Northwest Flying Photography Blog

I’ve been doing stuff. Some of which involves taking pictures, most of which does not. I’ll talk about the picture stuff, since that’s why I have this blog/web/thing.

I managed to catch the Deamlifter at sunset a few days ago and I think I got some appreciable shots of it. I’ll let you decide:

I also totally scored when I finagled my way onto the restoration facility for the Museum of Flights B-29 last Friday. The MOF’s B-29 project is looking great, the guys volunteering with the restoration are top notch genuine craftsmen, and a bunch of nice guys to boot. Thanks go to Dale and Terrence for the warm reception and the fantastic tour. The guys were nice enough to plug in the turret system for me and I got to play with that for a few minutes. That was a treat.

I also got to walk through the Boeing B-17 in the same building. I can’t say enough about the restoration work done on these aircraft. It’s truly a labor of love to all involved and it really shows when you are up close to the aircraft.

The highlight of the past few weeks was an air-to-air photo shoot I did for Mike at Silverwings Flying Co. in Olympia. Mike was a great guy, and was very accommodating. I was in his friend Scott’s PA-12 and we flew a quick sortie. I hope I got some shots he is happy with. It was hard getting the camera out the window from the back seat, particularly with my fat ass in the seat, but it worked out.

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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a car! It’s the Transition! Them wacky guys (MIT grads and pilots, a winning combination of intellect and crazy) at Terrafugia have designed, built and now flown the Terrafugia Transition, what is described as a “roadable aircraft.” The transition can fold up it’s wings and drive down the road at freeway speeds. How cool is that?

On the 5th of March, the Transition took to the air for the fist time and is now undergoing flight (and road) testing.

I can hardly wait to see one of these pull off the road, lower the wings and, take off. Naturally from an approved airfield, we pilots are responsible folk.

You can get all the info, more photos and a couple of vids at the Terrafugia web site.

P.S. Price tag? A bit less then what I paid for my house. YIKES!

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I present to you the Northwest Flying Photography Calendar.

Oooooo Perty.

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200 years since his birth
150 years since the publication of “The Origin of Species”

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Get your one page calender Right Here

I’m still going through all the pix for my 12 month calender, but it’s coming. If enough of you buy one, I’ll be able to get one for myself.

P.S. Taken in late 08, this is a highly polished P-51. It look like a black and white photo, but is actually full color. The lighting conditions and the clouds made for a great reflection.

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The airshow season is fast approaching, and I have taken the time to delve the various websites and compile a list of show that I stand a fairly good chance of attending. Or at lease the airshows I would like to attend and are within reasonable driving distance.

25-Apr                   Skagit Tulip Fly-In and Airshow                       KBVS
20-26 May            EAA – B-17 Tour Stop                                           KBFI
20-21 Jun             Olympic Air Show                                                   KOLM
20-Jun                   American Heroes Air Show                                KBFI
8-12 Jul                 NW-EAA Fly-in                                                        KAWO
24-26 Jul              North Cascades Antique Airplane Fly-In     3W5
27-Jul, 2-Aug     EAA AirVenture                                                      KOSH
31-Jul,2-Aug       Seafair                                                                          KBFI
7-9 Aug                 Abbotsford International Air Show                CYXX
14-16 Aug             NWAAC Fly-in                                                          KVUO
29-30 Aug            Oregon International Air Show                         KHIO

I’ll likely not be able to go to Airventure, and Abbotsford is a long drive (unless you of you want to fly me?) but I should be able to hit all the others. If the Lovely Wife doesn’t mind me spending all the weekends looking at airplanes.

EDIT: &*^$&^%) That was all lined up in the edit screen!

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