams warned in a letter, “Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet, that did not commit suicide.”

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Re: Photography
« Reply #40 on: November 29, 2013, 10:14:05 PM »
WOW great pics man. Love em
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Re: Photography
« Reply #41 on: December 05, 2013, 11:21:54 AM »
Brad Keselowski drags his jack around the track at Charlotte. Oct 2013
Crazy kid ended up winning the race. :lmao:


Then-Chief Justice John Marshall observed, “Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.”

John Adams warned in a letter, “Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet, that did not commit suicide.”

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Re: Photography
« Reply #42 on: December 05, 2013, 11:23:09 AM »
Brad Keselowski drags his jack around the track at Charlotte. Oct 2013

Crazy kid ended up winning the race. :lmao:
Keselowski's car jack has taken more victory laps than Danica Patrick. :whistling:
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Re: Photography
« Reply #43 on: December 05, 2013, 04:52:55 PM »
Keselowski's car jack has taken more victory laps than Danica Patrick. :whistling:
That definitely earned one.  :lmao:  :cheersmate:
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John Adams warned in a letter, “Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet, that did not commit suicide.”

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Re: Photography
« Reply #44 on: December 06, 2013, 12:02:54 PM »
Tony Pedragon, pops his top.
Super-charger let go just short of line.
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Re: Photography
« Reply #45 on: December 06, 2013, 07:33:22 PM »
DAMN SUPERCHARGERS not wanting to do what its told...hehe nice photo hope Tony was ok.
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Re: Photography
« Reply #46 on: December 07, 2013, 04:39:50 PM »
DAMN SUPERCHARGERS not wanting to do what its told...hehe nice photo hope Tony was ok.
He was fine.  I made a large print of the one photo, and gave it to him the next year.
Wish I would had made two and got him to sign one for me.
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John Adams warned in a letter, “Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet, that did not commit suicide.”

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Re: Photography
« Reply #47 on: December 12, 2013, 11:31:28 AM »
Bell P-63F King Cobra



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Re: Photography
« Reply #48 on: December 13, 2013, 05:50:20 PM »
Cool Plane...you go to a lot of the air shows? or have these been taken over many years?

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« Reply #49 on: December 14, 2013, 02:16:25 AM »
Cool Plane...you go to a lot of the air shows? or have these been taken over many years?

Edit sp....damnit
Mainly the Houston show. The 63 was taken at Hondo, last April.
Then-Chief Justice John Marshall observed, “Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.”

John Adams warned in a letter, “Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet, that did not commit suicide.”