Night spinning of the radial engines....

Iwan Bogels · Post by **Iwan Bogels** » 19 Oct 2008, 10:13

Hi everybody,

Aviodrome in Lelystad (NL) hosted their annual "Draaiavond" (spin-up evening) last night. Official "Friends of Aviodrome" were invited to witness the night time engine start up of their US-2N Tracker, PBY-5A Catalina and L-749A Constellation. All aircraft were well lit in the dark by studio lights.

About 300 enthusiasts were present this time with camera's ranging from telephone cameras up to professional photo gear. After an indoor briefing the show outside included a 10 - 20 minute spin of each aircraft's engines. The S-2 also showed the folding of the wings, while the L-749 did a short display of reverse thrust.

Needless to say that all three aircraft started up with a lot of smoke and the beautiful sound of radial engines. Too bad the number 3 engine of the Connie didn't manage to start up, but even with three radials it was still a lovely sound.

Here are the results of my "koffiemolennacht".....

Cheers,
Iwan

JeffreyM · Post by **JeffreyM** » 19 Oct 2008, 10:29

Impressive

Arjan · Post by **Arjan** » 19 Oct 2008, 10:36

Wow Iwan........those are some really amazing shots!!

Key · Post by **Key** » 19 Oct 2008, 12:09

Oh yes, just as great as it 'should be'!

sfeyenoord1 · Post by **sfeyenoord1** » 19 Oct 2008, 12:29

Stunning shots! The red-white-blue on the propellors came out very good

Mad Viper · Post by **Mad Viper** » 19 Oct 2008, 14:00

Nice photos Iwan.

Hope nobody minds that I'm gonna place some photos of the same aircraft

First time shooting at night.

Thijs · Post by **Thijs** » 19 Oct 2008, 14:08

Looks like the organization knows exactly how it must be for us photographers. Great event, great pictures.

cHabu · Post by **cHabu** » 19 Oct 2008, 15:23

Probably off-topic, but how do you make such photo's ?

Do you use a tripod ?

evhest · Post by **evhest** » 19 Oct 2008, 15:33

cHabu wrote:
Do you use a tripod ?

That's the #1 necessity when making pics like this!

jaah · Post by **jaah** » 19 Oct 2008, 15:59

Awesome shots

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Boudewijn van Oirschot · Post by **Boudewijn van Oirschot** » 19 Oct 2008, 17:28

just

AWESOME AWESOME

Goldenflyer · Post by **Goldenflyer** » 19 Oct 2008, 17:48

Very Nice

Spacedust · Post by **Spacedust** » 19 Oct 2008, 18:18

Superb!

ppwm · Post by **ppwm** » 19 Oct 2008, 20:04

Fantastic shots! Was there... but my camera failed (AF malfunctioning

) Anyway, I would not have matched this quality without a tripod... Great evening by the way, very well organised and a great 'orchestra'
Paul

Stafhunter · Post by **Stafhunter** » 19 Oct 2008, 20:26

cHabu wrote:Probably off-topic, but how do you make such photo's ?

with a 1000watt halogeenlamp

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