Photos & (hopefully) video please! :-)
that vid would fantastic on Youtube!
Cheers,
Pete
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On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Fred Klein <fklein@orcasonline.com> wrote:
>
> One of the highlights for me of the fly-in occurred at the very end with
> the departure of the west coasters in a flight of 3...Kevin K., Kim P., and
> Erich T.
>
> Following an offset/staggered formation take off (which would have compared
> favorably to any ANG F-16 gaggle), they had agreed to a request for a high
> speed low pass which would be captured digitally for posterity.
>
> Taking a wide pattern, they were seen joining up in a gentle climb...the
> minutes ticked by...photographers out on the runway readied their cameras.
>
> First seen as specks, they descended and accellerated...yes, it would be a
> LOW pass indeed. As they approached...3 monowheels, LG tucked, at
> (seemingly) WOT, they were nonetheless whisper-quiet...and gradually
> observers could hear the increasing whine of the 914s. The harmonics of
> multiple engines were audible and which quickly became a roar.
>
> One photographer was taken back to a time at Oshkosh when he experienced a
> symphony of Merlins during a fly by of Kermit Weeks' Mosquito bomber and the
> synchronized Allisons of a P-38 Lightning...(you had to have been there).
> The photographer became lost in his reverie.
>
> And in a split second they were overhead...and they were gone...climbing
> into the sun, and heading home.
>
>
> Alas...the photographer has decided to keep his day job...
>
>
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