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Re: [OM] IMG: Blackhawk Landing

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Blackhawk Landing
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 05:57:34 +0100
It’s a handsome machine, Jim.  You can also see the elevators deflected 
downwards; I seem to remember a pilot telling me that the aircraft had 
fixed-wing characteristics when in forward flight – because of the tailplane.

Chris

> On 15 May 16, at 22:06, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I was preparing to capture some skydivers landing, when this Blackhawk landed 
> and let off a couple of passengers. Viewed large, you can see the enormous 
> amount of exhaust heat that results from the hovering thrust setting.  Look 
> at the area beneath the tailcone.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Blackhawk+Landing.tif.html 
> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Blackhawk+Landing.tif.html>
> 
> Olympus E-510 with Pentax Super Takumar 135/3.5
> 
> I did photograph a skydiver, after she landed and crawled on the trailer, 
> still smiling because she said it was the best landing she ever made.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Happy+With+Her+Landing+2.tif.html
>  
> <http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Happy+With+Her+Landing+2.tif.html>
> 
> Fuji X-E1 with Fuji 18-55

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