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antonoat

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Advanced flier
« on: June 11, 2015, 17:37:01 »
Captured this recently at a small airshow, was amazed to see this vehicle giving an aerobatic display


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Jakov Minić

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Re: Advanced flier
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2015, 19:02:35 »
Were you also flying, you seem mighty close to the plane?
Great capture either way :)
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Frank Fremerey

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Re: Advanced flier
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2015, 19:25:41 »
Gyrocopter?
You are out there. You and your camera. You can shoot or not shoot as you please. Discover the world, Your world. Show it to us. Or we might never see it.

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Re: Advanced flier
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2015, 20:09:35 »
Frank beat me to it, James Bond would be proud.  8)

antonoat

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Re: Advanced flier
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2015, 18:05:12 »
Were you also flying, you seem mighty close to the plane?
Great capture either way :)

I was actually very close to the action using 400mm, the image is cropped slightly to eradicate empty space!
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Re: Advanced flier
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2015, 21:37:07 »
Interesting to see those little things can do such aerobatics !

Frank beat me to it, James Bond would be proud.  8)
Mike your comment really made me laugh out loud
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