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Offline Toad

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« Reply #15 on: July 21, 2003, 04:17:11 PM »
Be happy in your work!

You guys want more? I'm still reviewing.....

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« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2003, 08:26:21 PM »
Sure, bring on some more pictures, I appreciate it :)
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« Reply #17 on: July 21, 2003, 08:33:30 PM »
Awesome pics :)

The P51C is based here in MN. Beautiful plane, and some of my pennies helped get her airborne!

<---proud P51 papa!

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« Reply #18 on: July 21, 2003, 10:05:39 PM »
Great stuff Toad!!!
You WILL fly to Salinas.  :)
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« Reply #19 on: July 21, 2003, 10:57:10 PM »
Very nice toad. IK appreaciate you taking the time to share.  You too saw for hosting.

THX!
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« Reply #20 on: July 22, 2003, 09:26:39 PM »
A few more.. been through most of them now. Some would have been nice but have problems with movement or something.

This is my brother's BT-13.It's for sale, BTW, if you know someone who's looking.



A view from where the 85 gallon fuselage tank and a bunch of radios used to sit. Now people can sit in there but it's single control. Just thought this was interesting. The camera is approximately 18"-24" (Note to MiniD, I did not actually measure it with a ruler; I was going to say "a couple of feet" ;)) behind the normal pilot's head position. Note the great visibility all round.



Clipped shot of a nice flyby.



more to come.....
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« Reply #21 on: July 22, 2003, 09:36:52 PM »
Stearman owned by a HOA Wing member.



This one's just a pretty shot, I think.



HTC gets it pretty dang close, don't they?



This is looking down a Mustang wing ~3-5K AGL over the Kansas farmland. (There's no instrumentation in the back seat and I was taking a picture, not leaning over his shoulder!) Do this in the game, I'm surprised at just how well they've done considering I'm playing on a $1000 puter/monitor setup.



"This is your Captain speaking. We've just turn ON the Vultch Light..."  Pulling a closed at Lawrence. These aircraft were in for the Bob Dole dedication at KU.



Tora coming hard up our 5 O'clock. His problem was he couldn't follow us up. Same problem in the MA, usually. Once again, I'm just amazed how well HTC gets this picture.



Well, that's the best of them. Hope you enjoyed them. If anyone wants a pic, let me know.
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« Reply #22 on: July 22, 2003, 11:30:13 PM »
Thank you sir!

some very nice pictures there Toad.
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« Reply #23 on: July 23, 2003, 04:50:14 AM »
Awesome shots!

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Tora coming hard up our 5 O'clock. His problem was he couldn't follow us up. Same problem in the MA, usually. Once again, I'm just amazed how well HTC gets this picture.


Whats the range of the plane in that pic?

Camo
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« Reply #24 on: July 23, 2003, 05:57:42 AM »
Thanks Toad. Great shots, enjoyed them. You lucky bastage. :D
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« Reply #25 on: July 23, 2003, 08:24:17 AM »
Camo, I'd be purely guessing here. I had a camera pressed to my face and sometimes I was "zooming" in and out, because sometimes we were REAL close.

But trying to recall that part of the dance, we had rolled in on him and came across his 7-8 o'clock and then took it into the vertical while rolling slightly back towards him. He had dodged right on our pass and then reversed and tried to bring the nose up but we were going up in a big hurry.

I'd have to put him around 4-500 yards here, slant range. But I could be off; he looks a little blurry so he might be farther away and just zoomed in. Or, that could be the camera moving under the G load.

We did let him get on our six towards the end so he wouldn't feel totally B&Z'd and I *thought* I got a shot looking nearly straight back over our empenage at him head-on about 200 yards. I know I pushed the button but the picture is not on the chip. It was a GREAT shot.. I have this blurred out gray one that I think is it. I think I had the lens too low and got a shot of the interior fabric below the trailing edge of the canopy. :(  But, it was tough to  completely 180 in the jump seat while strapped in. It's pretty cosy back there.

I know most of ya's will pity me when I tell you how tough this job was. But, I'm willing to sacrifice for you guys if the chance ever comes again.  ;)
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« Reply #26 on: July 23, 2003, 08:30:37 AM »
BTW, Funked... I do know a guy at Half Moon Bay that might be induced to give T6 rides for reasonable amounts of money.....

He also is the wrench for Eddie Andreini's Yak and Stearman. There's also a totally nice Ryan PT-22 on the field.



But HMB is a bit far from San Jose....
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« Reply #27 on: July 25, 2003, 08:22:17 PM »
Toad,
ALL excellent Pics; Thanks very much for posting. Being a Junior Member of AH, the game has given me a renewed interest in WWI History and especially the Air War.
With your permission sir, I'd like to add these to my personal picture collection.

Thanks Again

Fireof59
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« Reply #28 on: July 25, 2003, 09:31:02 PM »
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BTW, Funked... I do know a guy at Half Moon Bay that might be induced to give T6 rides for reasonable amounts of money.....

He also is the wrench for Eddie Andreini's Yak and Stearman. There's also a totally nice Ryan PT-22 on the field.



But HMB is a bit far from San Jose....

 
Eddie is pretty damn cool - he let me and my dad climb over his Yak one day at his hangar, he had a few Stearmans in there too IRRC.  :)
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« Reply #29 on: July 26, 2003, 01:13:19 PM »
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With your permission sir, I'd like to add these to my personal picture collection.



Fire, they're for anyone who wants them.

They've all been shrunk at least 50% and some have been clipped. If you want any of the originals, let me know, I'll e-mail them to you.


Grun:

Eddie is a great guy. His wife is a top-notch person as well and s superb cook. Grun, if you get a chance go to "Dream Machines" at HMB in April. Get with Eddie a week or two early and offer to "work the show and help with the planes and stuff". You'll find it most rewarding, especially if you get invited to the pilot dinner on Friday night. You'll probably be able to wangle a ride in somebody's warbird out of it.  ;)
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