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Cockpit of the Antonov An-2 at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum at Creve Coeur Airport (1H0). This remarkable STOL (short takeoff and landing) aircraft is the largest single-engine biplane ever produced.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An-2 http://www.historicaircraftrestorationmuseum.org/ |
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Hangar 3 of the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum at Creve Coeur Airport (1H0), a hidden treasure of St. Louis, MO. Many of these vintage aircraft are in flying condition. Hangar tours ($10, weekends) are a must for plane fans anywhere near the St. Louis area.
http://www.historicaircraftrestorationmuseum.org/ |
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Aspen Highlands Maroon Bowl on Closing Day, 2009. Ed Armstrong Speed-Fly's Maroon Bowl. Speed-Flying is like paragliding, but the kite is much smaller and therefore the speed is much higher. You use skiis to get enough speed for takeoff. Its a pretty radical and exciting sport only practiced by a few.
Maroon Bowl is on the backside of the Fantastic Highlands Bowl at Aspen Highlands Ski Resort. It is in the backcountry and has significant risks including a river to cross at the bottom, but the turns are sweet. You can view many more Colorado Gigapans by me here: http://share.gigapan.org/viewProfile.php?userid=414 Please send your teenagers on an excellent summer education adventure teaching sailing, scuba diving, and marine biology in the British Virgin Islands - http://www.odysseyexpeditions.com |
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Morning traffic at the Chilhowee Gliderport in Benton, Tennessee (http://www.chilhowee.com/) |
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Hangar 1 of the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum at Creve Coeur Airport (1H0), a hidden treasure of St. Louis, MO. Many of these vintage aircraft are in flying condition. Hangar tours ($10, weekends) are a must for plane fans anywhere near the St. Louis area. |
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Each year up to 10,000 visiting aircraft - of all shapes, sizes and varieties - make Oshkosh the busiest airport in the world. This gigapan was shot Saturday morning. It only has a few bad spots in the stitching caused by people walking in front of the lens.
This shot includes: f-16 , falcon , f-15 , c5m galaxy , c-17 globemaster iii , c-130 , erickson sky crane , dc-3 named “duggy” , cv-2b caribou , p-51 mustang , a-10 thunderbolt , f4u corsair, e-2c hawkeye, ford tri-motor, b-17 flying fortress, pitts model 12, gulf stream to name a few. This was a fantastic event and had so many amazing aricraft new and old. I will be posting some videos from the event on youtube.com including the A380 taking off from Oshkosh 2009. I hope you enjoy and please email with comments! http://www.airventure.org/ |
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This is a shot of Southport, MB, Canada. On site is 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School (3 CFFTS), Allied Wings, and Southport Aerospace. Also known as the Canada Wings Aviation Training Centre (CWATC).
This is my first Gigapan! |
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A very famous and popular spot for paragliding. The village of Gourdon offers a strong thermal for paragliders to climb in the air. |
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Camping at the North 40 of Oshkosh on Saturday, July 25. Taken late in the afternoon after a thunderstorm. Handheld pan. |
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Kites of all shapes, sizes, colors and themes fly over frozen Lake Harriet. Other fun family activities at the festival include ice fishing, horse-drawn wagon rides, snowshoeing, a kid’s medallion hunt and a marshmallow roast. You can see a summertime view of the same area at http://gigapan.org/gigapans/29585/. Stitched in Photoshop CS4 from 15 vertical images made with a Nikon D3. |