New Airplane

[Bigey]

I think your boss has airplane ADD

...I want this one...no, now this one...oooh...perty!

Hahaha that's what i was thinking. But then i thought...something "happens" to the airplane before a new one is talked about. Maybe citationkid is pulling the power back a lil saying the plane isnt responding as it should and voila, new plane. I give it a year before a new Gulfstream is parked outside!

Just playin!!:rawk::rawk:

 

[Tram]

What I wanna know is how do you get a friggin cool picture like the "real flying" pic..

I mean, do you use a tri-pod?

I've got a Nikon D-50 and I'd love to get some shots like that..

 

[CK]

The way your guy is going, why don't you skip a bunch of steps and get like a CJ1 or something?

Come back to PPW, we miss you

Hey GP, insurance didn't want to put a kid in this, no way they would put me in a CJ! But we will have a jet by '09. You can look for me in the new photo contest at PPW if it ever happens.

What I wanna know is how do you get a friggin cool picture like the "real flying" pic..

I mean, do you use a tri-pod?

I've got a Nikon D-50 and I'd love to get some shots like that..

I am not farmilier with Nikons, I only use good cameras The biggest thing is to get a wide angle lens. I use a Sigma 10-20mm. On the Canon you set the exposure to the lowest setting, this makes the outside normal instead of being over exposed. Then use flash and it will look good. With any lens wider than 18mm you will need to hold the camera upside down, other wise the lens actually cast a shadow over the bottom of the subjet.

Alex.

 

[Jimmy_Norton]

Hey CK, not sure if you heard this about the Conquest II, aka 441.....

[FONT=arial,helvetica,geneva]Cessna Sets Life Limit on Conquest; Airplanes Grounded in Australia[/FONT]

Operators of Cessna 441 Conquest II twin turboprops must comply with a life limit of 22,500 flying hours, Cessna has said, and several of the aircraft have been grounded. "As part of the continuing product safety process, Cessna looks at data from test articles and from field reports regarding the structural integrity of its aircraft," Cessna spokeswoman Pia Bergqvist told AVweb. Based on test and field data, Cessna has issued a Supplemental Inspection Document recommending the life limit for the aircraft. While most of the Conquests operating around the world are well below this limit, according to Bergqvist, several aircraft in Australia are beyond it, and those aircraft have been grounded. Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority has allowed one year for alternatives to be explored that could extend the safe operation of the Conquest beyond the current life limit. It's not known if any Conquests in the U.S. will be immediately affected, industry groups are looking into it.

AOPA spokesman Chris Dancy told AVweb his organization has been in contact with the Cessna Pilots Association but discussions are preliminary. The 441, a pressurized version of the 404, was first delivered in 1977. General-aviation aircraft certified under FAR Part 23 must have a life limit set by the manufacturer on critical structures such as wing spars, but an overall life limit is not required.

 

[n726s]

you're lucky to be flying that at age 19. nice pics too. really, thats awesome.