Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam, I, too, was surprised at what can be seen from Orlando. I lived there for six months in the late 60s, and recall seeing an Atlas launch one evening. Even at that distance, it is impressive. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 9:58 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] [IMG] AIRCRAFT - Last flying Vulcan XH558 > Loud? SR-71 doing touch and goes. I was driving near McClellend AFB > just east of Sacramento a few decades ago, convertible, at 70, on US > 50, when the wind noise was over-ridden by the roar of a jet. I looked > up and here was this jet-black SR-71 during base to shoot a touch and > go. It was loud. It got a LOT louder as it turned final and made its > approach then, before actually touching down, throttled up and > accelerated around the pattern again before heading north to Beale > AFB, its home. > > God, I love those airplanes. That's the number 2 moment in my > "aviation life". The number 1 moment is watching the Shuttle lift off > from Orlando. I couldn't hear it but I could watch all the way through > booster separation and until she vanished far down-range, her three > main engines a trio of bright lights that disappeared into the cirrus > clouds some long way out over the Atlantic. > > Adam > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 6:33 AM, W. R. Smith <wrs111445 at yahoo.com> > wrote: >> If you wanna hear a jet that will deafen you, experience a U2 spy plane. >> I heard one two years ago here in Korea and it was deafening even at some >> altitude during a USAF airshow. I guess it's a non-issue at the altitudes >> it usually flies at. It has some powerful engines. >> >> --- On Fri, 11/13/09, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote: >> >> >> From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] [IMG] AIRCRAFT - Last flying Vulcan XH558 >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Friday, November 13, 2009, 7:33 AM >> >> >> It could well be, but I think most airfields looked the same in the 60s, >> I can't recognise anything distinctive in the background. >> >> It flew past at about that height and then more or less stood on its >> tail, gave full power and disappeared in seconds. >> >> Nobody seemed to care in those days that the onlookers got some of the >> hot blast from its engines - enough to blow people's hats off. >> >> Cheers >> Douglas >> >> Ric Carter wrote: >>> looking at this photo made me wonder if it was the very flyover doug saw >>> >>> ri >>> >>> On Nov 13, 2009, at 4:27 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, >>>> >>>> The link from Ric meant I was an hour or so later in bed :-) A truly >>>> elegant aircraft, and enormous when you get close to it. >>>> >>>> Thank Ric (and Peter for getting the ball rolling). >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Douglas >>>> >>>> Peter Dzwig wrote: >>>>> I thoroughly recommend this lot to anyone interested. There are a lot >>>>> of early >>>>> shots. Many are of XH558 since and during its restoration. Some of >>>>> them give a >>>>> feeling for the sheer scale of the aircraft. >>>>> >>>>> Peter >>>>> >>>>> Ric Carter wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> <http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/photos/vulcan/avro-vulcan-2328.aspx> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> -----Inline Attachment Follows----- >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >