Vintage Aircraft

[Moto-Uno]

^^^ My goodness they were a brave lot then ! It scares me just looking at the pictures you have there David. Peter

 

[David Hughes]

Thanks Peter, just don't look at this 30's glider photo...

Regards, David

PS You really ought to come over and visit these airshows. There's just nothing like them.

 

[Solinar]

That definitely looks like seat of your pants VFR flying to me.

Best Regards,

 

[citizen99]

Hawker Sea Fury, RAF Colerne, 1972 by johnnyh4, on Flickr

 

[citizen99]

Supermarine Spitfire, RAF Colerne, 1972 by johnnyh4, on Flickr

 

[citizen99]

Sopwith Camel, RAF Colerne, 1972 by johnnyh4, on Flickr

 

[citizen99]

Junkers Ju87 Stuka, RAF Colerne, 1972 by johnnyh4, on Flickr

 

[citizen99]

CORRECTION: Messerschmidt Me-163 and Heinkel He-162, RAF Colerne, 1972 by johnnyh4, on Flickr

 

[citizen99]

Gloster Javelin, RAF Colerne, 1972 by johnnyh4, on Flickr

 

[citizen99]

Gloster Javelin, RAF Colerne, 1972 by johnnyh4, on Flickr

 

[citizen99]

De Havilland Mosquito, RAF Colerne, 1972 by johnnyh4, on Flickr

 

[David Hughes]

The 1938 Schneider SF38, again.

Here's the glider on the ground during an open air display. Put in to encourage people to visit the Shuttleworth Collection.

The photo was taken with an Olympus iS-3000 and they don't seem to be able to give them away on ebay these days...

Regards, David

 

[DominikDUK]

Lockheed P-38

 

[bigeye]

Lockheed P-38

Dominik: This is one of the best in this thread. Fantastic!

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[kuzano]

One of my favorites.

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That Bronica S with the 50mm Nikkor is one of the sharpest MF camera's I have ever owned. Nice pic.

Didn't they give away this plane at the Oshkosh Fly In this year? I thought I saw that on the cover of AOPA a few months ago.

OOOPS .. I meant to post the quote on the other dual cockpit Waco, and even then, I think I have it wrong. I think the prize plane was a closed cabin Waco.

 

[bigeye]

That Bronica S with the 50mm Nikkor is one of the sharpest MF camera's I have ever owned. Nice pic.

Didn't they give away this plane at the Oshkosh Fly In this year? I thought I saw that on the cover of AOPA a few months ago.

OOOPS .. I meant to post the quote on the other dual cockpit Waco, and even then, I think I have it wrong. I think the prize plane was a closed cabin Waco.

No, this is trivia piece. It's a one-off, custom job, based on a plane that was originally designed for this engine, but never used it in production.

It's a transition period design that quietly had, and passed, great genes. The paint job is a tip to the antecedents and its construction and configuration tip its descendants.

 

[Argenticien]

That Bronica S with the 50mm Nikkor is one of the sharpest MF camera's I have ever owned. Nice pic.

I'll second that, and good on ya, Dan, for carting about a Bronnie at an airshow. (Similar kudos to Corran for doing the same with a P67.) I got odd looks from some DSLR-toting colleagues in my local photo club, when I went wandering through a 2013 airshow with my S2, metering with a handheld meter, swapping out prime lenses while others zoomed, changing films in the shadows under aircraft wings, &c. But I figured "go big or go home." Also, I really don't believe I was doing very hard work compared to that of the dedicated people who keep these 75-year-old aircraft flight-worthy. (If you think photography is an expensive hobby...)

--Dave

 

[Don Parsons]

Boy, I can swear to that Dave. I have two 69 year-old planes and they about break me.

Don

 

[kmack]

Aluminum Overcast B71-G
Crown Graphic - Schneider Xenar 135mm f/4.7 4x5 Kodak T-Max 400 developed in D-23.

 

[biomed]