planelopnik: lunch sighting

"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle) 05/05/2016 at 14:40 • Filed to: None

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it was like, far. so this is the best my phone could capture :)

Jcarr > MonkeePuzzle 05/05/2016 at 14:45

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That would be EAA’s Aluminum Overcast . Beautiful bird.

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle 05/05/2016 at 14:48

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I saw the picture on the Oppo FP and thought it was a formation. This is definitely air show season. Where did you take this? There’s a B-17G scheduled to appear at the Central Texas Air Show in Temple this weekend. Probably the same one I photographed back in 2012. Looks like your might be the same one.

Leon711 > ttyymmnn 05/05/2016 at 14:50

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I’m starting to get the airshow itch, trouble is my local one is cancelled this year due to a crash last year. I’ll have to travel this year if I want to see one.

Jcarr > ttyymmnn 05/05/2016 at 14:51

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My guess would be the Denver area based on this:

http://www.eaa.org/en/eaa/flight-…

ttyymmnn > Leon711 05/05/2016 at 14:52

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I drove 3.5 hours (one away) to Fort Worth two weeks ago for a show. The Central Texas show is this weekend, and it’s less than an hour away, but I’m busy all weekend and can’t go. First time I haven’t gone in years. I’m pretty bummed.

MonkeePuzzle > ttyymmnn 05/05/2016 at 14:53

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indeed, as Jcarr pointed out, I am in Denver

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 14:54

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I think you’re right. The tail flash looks right. And it would have appeared darker in MonkeyPuzzle’s photo if it were painted green. Good call.

ttyymmnn > MonkeePuzzle 05/05/2016 at 14:54

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Yup. He nailed it.

Jcarr > ttyymmnn 05/05/2016 at 14:56

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I can’t say for sure, but I think EAA’s might be the only one left flying that isn’t painted green.

Leon711 > ttyymmnn 05/05/2016 at 15:14

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Man, a 3.5 hour drive would get me to so many airshows. I’ll see air displays at Goodwood Festival of Speed and may well visit Eastbourne.

ttyymmnn > Leon711 05/05/2016 at 15:19

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I’ve driven over 4 hours (one way) to a show down in south Texas at NAS Kingsville. When you enter Texas on the east side on Interstate 10, it’s over 850 miles to El Paso on the west side.

Leon711 > ttyymmnn 05/05/2016 at 15:35

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The longest drive I’ve ever done was 330 miles from Land’s end at the southwestern tip of the UK to almost directly below London. It took 9 hours because of the backwards road network in the southeast and multiple stops in a car I bought with a broken gearbox (I only had 4th). Texas is a huge place, population density is a bit lower though.

ttyymmnn > Leon711 05/05/2016 at 15:39

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Density is lower on the whole, but the cities are getting more crowded by the day. Five of the top ten fastest growing cities in the US are in Texas.

Leon711 > ttyymmnn 05/05/2016 at 15:50

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Just build new cities, see Milton Keynes or Harlow. It would be handy if we could spread people out more, England’s population is near double that of texas, but the population of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is only around 10 million.

DanimalHouse > Jcarr 05/05/2016 at 16:06

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This is LITERALLY my desktop background right now, NO word of a lie!