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Air to ground towing
Paul wrote:
Sure here - Great pics Paul, you shouldn't feel discouraged by some of the responses here - although your pics were unusually large. Just another tip on technique, when you're reposting an image - it's handy to put the word "repost" or similar in the subject line - otherwise people will download the identical image again. Are they your pics, do you have more ? There's a couple of ex-113 jockeys here and speaking for myself, I really enjoy seeing unusual pics of them. Generally speaking, ANY on-topic pic of a '113 is unusual in an aviation newsgroup. Like a pig, it's an unlikely bird. -- Cheers Dave Kearton |
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"Dave Kearton" wrote in message ... Paul wrote: Sure here - Great pics Paul, you shouldn't feel discouraged by some of the responses here - although your pics were unusually large. Just another tip on technique, when you're reposting an image - it's handy to put the word "repost" or similar in the subject line - otherwise people will download the identical image again. Are they your pics, do you have more ? There's a couple of ex-113 jockeys here and speaking for myself, I really enjoy seeing unusual pics of them. Generally speaking, ANY on-topic pic of a '113 is unusual in an aviation newsgroup. Like a pig, it's an unlikely bird. -- Cheers Dave Kearton Howdy Dave, I scanned those pictures for a friend at work, they were taken by his cousin (one if the track drivers) and he wanted a electronic copy of them. I routinely work with large photo's so I guess I didn't think to resample them and make them smaller before uploading them. Thanks for the tips.... Paul |
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Air to ground towing
In article , dkearton///////
@ozemail.com.au mumbled Paul wrote: Sure here - Great pics Paul, you shouldn't feel discouraged by some of the responses here - although your pics were unusually large. Just another tip on technique, when you're reposting an image - it's handy to put the word "repost" or similar in the subject line - otherwise people will download the identical image again. Are they your pics, do you have more ? There's a couple of ex-113 jockeys here and speaking for myself, I really enjoy seeing unusual pics of them. Generally speaking, ANY on-topic pic of a '113 is unusual in an aviation newsgroup. Like a pig, it's an unlikely bird. 113's make good ice coolers too.... -- Usenetsaurus n. an early pedantic internet mammal, who survived on a diet of static text and cascading "threads." |
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Air to ground towing Resized
Jim Morris
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Air to ground towing - after some R&R
Paul wrote:
This was pretty common in Vietnam... Today Army Helicopters are forbidden to do it. Thanks Paul and Jimmy (for the repost) I downloaded Jim's smaller size first, then went back for Paul's original pic. As well as resizing my repost, I've played around a little with the colour balance, to remove the orange discolouring that everything in the '70s had back then. Looks like someone in the triple deuce broke through the hard outer layer to find that soft creamy centre. I've done it with a Land Rover - but never had a Chinook to pull me out though. Otherwise, it's time to break out the spades .... -- Cheers Dave Kearton |
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Air to ground towing - after some R&R
Dave Kearton wrote:
Paul wrote: This was pretty common in Vietnam... Today Army Helicopters are forbidden to do it. Thanks Paul and Jimmy (for the repost) I downloaded Jim's smaller size first, then went back for Paul's original pic. As well as resizing my repost, I've played around a little with the colour balance, to remove the orange discolouring that everything in the '70s had back then. Looks like someone in the triple deuce broke through the hard outer layer to find that soft creamy centre. I've done it with a Land Rover - but never had a Chinook to pull me out though. Otherwise, it's time to break out the spades .... Aviation Center put out a NOTAM back in 1970 (I think) prohibiting use of slings for towing, etc and only to be used for sling loading static cargo. I seem to remember this went out after a couple of CH47's pulled themselves into the ground with fatal results. I saw one of these situations outside of DaNang in 1967 or 68 when a Big Hook was trying to lift an M551 Sheridan and just about didn't make it. The pilot attempted a sort of "rolling" lift and evidently didn't know that the track's were locked. He dragged it a couple hundred feet before the load master pulled the pin and let the sling go. Made quite a crash when the M551 set back down from about 25 feet. Wish I had had a movie camera! Cheers, Dave |
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Air to ground towing - after some R&R
On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:49:50 +0930, "Dave Kearton"
wrote: Paul wrote: This was pretty common in Vietnam... Today Army Helicopters are forbidden to do it. Thanks Paul and Jimmy (for the repost) I downloaded Jim's smaller size first, then went back for Paul's original pic. As well as resizing my repost, I've played around a little with the colour balance, to remove the orange discolouring that everything in the '70s had back then. Looks like someone in the triple deuce broke through the hard outer layer to find that soft creamy centre. I've done it with a Land Rover - but never had a Chinook to pull me out though. Otherwise, it's time to break out the spades .... Great job.. Nice color correction.. Chuck (in SC) |
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Air to ground towing - after some R&R
Chuck (in SC) wrote:
Great job.. Nice color correction.. Chuck (in SC) Thanks Chuck, it's hard to guess the actual shade of green the carriers were, mine was always dust coloured. -- Cheers Dave Kearton |
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