Mon Aug 10, 2020, 09:04 AM
HAB911 (8,172 posts)
Self imposed Apocalypse Rules
whereby I search for interesting photo opportunities from my backyard. Both of these subjects, not everyone's cup of tea certainly, are approximately 1.5 to 2 nautical miles away, taken with a 1000mm lens. Not being in line with the runway of either TIA or MacDill AFB, the opportunities are not common, which makes it something of a game for me.
#1 is a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 leaving TIA, 2nd is a KC-135 tanker taking off from MacDill AFB. The wingtip vortices I love, as opposed to contrails caused by the engines. Wingtip vortices are circular patterns of rotating air left behind a wing as it generates lift. One wingtip vortex trails from the tip of each wing, seen more in humid air. (The photo of AF1 I posted last week, I did leave my backyard for a park ~1 nm east of the TIA approach) 
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Author | Time | Post |
 Self imposed Apocalypse Rules (Original post) |
HAB911 | Aug 2020 | OP |
| flamin lib | Aug 2020 | #1 | |
| HAB911 | Aug 2020 | #2 | |
| flamin lib | Aug 2020 | #3 | |
| alfredo | Aug 2020 | #4 | |
| HAB911 | Aug 2020 | #5 | |
| alfredo | Aug 2020 | #6 |
Response to HAB911 (Original post)
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 11:39 AM
flamin lib (13,540 posts)
1. Ah, the C17, AKA
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The aluminum overcast
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Response to flamin lib (Reply #1)
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 12:01 PM
HAB911 (8,172 posts)
2. I would love to catch a C5A,
Response to HAB911 (Reply #2)
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 12:08 PM
flamin lib (13,540 posts)
3. Oh, you're right. The C5 is the overcast.
Response to flamin lib (Reply #3)
Mon Aug 10, 2020, 12:51 PM
alfredo (59,768 posts)
4. I remember C-141 landing at Asmara airport.
Response to alfredo (Reply #4)
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 06:31 AM
HAB911 (8,172 posts)
5. thanks, I've never seen one of those
Response to HAB911 (Reply #5)
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 02:44 PM
alfredo (59,768 posts)
6. This was the late 60's.
