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- Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:13 pm
- Forum: Italy, Malta & Mainland Greece
- Topic: Exercise Iniochos 2024
- Replies: 161
- Views: 15454
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:04 pm
- Forum: United States of America
- Topic: Phoenix and Tucson area trip Feb 24 and request PHX 18.02.24
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2569
Re: Phoenix and Tucson area trip Feb 24 and request PHX 18.02.24
Don't forget that the airfield elevation of DM is 2,500ft, ie 2,500ft above sea-level. In simple terms (without getting into QFE versus QNH) The aircraft height readout will show 5,000ft (approx) as it is taking sea-level in to account. So, you will be approximately 2,500ft above the ground for the...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:50 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: UK Low flying 1970s, 1980s
- Replies: 50
- Views: 13546
Re: UK Low flying 1970s, 1980s
some of those stories can also be directly aligned with a (now) famous canyon in the US
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 6:11 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: EC-121 at Airfete
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2293
Re: EC-121 at Airfete
AFAIK 1978 was the last time one was at Air Fete (I took a crappy shot lol)
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:14 pm
- Forum: Photography Q & A / How to post photos
- Topic: Help with Canon 5d mkii
- Replies: 4
- Views: 969
Re: Help with Canon 5d mkii
I assume you mean vignetting, where the corners are darker... that's normal on a FF camera when using a short focal length lens.
Easy to fix in post by applying a camera correction in LR etc.
Easy to fix in post by applying a camera correction in LR etc.
- Sun Dec 10, 2023 3:28 pm
- Forum: Photography Q & A / How to post photos
- Topic: LP-E6 batteries.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1988
Re: LP-E6 batteries.
I've been using the same 3rd party batteries on 40D, 70D and now R7 - no issues at all with performance
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 6:21 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: B21 Raider takes to the skies
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2684
Re: B21 Raider takes to the skies
There's a video circulating online showing it's first take-off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAWr6BC_A4w Is it me or is there a wire coming from trailing edge with something on the end of it ? Some kind of testing equipment presumably ? measures the static pressure for testing the instruments - ...
- Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:29 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: ADS-B Exchange sold to private equity firm
- Replies: 49
- Views: 7618
Re: ADS-B Exchange sold to private equity firm
and yet ADSBx continues to grow - they have the historical data, and currently nothing at all has changed since it was sold
how many "new" replacements have there been so far?
so if we are already feeding ADSB.fi does it now default to feeding airplanes live, or do we need to setup yet another feed?
how many "new" replacements have there been so far?
so if we are already feeding ADSB.fi does it now default to feeding airplanes live, or do we need to setup yet another feed?
- Sat Jun 10, 2023 8:43 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: C130 retirement tour route 14th June
- Replies: 76
- Views: 10339
- Wed May 24, 2023 1:51 am
- Forum: Aviation Videography
- Topic: Switching from Photography to Videography for 2023
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1131
Re: Switching from Photography to Videography for 2023
FYI, I stopped watching when the video cuts were too fast - no time to even look at the subject
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 3:22 pm
- Forum: The Newbie Forum
- Topic: Notifications?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2476
Re: Notifications?
it's a shame the RSS feed doesn't work for this section
- Wed Mar 01, 2023 9:09 pm
- Forum: Photography Q & A / How to post photos
- Topic: Shooting aircraft in flight with an R series body & lens...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1833
Re: Shooting aircraft in flight with an R series body & lens...
Like I said, even after the calibration the keeper rate wasn't much better, but at least static shots were in focus. It's definitely the way the camera works on aircraft subjects in particular I think. yeah the shutting down of the viewfinder is very disconcerting, but you have to train your brain t...
- Wed Mar 01, 2023 4:46 pm
- Forum: Photography Q & A / How to post photos
- Topic: Shooting aircraft in flight with an R series body & lens...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1833
Re: Shooting aircraft in flight with an R series body & lens...
I’ve had the same issues however I’m using an R7 and the 100-500. For a start the equipment was off-calibration out of the factory and my keeper rate was similar to yours. I took it to a Elstree to be fixed and after calibration it was night and day. I was visiting London from overseas luckily. Howe...
- Fri Jan 27, 2023 1:55 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: ADS-B Exchange sold to private equity firm
- Replies: 49
- Views: 7618
Re: ADS-B Exchange sold to private equity firm
I'm not stopping feeding until we see what they do with the feeders and if they start to block traffic There's no way they can have decent coverage without independent feeders, and which in turn they need to give back an incentive to feed if they start a pay to play model. ADSBx is the only current ...
- Fri Dec 16, 2022 12:07 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Russian AN2s
- Replies: 7
- Views: 768
Re: Russian AN2s
right out of the DPRK playbook
- Thu Dec 15, 2022 12:38 am
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: RSAF VC-130H at Warton
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2224
Re: RSAF VC-130H at Warton
In bad shape basically - in the past these were mobile hospitals, I assume they still have the same role, but not certainGhastly Whisper wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 11:08 pmNice shots, I am quite curious though, how low down on the VIP totem pole do you need to be to only get a seat on a VC-130, instead of the 330 or 310!!
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 1:21 am
- Forum: RAF Fairford
- Topic: U2 tracking.....The tale of the tape
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3726
Re: U2 tracking.....The tale of the tape
PP supports RPi now
- Sat Nov 26, 2022 12:30 am
- Forum: Fighter Control and Forum Technical Information
- Topic: What happened to the rule about posting hex codes?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2410
Re: What happened to the rule about posting hex codes?
Can hex codes be wrong on tracking sites? very often, it's only as good as the backend database used on that website - rubbish in / rubbish out I'm talking about the HEX to registration or tie-up above - the HEX reported on the site is what the aircraft is transmitting, and that is still prone to e...
- Sun Nov 20, 2022 10:30 pm
- Forum: Southern England
- Topic: Lee on Solent - Stored ex AAC Defenders
- Replies: 70
- Views: 14253
Re: Lee on Solent - Stored ex AAC Defenders
exactly - similar to scoping out an airfield without being spoon fed GPS co-ordinates - part of the funacsmith117 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 9:10 pmIts been good fun trying to tie them up.........I have even been checking the bends on the four static wicks on the rudders!!!!
- Sun Nov 20, 2022 12:34 pm
- Forum: Southern England
- Topic: Lee on Solent - Stored ex AAC Defenders
- Replies: 70
- Views: 14253
Re: Lee on Solent - Stored ex AAC Defenders
After analysing photos of the ones outside this week I have identified the following. Running clockwise :- G-DLRA ASTOR (marked with reg) ZH001 - serial to left of roundel and rearmost tie down marking consists anchor and yellow dot. ZG998 - serial to left of roundel, tie down marking consists of j...