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Loved the ladies, Chris... and the ham shots, but the solo shot of the
youngster giving you his thumbs up really summed it up for me.
Great job, great fun. (Even if you didn't get to play.)
Rick
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On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> You presented some very good images of your students and their activities.
> I must say that your students are more photogenic than I would have
> expected, and all seem to be enjoying themselves.
>
> Thanks for brightening up a dull afternoon.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 2:36 PM
> Subject: [OM] OT: Pics of Tyro Pilots
>
>
> > I've been lurking somewhat owing to a hectic life and pressure on it from
> > Probate, work and Other Stuff, but it's all beginning to level out.
> >
> > Yesterday was the occasion for a flying competition between my squadron
> > and 3 other university air squadrons. The events were practice forced
> > landings (PFLs), aerobatics and low-level navigation. My squadron didn't
> > win, but they all had a good time. I didn't fly at all so had time to
> > take some photos of the youngsters at some stage.
> >
> > In case anyone is interested, the photos at
> >
> > <
> https://picasaweb.google.com/flyulas/DeHavilland2012?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCITz3623vZj7Qg&feat=directlink
> >
> >
> > Show a student landing on a PFL and trying to make it into a scoring part
> > of the runway (he didn't; the wind was very slack and we had not managed
> > to practise for that); some long-range aeros shots (up at 4,000ft) and
> > some hero/heroine shots of the competitors, both ground and air.
> >
> > The final shot is of a "mess cannon". It's a steel tube fitted to a fire
> > extinguisher; the charge is cheap aerosol deodorant (they used to use
> Lynx
> > until they discovered that any aerosol deodorant would do), the
> projectile
> > a frozen can of beer, frozen orange or apple :-) Ours was by far the
> > best, making the runway from the hangar, about 350yds.
> >
> > This is only for Bob, you understand. He expressed a wish, a few months
> > ago, to see some of our students in their flying suits. I didn't know if
> > he meant male or female so I included both, Bob :-)
> >
> > Chris
> >
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