Originally posted by lauriebe
Steve,
Those shots are great!!!
In an earlier post on the other thread, you mentioned that you would also have your video camera with you. Did you manage to get any video footage?
If so, I would very much like a copy if at all poss. I would also like to send a copy to the Vets of No. 804 Squadron. They have been following this rebuild with great interest and I have been updating them throughout. I would cover all the costs of duplication and shipping.
If you are able to do that, it would be very much appreciated.
BR
Laurie.:D
Unfortunately the video is not the best. I had a backseater in the L-39 who I gave my digital camcorder to record the first flight, while I shot the hi-res stills with my Canon D-60. As it was his first time with the camcorder some of the shots are, well, pretty bouncy. I’m putting it in the computer to edit out some of the “pan the sky and try to find an airplane” stuff. The takeoffs and landings are pretty good. The fly-bys are not the best.
As MK. 12 pointed out I was on the ground taking still photos for the first flight. Nelson Ezell flew the Seafire, Stew Dawson flew the Sea Fury and a very nice A&P “Steve” who works for Nelson was in the back of the Sea Fury. I was in the back seat of the Sea Fury for the second flight with a small Canon digital still camera (3 megapix, so the quality isn’t quite the same). I did take a few short “videos” of the Seafire in flight during the second hop. If anyone can post these I will send them along via email, as I have no clue how to post them to a URL. There are 2 or 3 about 15 sec. each and around 1.5 meg. The slow shutter speed really makes the counter rotating props look wild.
I’ll be at Old Warden next month on the 15th, so if anyone wants a CD just PM me and I’ll bring you the hi-res stuff.
Quote of the day from Nelson Ezell during the first flight (as heard on the radio)…”Just like flying a jet…”
Steve Patterson
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