Stop Making Sense

In article ulowf.8497$jR.4277@fed1read01,
Jay Beckman wrote:

Here in AZ, in only another 17 days we'll set a new record for duration
*without* any rain.

There has to be a happy medium somewhere!


california?

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Eduardo K. wrote:
In article ulowf.8497$jR.4277@fed1read01,
Jay Beckman wrote:

Here in AZ, in only another 17 days we'll set a new record for duration
*without* any rain.

There has to be a happy medium somewhere!

california?

Don't they have enough rain at times every year to cause expensive portions of
the State to wash away?

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

In article kFwwf.2074$Xo5.1038@trnddc02,
George Patterson wrote:

There has to be a happy medium somewhere!

california?

Don't they have enough rain at times every year to cause expensive portions of
the State to wash away?


Yup, the 2006 Unlimited Downhill House Racing season just opened up...


But we do get some great flying weather.

Pics from yesterday: http://www.clear-prop.org/fly-01-08-06/

I'm surprised Norcal Approach didnt make any comments. I circled the
Golden Gate for about 45minutes waiting for solar noon so I could get
the last few shots of the bridge in the link above.

John
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"John Clear" wrote in message
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In article kFwwf.2074$Xo5.1038@trnddc02,
George Patterson wrote:

There has to be a happy medium somewhere!

california?

Don't they have enough rain at times every year to cause expensive
portions of
the State to wash away?


Yup, the 2006 Unlimited Downhill House Racing season just opened up...


But we do get some great flying weather.

Pics from yesterday: http://www.clear-prop.org/fly-01-08-06/

I'm surprised Norcal Approach didnt make any comments. I circled the
Golden Gate for about 45minutes waiting for solar noon so I could get
the last few shots of the bridge in the link above.

John
--
John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/

Fabulous shots of the bridge and the Presidio...

Jay B

Pics from yesterday: http://www.clear-prop.org/fly-01-08-06/

Beautiful, John!
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Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

John Clear wrote:

Pics from yesterday: http://www.clear-prop.org/fly-01-08-06/

Great photos!

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

That is some very clear photography (no pun intended). Did you shoot
thru the plexi or was something open? Nice shots.

Went thru you site and re-read Al Haynes talk about the DC10 in Souix
City. Wow! I forgot just how amazing it was. In particular, none of
the crew actually flew the plan - an onboard instructor did. Just
fantastic. Recommended re-read for any and all.

John Clear wrote:
But we do get some great flying weather.

Pics from yesterday: http://www.clear-prop.org/fly-01-08-06/

I'm surprised Norcal Approach didnt make any comments. I circled the
Golden Gate for about 45minutes waiting for solar noon so I could get
the last few shots of the bridge in the link above.

John

In article ,
Maule Driver wrote:
That is some very clear photography (no pun intended). Did you shoot
thru the plexi or was something open? Nice shots.

Most are through the vent window on a Cherokee. In the batch from
Sunday, you can see the edge of the window in a few of the shots.
The shots of SFO and downtown from the south were through the
plexiglass.

I really want to get a higher end camera. Those pics were shot
with a point and shoot Canon 3MP camera (A75). A coworker I take
flying sometimes has a 8MP DSLR (Canon 20D, iirc), and gets mad
because I usually get better pictures. I guess I just have a better
eye for picking shots.

This is one of my favorite shots (and my desktop background):
http://www.clear-prop.org/images/sunset.jpg
(Details: April 13, 2005, 6:00pm PST, 3000ft, just north of Santa
Cruz, only picture I took on that flight)

Went thru you site and re-read Al Haynes talk about the DC10 in Souix
City. Wow! I forgot just how amazing it was. In particular, none of
the crew actually flew the plan - an onboard instructor did. Just
fantastic. Recommended re-read for any and all.

I re-read that about once a year or so. It is an amazing story of
not giving up and keep flying the plane, or what is left of it.
Al Haynes kind of did fly the plane. Instead of cables/hydraulics,
his movements of the yoke were acted on by the instructor pilot.
The fact that all the crew that tried what they did in the simulator
all ended up crashing shows just how lucky they were.

John
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John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/

John Clear posted some great photos (see
http://www.clear-prop.org/fly-01-08-06/
) of a recent flight over San Francisco.

John,

I was amazed at the variation in the water color under the Golden Gate
Bridge. Were they taken within minutes of each other?

Jon

In article ,
Jon Woellhaf wrote:
John Clear posted some great photos (see
http://www.clear-prop.org/fly-01-08-06/
) of a recent flight over San Francisco.


I was amazed at the variation in the water color under the Golden Gate
Bridge. Were they taken within minutes of each other?

Yes, the shots were all taken over about 45 minutes. The angle of
the sun makes a big difference in the apparent color, but part of
it is that I filtered the haze out (Picasa's "I'm feeling lucky"
filter), which makes the colors jump out more.

The tide lines and currents are very visible though. In many of
the shots of the bridge, you can see a wave parallel to the bridge
that divides two different colors of water. It is really visible
in this shot of Alcatraz: http://www.clear-prop.org/fly-01-08-06/target44.html

John
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