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Aviation Photos => General Aviation => Topic started by: akradecki on April 21, 2009, 11:31:01 AM

Title: Rutan Weirdness
Post by: akradecki on April 21, 2009, 11:31:01 AM
Starting a new thread rather than leaving this stuff in the Mojave thread...

Take-off for yesterday's 4th test flight.
Title: Re: Rutan Weirdness
Post by: Midnight Mover on April 21, 2009, 08:42:19 PM
Nice 8)
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Post by: CHILIBEAN on April 22, 2009, 07:52:08 AM
Nice pix
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Post by: GTagami on April 23, 2009, 10:50:46 AM
Dude! I need to rent a room out there and just shoot with you for a weekend! I love the stuff you catch!

On my way through there last weekend I saw the Aloha jet but it was way too far to get a decent shot from the road. Are you allowed to walk through the sand to the fence and shoot?

Title: Re: Rutan Weirdness
Post by: akradecki on April 23, 2009, 02:46:12 PM
As far as I know, yes, or you can just take the $5 tour, the driver, Javier, usually lets you shoot.
Title: Re: Rutan Weirdness
Post by: phantomphan1974 on April 23, 2009, 10:24:39 PM
Quote from: akradecki on April 23, 2009, 02:46:12 PM
As far as I know, yes, or you can just take the $5 tour, the driver, Javier, usually lets you shoot.
I have been on it twice, its good.  It was set up by a friend at Mojave that flys F-4s
Title: Re: Rutan Weirdness
Post by: akradecki on July 27, 2009, 06:15:22 AM
Heads up - FlightAware is showing WK2 for a 7:40am scheduled departure for non-stop flight to Oshkosh this morning
Title: Re: Rutan Weirdness
Post by: phantomphan1974 on July 27, 2009, 08:23:09 AM
Guess no stops (ideally) along the way.  Did you catch it or too early?
Title: Re: Rutan Weirdness
Post by: akradecki on July 27, 2009, 10:39:54 AM
Caught it indeed, shooting from the boneyard. Got some other stuff, as well, that I'll post under the airport thread. Saw Brian sitting outside the fence on top of his red truck, as well.
Title: Re: Rutan Weirdness
Post by: f4_phantom_fan on July 27, 2009, 01:10:36 PM
Yep, that was me hangin out in the bushes, lol. That second spot I was at, looks like it might also be a good spot to catch the rarely caught Phantoms. Here are some of my takeoff shots from this morning.
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Post by: f4_phantom_fan on July 27, 2009, 01:15:49 PM
Some of the flyby.........
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Post by: kick Z tail out on July 27, 2009, 01:27:41 PM
Cool pics. I wonder how weird it feels for the pilot to bank... dropping 25 feet.  :o
Title: Re: Rutan Weirdness
Post by: NikonGuy on July 27, 2009, 06:21:54 PM
Quote from: kick Z tail out on July 27, 2009, 01:27:41 PM
Cool pics. I wonder how weird it feels for the pilot to bank... dropping 25 feet.  :o
I know huh... How fast is that thing?
Title: Re: Rutan Weirdness
Post by: Midnight Mover on July 27, 2009, 09:31:57 PM
Sweet ;D
Title: Re: Rutan Weirdness
Post by: akradecki on August 01, 2009, 04:58:20 PM
WK2 returned from KOSH today to eleventy-hundred degrees, which made enough heat distortion to pretty much ruin the chances of getting good landing pics. Oh well. Very quiet reception back home after all the Oshkosh hoopla. Winds were weird, so they landed on Rwy 12, but even then had quite a crosswind component, but landed beautifully.
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Post by: gfydad on August 01, 2009, 05:30:13 PM
Here's all I got.  ;)
Title: Re: Rutan Weirdness
Post by: akradecki on August 01, 2009, 07:40:25 PM
Glad you got one of Pete. Deaver would probably like that one.
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Post by: gfydad on August 01, 2009, 08:40:04 PM
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