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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Ira's PAW 46: Mustangs and other winged things
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Mon Dec 3 05:36:16 2007
References: <bd1.21532dae.348502f4@aol.com>

Ira I just got to your new aviation gallery. I would have enjoyed them 
anyway , sharing your interest there. However , you have made
some beautiful photographs well above just high quality records. The pitot 
shot is smooth and elegant, the SBD dive brakes is a fine
work, I love the simplicity and lines there. 
Very enjoyable stuff
Cheers
Geoff

-----Original Message-----
Subject: [Leica] IMG: Ira's PAW 46: Mustangs and other winged things

Last weeks PAW (I always seem to be a week or two behind) was taken at The 
Air Museum in Chino, CA.  The PAW is a P-51D Mustang
taxiing for  takeoff.  
That long nose makes it a challenge for the pilot to see where  he's going:
 
_http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/2007+PAW/2007+PAW+46.jpg.html_
 
(http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/2007+PAW/2007+PAW+46.jpg.html)
(Canon 30D, 17-40 f/4L, ISO 100, 1/25 @f/22 to grab the prop circle)
 
My alternate is a Convair 240 awaiting restoration:
 
_http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/Convair+240.jpg.html_
 
(http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/Convair+240.jpg.html)
 
 
(Canon 30D, 17-40 f/4L, ISO 400)
 
I'm also offering several more pictures taken that afternoon.  What I  am 
hoping to show is some of the character of these aircraft
without presenting  a full-frame aircraft portrait.
 
P-51D (the same aircraft as the main PAW):
_http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/P-51D+Wee+Willie+II.j
pg.html_
(http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/P-51D+Wee+Willie+II.jpg.html)
(M4, 90mm T-E, 400TX)
 
Pitot Tube - P-26A Peashooter. This is the sole remaining flying example of 
its type.
_http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/P-26A+Pitot+Tube.jpg.
html_
(http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/P-26A+Pitot+Tube.jpg.html)
(Canon 30D, 17-40 f/4L, ISO 400)
 
Dive Brakes - SBD Dauntless:
_http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+
Silverman/Aircraft/SBD+Dive+Brakes.jpg.html_
(http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/SBD+Dive+Brakes.jpg.html)
 
 
(M4, 35mm 'cron, 400TX, orange filter)
 
50 cal guns - SBD Dauntless:
_http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/SBD+50+cal.jpg.html_
(http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/SBD+50+cal.jpg.html)
(M4, 35mm 'cron, 400TX, orange filter)
 
Engine cylinder - Boeing P-12E.  Like the P-26, this is also the sole 
remaining flying example:

_http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/P-12E+cylinder.jpg.ht
ml_
(http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/P-12E+cylinder.jpg.html)
(M4, 35mm 'cron, 400TX, orange filter)
 
Finally, this F-100D Super-Sabre, which flew as a target drone from NAS 
China Lake.  It was hit in the tail by a sidewinder missile,
and still was  able to land relatively intact:
_http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/F-100D+Drone+Target.j
pg.html_
(http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Aircraft/F-100D+Drone+Target.jpg.html)
(Canon 30D, 17-40 f/4L, ISO 400)
 
Comments and critiques are welcomed and appreciated.
 
Best Regards,
 
Ira Silverman
Irvine, CA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




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