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« on: February 10, 2009, 10:33:22 pm » |
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martinastro
Martin Mc Kenna
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« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2009, 10:44:41 pm » |
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Fantastic images Paul. Gorgeous colours and a different perspective on things. Nice updraught towers on the horizon in the first image. Brilliant sunset too.  |
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rjgjr
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« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2009, 01:37:59 am » |
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Great images Paul. I especially like the last one, not knowing the area, but it may be traffic on a highway. Shows up very well.
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« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2009, 08:38:08 am » |
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Very good Paul, you certainly picked a good seat
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« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2009, 03:14:17 pm » |
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I always like shots from aircraft - the windows must have bee very clear, Paul or did you open yours Lol.
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Big Dipper
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« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2009, 09:43:04 pm » |
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Well caught Paul. Is that Venus in the 4th one down & left of centre near the top? Sounds good offering you a choice of seat - s'long as it isn't the pilot's seat, of course!   |
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« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2009, 12:27:03 am » |
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Sounds good offering you a choice of seat - s'long as it isn't the pilot's seat, of course!
Oh, I don't know .... the way aircraft operate these days, the pilot doesn't have much to do except program the filght into the computers, and grab control if something goes wrong. There's a saying (going as far back as the 1970s) that the ideal flight crew is one man and a dog - the dog to stop the man fiddling with the controls, and the man to feed the dog. |
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Tyler
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« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2009, 07:14:43 pm » |
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Thanks for posting these Paul! Its been a long while since Ive been in a plane |
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« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2009, 09:27:06 pm » |
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Great views, Paul! What is the area in the last shot? |
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jjb
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« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2009, 10:53:04 pm » |
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Great images Paul looks like you where flying over the ards pennisula with the lights of strangford and portaferry in the middle of the frame and portavogie in the near ground.
Jonathan.
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Paul
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« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2009, 06:42:01 pm » |
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Quite right Jonathan - the Ards Peninsula it is. Unfortunately at this point the seat belt light went on which means that electrical equipment has to be turned off. Not wishing to crash the plane I stopped taking pictures and missed great views of Bangor, Holywood and Belfast in the dusk which looked pretty spectacular.
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