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bigbloke
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 Posted - 24 May 2012 : 18:15:03
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Originally posted by cwhit
I really don't see the fascination at gawping at a lump of defunct gravity defying WWII machinery.
You can't use it to go on holiday 'Hello Berlin Airport I'm on holiday, and I just want to land my Spitfire on the main runway OK?'
And we stopped flying over Dresden 70 years ago.
Nostalgia just isn't what it used to be and I say we should scrap the lot, melt them down and convert the metal into something useful like tiny QE II Jubilee souvenir dishes, you know the type - the ones that could hold a couple of pinches of salt.
What's that expression "if you've got nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all"
Perhaps food for thought cwhit?
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Jacko
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United Kingdom
183 Posts |
Posted - 24 May 2012 : 18:53:49
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steve
Moderator
United Kingdom
1350 Posts |
Posted - 25 May 2012 : 01:15:55
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Originally posted by cwhit
I really don't see the fascination at gawping at a lump of defunct gravity defying WWII machinery.
You can't use it to go on holiday 'Hello Berlin Airport I'm on holiday, and I just want to land my Spitfire on the main runway OK?'
And we stopped flying over Dresden 70 years ago.
Nostalgia just isn't what it used to be and I say we should scrap the lot, melt them down and convert the metal into something useful like tiny QE II Jubilee souvenir dishes, you know the type - the ones that could hold a couple of pinches of salt.
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Mel
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1296 Posts |
Posted - 25 May 2012 : 05:44:26
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Paulus
Junior Member
United Kingdom
65 Posts |
Posted - 25 May 2012 : 18:30:38
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Oooh, it's much better than train spotting. Here's a 747-8F (the latest stretched version) I spotted earlier
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cwhit
Average Member
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Posted - 29 May 2012 : 14:03:55
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Firstly, I don’t train spot.
Secondly, these lumps or metal were highly valuable during WW ll and I didn’t infer otherwise.
What I have never understood is why someone who wasn’t alive during the War would feel such nostalgia for such planes today, as actually it was the brave and courageous pilots who flew them that we should be thanking for our liberty today not the planes per se.
My Father-in-law was an aeroplane mechanic during the War helping to keep your adored planes in the air, but once the War was over he never had any kind of nostalgia for them - but was full of admiration for the pilots who flew them.
So, if you were to form a club to revere the pilots keeping alive the memory of their sacrifices for us as much as you revere a soulless piece of machinery then I would join your ranks. But just a lump of metal – no.
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Simes
Average Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29 May 2012 : 14:39:38
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Oooh, it's much better than train spotting. Here's a 747-8F (the latest stretched version) I spotted earlier
At the risk of turning this into a real geek-fest, what spec of camera/lens are you using. The clarity of the picture is impressive! |
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Joost
Average Member
107 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2012 : 15:19:10
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FurtiveBertie
WoLFer
United Kingdom
682 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2012 : 15:46:50
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You've got a good eye there Joost.
I reckon it was at Fstop f5/6, with an exposure time of about 1/1000 sec.
ISO probably around 200.
Good photograph too.
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Joost
Average Member
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Posted - 29 May 2012 : 16:17:18
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Yes, ISO does look exactly like 200.
Focal length of about 300mm, but I didn't want to appear too geeky so stuck to answering the question for Simes  |
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Craig
Project Leader
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29 May 2012 : 16:22:48
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Originally posted by FurtiveBertie
You've got a good eye there Joost.
I reckon it was at Fstop f5/6, with an exposure time of about 1/1000 sec.
ISO probably around 200.
Good photograph too.
FB
Judging from colour of the sky and shadow-length on the jet, I'd say it was taken in April of this year, probably the first week - the 6th parhaps. |
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FurtiveBertie
WoLFer
United Kingdom
682 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2012 : 16:43:30
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I'd say it was taken in April of this year, probably the first week - the 6th parhaps.
I concur. Probably late morning, going on the angle of the sunlight reflecting from the side.
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Paulus
Junior Member
United Kingdom
65 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2012 : 19:14:14
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Isn't EXIF useful!
Yes, Nikon D7000 with 300mm F4 lens (450mm 35mm equivalent)
1000th sec at F5.6 ISO 200
Taken April 6th at 11:45local (camera always on UTC/GMT)
The aircraft was at 3000ft on the downwind leg to Stansted runway 04.
Bigger version here http://www.flickr.com/photos/psgrayson/7050333699/sizes/l/in/photostream/ |
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JudieT
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29 May 2012 : 20:08:07
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Paulus
Junior Member
United Kingdom
65 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2012 : 20:13:58
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Andy B
Moderator
New Zealand
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Posted - 29 May 2012 : 23:42:03
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Originally posted by cwhit
Firstly, I don’t train spot.
Secondly, these lumps or metal were highly valuable during WW ll and I didn’t infer otherwise.
What I have never understood is why someone who wasn’t alive during the War would feel such nostalgia for such planes today, as actually it was the brave and courageous pilots who flew them that we should be thanking for our liberty today not the planes per se.
My Father-in-law was an aeroplane mechanic during the War helping to keep your adored planes in the air, but once the War was over he never had any kind of nostalgia for them - but was full of admiration for the pilots who flew them.
So, if you were to form a club to revere the pilots keeping alive the memory of their sacrifices for us as much as you revere a soulless piece of machinery then I would join your ranks. But just a lump of metal – no.
If this does not interest you then why post on it? Fortunately we are not all the same.
There is an air museum just up the road from me on the outskirts of Blenheim and they have world standard displays and on the day we were there an FW109 took to the skies with a chase plane for a photographic session. The sight and sound was much appreciated.
The new Dream Liner was in Auckland as I came through there yesterday but alas did not see it.
Keep up with the pictures they are appreciated down here. |
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Moulder
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30 May 2012 : 08:34:22
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Originally posted by Andy B
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If this does not interest you then why post on it? Fortunately we are not all the same.
There is an air museum just up the road from me on the outskirts of Blenheim and they have world standard displays and on the day we were there an FW109 took to the skies with a chase plane for a photographic session. The sight and sound was much appreciated.
The new Dream Liner was in Auckland as I came through there yesterday but alas did not see it.
..... and what has any of that got to do with Ware?
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Scouter
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30 May 2012 : 09:36:33
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Originally posted by Andy B
an FW109
Do you mean an FW 190?
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