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Higher res photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Tg3UBpMG6SD5b19W6 About once a month AF1 flies down to Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport to do touch and goes. Flies over my house time and time again for several hours before flying off. Today, I got some photos with my new 200-500mm lens.     Higher res photos here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Tg3UBpMG6SD5b19W6This message has been edited. Last edited by: Micropterus, _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | ||
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Great shots. It is too bad about the imposter who flies in her now. ____________________________ Yes, Para does appreciate humor. | |||
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I wonder if the shiny skin on the bottom is some sort of defensive design versus just for aesthetics. _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | |||
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Such an elegant plane {the 747 in general) Shame they're slowly being taken out of commercial service. Always wanted to take a flight on one. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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The shiny parts of the plane is an interesting feature which creates neat effect in the photo. Great photos as usual. ___________________________________________ Life Member NRA & Washington Arms Collectors Mistake not my current state of joshing gentle peevishness for the awesome and terrible majesty of the towering seas of ire that are themselves the milquetoast shallows fringing my vast oceans of wrath. Velocitas Incursio Vis - Gandhi | |||
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Yeah, I was looking at the reflection in the shiny parts and comparing it to Google Maps to see what was reflected. But the reflections look distorted by the waviness of the metal and I can't figure it out. _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | |||
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I'm about 5 minutes or so from the airfield so I'm getting used to seeing it every week or so. Driving down #17 with it coming in so low gets a lot of looks from the drivers. Great pics! "Even if the world were perfect it wouldn't be." ... Yogi Berra | |||
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Great pictures of an American icon. Thanks for sharing. If you're goin' through hell, keep on going. Don't slow down. If you're scared don't show it. You might get out before the devil even knows you're there. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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Great pics. That bird is CLEAN! This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears above ground he is a protector. Plato | |||
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I was down in NC this week and the local news in Greensboro was doing a show on AF-1 doing touch and goes at TFI airport near G'boro. I didn't know other airports were also being used until the news story came out. "Even if the world were perfect it wouldn't be." ... Yogi Berra | |||
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It's not Air Force One unless the president is on board. When it's flying doing proficiency and training, it's just a VC-25, which is a 747 Classic (747-200). There are very few Classic 747's left flying. I flew the highest time 747-100 left in service, on it's final leg, and flew the -200's. Very nice flying airplanes. Very well designed. The VC-25's are a tad prettier than what we were flying. | |||
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