Flying Chipmunk

AIRIC · Jul 23, 2006

I can just see the Mods fingers twitching getting ready to move this over to the Nature & Landscape forum

Despite having to work all weekend I managed to squeeze in this Air-to-air shoot with the Worlds oldest flying deHavilland Canada Chipmunk. The owner, Dave Gillespie, flew the aircraft to Toronto two months ago for the 60th anniversary of the type and has now picked it up and is heading to Oshkosh before returning home to Saskatoon.

Man, I love doing this kind of work. It is a dream come true for me.

Eric

Alison · Jul 23, 2006

You were so right, I had the mouse poised to click and move!

I LOVE that first one. Absolutely stellar tones.

henryhurrry · Jul 23, 2006

Nice photos. I will have to have a look at the aircraft when I am Saskatoon next month.

song2006 · Jul 23, 2006

awesome shots! i really like the first one, because i love B&Ws and this one was done prefect... i also love the look of land under the planes in those heights...kinda weird since im afraid of heights. :lol:

Mansi · Jul 23, 2006

beautiful captures eric! diggin the bw tones in the first

thanks for sharing these

LaFoto · Jul 24, 2006

Hard to control that mod finger here - but ... I'll just leave them here for "the masses to see" (and more "masses" come to General than go into Landscape and Nature) - these and particularly the first are worth to be viewed by many many many! Your tones, DOF, position of plane within the frame are all so good, I don't even miss the greens :wink:

!!!

In each frame both pilot and passenger are looking at us! Wow, they were really posing! Cool.

lostprophet · Jul 24, 2006

Well I'ce never seen a chrome chipmunk before, great shots

Arch · Jul 24, 2006

wow, that first shot is stunning airic, great captures man! :thumbup:

Funkyflame · Jul 24, 2006

wow, great pics ... like the 1 most

Lesjordans · Jul 24, 2006

Those pictures are absolutely amazing, And the Chipmunk is fun to fly with FS 2004

AIRIC · Jul 24, 2006

Thanks everyone, that first one just cried for me to turn it into B/W. I have studied all the great aviation photographers from the 50s and 60s and this looks like it is right out of one of their books. Just what I was looking for and I know the pilot also loves B/W and was looking for a vintage type of shot.

Eric