I can recommend the Digital Photographer’s Handbook by Tom Ang. Published by Dorling Kindersley at £25, but I’ve seen it in the discount shops for £7.50.
I’ve been taking aircraft (and other) picture with an SLR since I was a schoolboy in the 1960s, and I’ve still managed to find a lot of useful tips and information in it.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Photographers-Handbook-Tom-Ang/dp/1405305290
I had a Volvo 240 once which I had to drive for a while with no power steering after the belt had disintegrated. It was a heavy pig to steer, but in no way could it be described as uncontrollable.
I am not aware of the exact legal requirements, but I cannot imagine that a car that was truly undriveable with non-functioning power steering would pass any type test of roadworthiness. Much the same would apply to servo-assisted brakes: without the servo, the brakes may feel hard and wooden, but they work.
Having said all that, a driver who suddenly discovered that the steering had suddenly become much heavier, or that the brakes suddenly needed a hefty stamp in order to work, may well panic and convince themselves that the car has become undriveable.
Moggy is surely right, in that an inexperienced driver needs to be aware of the way in which a car’s handling can change in the event of a power steering or brake servo failure.
I had a Volvo 240 once which I had to drive for a while with no power steering after the belt had disintegrated. It was a heavy pig to steer, but in no way could it be described as uncontrollable.
I am not aware of the exact legal requirements, but I cannot imagine that a car that was truly undriveable with non-functioning power steering would pass any type test of roadworthiness. Much the same would apply to servo-assisted brakes: without the servo, the brakes may feel hard and wooden, but they work.
Having said all that, a driver who suddenly discovered that the steering had suddenly become much heavier, or that the brakes suddenly needed a hefty stamp in order to work, may well panic and convince themselves that the car has become undriveable.
Moggy is surely right, in that an inexperienced driver needs to be aware of the way in which a car’s handling can change in the event of a power steering or brake servo failure.
Much the same here. Top-end scanners have infra-red dust removal which is brilliant but doesn’t like Kodachrome because some of the dyes are opaque at IR frequencies. Same applies to old style silver halide black and white negs, too.
Many flat-bed scanners these days have a slide adapter and these will usually produce a scan good enough to post on a website.
Otherwise it’s a dedicated film scanner (eg Nikon Coolscan) costing some serious money.
Interesting that Canon have now dropped their dedicated film scanner, reckoning that their top-of-the-range flat-bed is good enough. Certainly cheaper than the latest Coolscan though I think most in the business would go down the dedicated scanner for ultimate quality.
Not an easy call, but I’d go for openness all the time unless there was an absolutely overwhelming need to keep it secret. Even though in this particular case you might not care very much for the newspaper in question, I don’t reckon sparing his blushes is sufficient reason for imposing secrecy legally, especially as it seems to be common knowledge in football anyway.
Just my opinion.
Not an easy call, but I’d go for openness all the time unless there was an absolutely overwhelming need to keep it secret. Even though in this particular case you might not care very much for the newspaper in question, I don’t reckon sparing his blushes is sufficient reason for imposing secrecy legally, especially as it seems to be common knowledge in football anyway.
Just my opinion.
Couple more names to throw into the mix…first of all Brendan McCormack, regarded by John Williams as one of the great under-appreciated British guitarists, and also John Lennon’s favourite guitarist. Lovely fella who could do the business in anything from hard rock to classical and had time for anybody:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDtRauMNlpA
and then Percy Jones…second only to Jack Bruce when it comes to a fretless bass.
http://www.percyjones.net/ and some tip on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwcPon5FzPg
Couple more names to throw into the mix…first of all Brendan McCormack, regarded by John Williams as one of the great under-appreciated British guitarists, and also John Lennon’s favourite guitarist. Lovely fella who could do the business in anything from hard rock to classical and had time for anybody:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDtRauMNlpA
and then Percy Jones…second only to Jack Bruce when it comes to a fretless bass.
http://www.percyjones.net/ and some tip on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwcPon5FzPg
I learned to drive on a combination of my dad’s Austin A55 van (with column change) and a driving school Morris 1100.
The first car I actually owned was a Citroen Dyane, and I had two of them before going all conventional with an Escort Mark 3.
My dad had been a motor mechanic by training and I was pretty well born with a spanner in my hand, so I’ve good memories of all sorts of earlier family cars. So what’s this then? Hint…it’s got a bit in common with both the Dyanes and a number of BMW motorbikes I’ve had.
I learned to drive on a combination of my dad’s Austin A55 van (with column change) and a driving school Morris 1100.
The first car I actually owned was a Citroen Dyane, and I had two of them before going all conventional with an Escort Mark 3.
My dad had been a motor mechanic by training and I was pretty well born with a spanner in my hand, so I’ve good memories of all sorts of earlier family cars. So what’s this then? Hint…it’s got a bit in common with both the Dyanes and a number of BMW motorbikes I’ve had.
Funny, I was just wondering a couple of days ago whether he was still with us. Like so many others, I’ve got a 20-year run of Observer’s books, Famous Fighters/Bombers, the series of little pocket-sized books published by Macdonald in the 1960s that alas was never completed, and Warplanes of the Third Reich.
I had the pleasure of sitting with him for lunch one Farnborough show back in the late 80s – a Total Aviation Person, as Flight’s Roger Bacon used to call ’em.
RIP
Also Airbus UK’s top man Brian Fleet, a CBE.
Mhuxt, I’d already marked the Potez-CAMS 141 as a possibility as it seems to tick most of the boxes. Volume 5 of Warplanes of the Second World War says the sole prototype was scrapped in late 1943. Based at Dakar, it sunk a U-boat in June that year, which raises the question as to how it ended up in the Baltic in 1944 apparently in German hands. Seems that 11 were in fact ordered but none of the production machines completed: maybe this was one of the unflown “incomplete” aircaft?
Edit: Just looking at Longshot’s pictures and cross-referring to Warplanes etc vol 5, I realise I was referring to the 141, top right in Longshot’s trio of pictures. The plane under fire appears to be the 161, not included in William Green’s book presumably because of its civilian origin. I think we’ve cracked it, thanks folks.
The B-17 looks like the same aircraft in each case. Perhaps recently downed and then well and truly shot to pieces.
I’m more puzzled by the big twin-finned aircraft part-sunk in shallow water towards the end. I can’t get it to match any German type of flying boat.
High wing, bit of dihedral on the tailplane…frankly I’m puzzled. There’s too much spray around to count the engines, but the best I can come up with is Coronado, Mariner or Martin Mars, all of which seem pretty unlikely in north Europe, especially the Mars. I’m pretty sure it’s not a Do-24 as the fin shape is wrong and the fuselage looks too bulky. Even if it’s a ditched landplane, i can’t get it.
There is a smaller flying boat towards the end which I think is a Do-26.
Thoughts, anyone?