"Andrew-S" I-Still-Hate-Spammers@Sorry-I had-to-leave-for-bit.com
wrote in :

Al,
Thanks for the complements...
To be honest I wasn't offended at all. If anything it was rather
funny to me in a dark sort of way. The thing that I am most curious
about is who or how the tale started. Yes I was and perhaps still am
hurting, but to say I am suicidal??? Rather a major stretch to say
the least.

As for how I got started shooting Emergency Services... A friend and
fellow shooter got me into it and I discovered that sitting on the
skids at 120mph while tracking another aircraft was great fun. IT is
without a doubt the most challenging photography I have ever done.
Granted it is not for the faint at heart but who else can say they
have done an air to air shoot over Washington DC AFTER 9/11. My
passion though in aviation is and always will be Warbirds. However
there are so many shooters trying to get into that world it is almost
a deterrent.

With regards to your Robinson... I don't think I have any shots of
Robinsons in action, however I may have a shoot coming up early next
spring that may include several Robinson Helicopters. At the moment
though it is just an idea that is being considered.


No need - it was only included as an example. Robinsons are about the
only aircraft I *can* get routine pics of. That, and Duke Hospital's A-
109s, since I live in the flight path of their maintenance facility.

Has an admittedly slim chance of an air-to-air for a firm that sold
joyrides in Aero L-39s, but ended up having to move out of that town before
they managed to move their operations into it. Five miles from my house, of
all the rotten luck.

But hey, drop me a line if there's ever a schedule conflict ;-)

Cheers!



- Al.

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