Big River

petehowell · #1 04-22-2010, 09:52 PM

Believe or not, the -9A makes a decent photo platform! The key is to clean the canopy real well and then find a syrupy smooth evening to get up and shoot with the fading light. Tonight's target was the Big River south of Hastings, MN.

Wind calm, skies clear, sun setting. I spied a tug with barges on the river to the south and flew some big circles to clear the airspace. I found the one target in the area and set up loiter mode. 4.2 GPH is good, cheap fun:

I then positioned the plane down river, staring into the setting sun and started shooting. Even I could not screw up light like this.......

Even the windsock looked good tonight!

mcencula · #2 04-23-2010, 03:13 AM

Beautiful shots, Pete. I see neither wing nor prop in any of these shots. Were you mostly shooting at a 45 degree angle from the centerline?

Thanks for sharing.

petehowell · #3 04-23-2010, 05:41 AM

Mike thanks for the kind comment. Most of the shots were cropped a bit - to eliminate any bad edges. I'm not that good composing with the camera! The shots were out the passenger side at about a 70deg angle.

DarylT · #4 04-23-2010, 08:40 AM

Very Nice Pics Pete!

And remember folks.... this was done out of a slider not a tip up.

FresnoR · #5 04-23-2010, 03:52 PM

Great shots, and cruising faster than a lightsport with fewer GPH. Interesting!

pmccoy · #6 04-23-2010, 05:14 PM

Pete-

Very inspirational! Nice work. I can't wait to get my 9A done, so I can get out there and have some fun too. Please keep posting, I love looking at what is possible in a RV9A....

plehrke · #7 04-23-2010, 09:06 PM

Here are a few shoots I took a few mornings ago about 400 miles down stream.

petehowell · #8 04-23-2010, 10:35 PM

Phil,

Nice Pics! We are still planning to fly down the river to catch a ball game in STL, hopefully this summer. I'll let you know when we are coming and maybe we can hook up.

plehrke · #9 04-24-2010, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by petehowell

Phil,

Nice Pics! We are still planning to fly down the river to catch a ball game in STL, hopefully this summer. I'll let you know when we are coming and maybe we can hook up.

That would be great. Just follow along the Big River south 600nm (or 400 nm by the RV flies) until it hits another big river (Missouri). A few miles further south you will hit the staduim; a few miles up the Missouri River you will hit me at 1H0.

petehowell · #10 04-24-2010, 07:28 AM

IFR- I'll Follow Rivers.....