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| Subject: | Great Day, Great Photos |
Hey Commander gang,
Shaun our cameraman has a brother just crazy over aircraft. He is one of
those guys sitting out at the end of runways taking pictures of
airliners for sites like airliners.net. He's now published and sells
photos on the web and to corporate flight departments. Saturday we did
something I had been meaning to do for a long time. We were able to pick
him up outside Boston and take him with us for a day. I was glad to do
it, and we had a nice surprise for him.
We started with some fairly boring work between Rhode Island and New
Hampshire, but we were working with a Boston Bravo clearance, which I
think he enjoyed. We pit-stopped for fuel in Connecticut, where a
friendly Piaggio crew let Dan aboard an aircraft he hadn't been up close
to. (These things have grown on me. Maintenance looks horrendous.)
Left CT and headed south for Long Island. South of Fire Island, we
dropped down to 500 feet and drove all the way to the entrance of the
VFR corridor, passing a couple miles south of JFK and under their
arrivals, and passing all of the other famous landmarks like Coney
Island.
Jumped back up to 1100 feet and headed up north over the Verrazano
Bridge into New York Harbor. Dan ripped off hundreds of photos I guess,
with some of them some real keepers. Classic Commander spinner shot of
Lower Manhattan looking east, midtown, uptown, the Intrepid Museum. (A
national tradegy the Twin Towers are still a hole in the ground. They
should have been put right back up again.) Very busy with helicopter
traffic. Really busy. (I always forget the copter guys use the Lincoln
and Holland Tunnels for callout positions. Whose idea was that? How do
you locate a *&^%$& tunnel from the air?)
We had a real job with vertical photography in the Bronx, so I had to
call up LaGuardia to negotiate access to our precoordinated survey
location. Gave Dan the opportunity for a pass over the George Washington
Bridge, and a tight U-turn over the Hudson back over the GWB to
intercept our line to the northeast and sneak under departing LGA
traffic, and then back to Worcester to drop Dan off, and finally home.
The point of all this (besides being pleasantly surprised I remember how
to do it) is that Dan took some great photos of the day. If you put your
cursor in the photo you can view a much larger version.
http://dvincent.smugmug.com/gallery/7686534_q6ayC#496531070_yB3mp
Steve
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You're right, Steve: great pictures! Wow! Thanks for posting.
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| Subject: | Great Day, Great Photos |
Steve,
Tell Shaun's bro that those are great pics! You're making me miss my
homeland..I grew up on the north shore of Long Island and I still love NY
and visit every summer. NYC is an incredible place! It sure looks like you
had picture perfect weather too. Plus, as a Commander pilot I never get
tired of "spinner shots". How many times have I looked out my window and
seen myself reflected in the spinner, and just had to give myself a Thumbs
Up (check out that handsome devil lucky enough to fly this bad@ss piece of
machinery!).
I find it amusing that NY pilots use tunnels as landmarks. If that isn't
NY-pilot elitism, I don't know what is. New Yorkers are all the same.
Doesn't matter if you drive a hot dog stand, a cab or an aircraft.
As far as the Piaggio P-180 (the "flying Catfish"), I've heard that it is a
very nice-flying airplane. I've also heard that if you can see the end of
the runway, it's not nearly long enough. Even on a cold day. Oh well,
airplanes are always give-and-take. They sure are fast for a prop plane.
/J
From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Steve at
Col-East
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 7:09 AM
Subject: Commander-List: Great Day, Great Photos
Hey Commander gang,
Shaun our cameraman has a brother just crazy over aircraft. He is one of
those guys sitting out at the end of runways taking pictures of airliners
for sites like airliners.net. He's now published and sells photos on the web
and to corporate flight departments. Saturday we did something I had been
meaning to do for a long time. We were able to pick him up outside Boston
and take him with us for a day. I was glad to do it, and we had a nice
surprise for him.
We started with some fairly boring work between Rhode Island and New
Hampshire, but we were working with a Boston Bravo clearance, which I think
he enjoyed. We pit-stopped for fuel in Connecticut, where a friendly Piaggio
crew let Dan aboard an aircraft he hadn't been up close to. (These things
have grown on me. Maintenance looks horrendous.)
Left CT and headed south for Long Island. South of Fire Island, we dropped
down to 500 feet and drove all the way to the entrance of the VFR corridor,
passing a couple miles south of JFK and under their arrivals, and passing
all of the other famous landmarks like Coney Island.
Jumped back up to 1100 feet and headed up north over the Verrazano Bridge
into New York Harbor. Dan ripped off hundreds of photos I guess, with some
of them some real keepers. Classic Commander spinner shot of Lower Manhattan
looking east, midtown, uptown, the Intrepid Museum. (A national tradegy the
Twin Towers are still a hole in the ground. They should have been put right
back up again.) Very busy with helicopter traffic. Really busy. (I always
forget the copter guys use the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels for callout
positions. Whose idea was that? How do you locate a *&^%$& tunnel from the
air?)
We had a real job with vertical photography in the Bronx, so I had to call
up LaGuardia to negotiate access to our precoordinated survey location. Gave
Dan the opportunity for a pass over the George Washington Bridge, and a
tight U-turn over the Hudson back over the GWB to intercept our line to the
northeast and sneak under departing LGA traffic, and then back to Worcester
to drop Dan off, and finally home.
The point of all this (besides being pleasantly surprised I remember how to
do it) is that Dan took some great photos of the day. If you put your cursor
in the photo you can view a much larger version.
http://dvincent.smugmug.com/gallery/7686534_q6ayC#496531070_yB3mp
Steve
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| Subject: | Great Day, Great Photos |
Great story, Steve. Thanks
_____
From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Steve at
Col-East
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 7:09 AM
Subject: Commander-List: Great Day, Great Photos
Hey Commander gang,
Shaun our cameraman has a brother just crazy over aircraft. He is one of
those guys sitting out at the end of runways taking pictures of airliners
for sites like airliners.net. He's now published and sells photos on the web
and to corporate flight departments. Saturday we did something I had been
meaning to do for a long time. We were able to pick him up outside Boston
and take him with us for a day. I was glad to do it, and we had a nice
surprise for him.
We started with some fairly boring work between Rhode Island and New
Hampshire, but we were working with a Boston Bravo clearance, which I think
he enjoyed. We pit-stopped for fuel in Connecticut, where a friendly Piaggio
crew let Dan aboard an aircraft he hadn't been up close to. (These things
have grown on me. Maintenance looks horrendous.)
Left CT and headed south for Long Island. South of Fire Island, we dropped
down to 500 feet and drove all the way to the entrance of the VFR corridor,
passing a couple miles south of JFK and under their arrivals, and passing
all of the other famous landmarks like Coney Island.
Jumped back up to 1100 feet and headed up north over the Verrazano Bridge
into New York Harbor. Dan ripped off hundreds of photos I guess, with some
of them some real keepers. Classic Commander spinner shot of Lower Manhattan
looking east, midtown, uptown, the Intrepid Museum. (A national tradegy the
Twin Towers are still a hole in the ground. They should have been put right
back up again.) Very busy with helicopter traffic. Really busy. (I always
forget the copter guys use the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels for callout
positions. Whose idea was that? How do you locate a *&^%$& tunnel from the
air?)
We had a real job with vertical photography in the Bronx, so I had to call
up LaGuardia to negotiate access to our precoordinated survey location. Gave
Dan the opportunity for a pass over the George Washington Bridge, and a
tight U-turn over the Hudson back over the GWB to intercept our line to the
northeast and sneak under departing LGA traffic, and then back to Worcester
to drop Dan off, and finally home.
The point of all this (besides being pleasantly surprised I remember how to
do it) is that Dan took some great photos of the day. If you put your cursor
in the photo you can view a much larger version.
http://dvincent.smugmug.com/gallery/7686534_q6ayC#496531070_yB3mp
Steve
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| Subject: | Great Day, Great Photos |
John,
I was wondering about the maintenance remark concerning the Piaggio's. I
stopped at our local watering hole (Camarillo, CA) the other day and saw the
local Piaggio being serviced. There were a lot of folks around the 180
working things here and dabbing things there to get it ready for the next
flight. Maybe someone on the list would know if it's really such a good
option to a jet. I have taken a fancy to the Premier because of its speed,
but, as you said, there are always tradeoffs.
Nico
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From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of John
Vormbaum
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 9:50 PM
Subject: RE: Commander-List: Great Day, Great Photos
Steve,
Tell Shaun's bro that those are great pics! You're making me miss my
homeland..I grew up on the north shore of Long Island and I still love NY
and visit every summer. NYC is an incredible place! It sure looks like you
had picture perfect weather too. Plus, as a Commander pilot I never get
tired of "spinner shots". How many times have I looked out my window and
seen myself reflected in the spinner, and just had to give myself a Thumbs
Up (check out that handsome devil lucky enough to fly this bad@ss piece of
machinery!).
I find it amusing that NY pilots use tunnels as landmarks. If that isn't
NY-pilot elitism, I don't know what is. New Yorkers are all the same.
Doesn't matter if you drive a hot dog stand, a cab or an aircraft.
As far as the Piaggio P-180 (the "flying Catfish"), I've heard that it is a
very nice-flying airplane. I've also heard that if you can see the end of
the runway, it's not nearly long enough. Even on a cold day. Oh well,
airplanes are always give-and-take. They sure are fast for a prop plane.
/J
From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Steve at
Col-East
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 7:09 AM
Subject: Commander-List: Great Day, Great Photos
Hey Commander gang,
Shaun our cameraman has a brother just crazy over aircraft. He is one of
those guys sitting out at the end of runways taking pictures of airliners
for sites like airliners.net. He's now published and sells photos on the web
and to corporate flight departments. Saturday we did something I had been
meaning to do for a long time. We were able to pick him up outside Boston
and take him with us for a day. I was glad to do it, and we had a nice
surprise for him.
We started with some fairly boring work between Rhode Island and New
Hampshire, but we were working with a Boston Bravo clearance, which I think
he enjoyed. We pit-stopped for fuel in Connecticut, where a friendly Piaggio
crew let Dan aboard an aircraft he hadn't been up close to. (These things
have grown on me. Maintenance looks horrendous.)
Left CT and headed south for Long Island. South of Fire Island, we dropped
down to 500 feet and drove all the way to the entrance of the VFR corridor,
passing a couple miles south of JFK and under their arrivals, and passing
all of the other famous landmarks like Coney Island.
Jumped back up to 1100 feet and headed up north over the Verrazano Bridge
into New York Harbor. Dan ripped off hundreds of photos I guess, with some
of them some real keepers. Classic Commander spinner shot of Lower Manhattan
looking east, midtown, uptown, the Intrepid Museum. (A national tradegy the
Twin Towers are still a hole in the ground. They should have been put right
back up again.) Very busy with helicopter traffic. Really busy. (I always
forget the copter guys use the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels for callout
positions. Whose idea was that? How do you locate a *&^%$& tunnel from the
air?)
We had a real job with vertical photography in the Bronx, so I had to call
up LaGuardia to negotiate access to our precoordinated survey location. Gave
Dan the opportunity for a pass over the George Washington Bridge, and a
tight U-turn over the Hudson back over the GWB to intercept our line to the
northeast and sneak under departing LGA traffic, and then back to Worcester
to drop Dan off, and finally home.
The point of all this (besides being pleasantly surprised I remember how to
do it) is that Dan took some great photos of the day. If you put your cursor
in the photo you can view a much larger version.
http://dvincent.smugmug.com/gallery/7686534_q6ayC#496531070_yB3mp
Steve
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