Jan
Here's a shot I took today while I was doing some of my own
training. It's the wind farm east of Ramsey, looking east towards
Ely and Soham. I had no students to fly today, so I took a chap who
has moved on and he enjoyed a free ride while I practised my stuff
and took some photos. He also made a short video of a standard,
powered approach for me to give my basic students in teaching them
landings.
I'll get closer to Soham and Ely next time, but unfortunately there's
a USAF base at Mildenhall whose zone covers Ely; I shouldn't go too
close because they operate large aircraft and they will get twitchy
if a contact comes too close without talking to them.
If it were a RAF base I might go closer and talk to ATC, but USAF ATC
is the least flexible ATC in the English-speaking world. I have
tried a simple zone infringement in the past, talking to a controller
at Lakenheath, but it became useless within a few minutes. I advise
my students to avoid USAF controllers at all (well, most) costs.
Chris
<http://www.threeshoes.net/photography/threeshoes-temp/wind-farm-
ramsey.html>
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C M I Barker
Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
www.threeshoes.net & homepage.mac.com/zuiko
On 16 Mar 2007, at 05:31, Jan Steinman wrote:
>> From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> It's a bit miserable in the Fenlands when it's wet and breezy, but
>> they have their own charm, Jan...
>
> Here's a shot from that general vicinity. Took it on a ramble SW of
> Soham, at Wicken Fen.
> http://www.bytesmiths.com/Item/794835
>
> This is a fine example of what I tell students I've never said: "Gee,
> I wish I took that shot on cheaper film!"
>
> It was during a phase of experimenting with the movie film packaged
> in 35mm canisters, probably from Seattle Filmworks. I sure wish I had
> done this on Kodachrome instead! The grain isn't too bad if you
> squint just the right way...
>
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