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Post by sfeyenoord1 »

:day: :toppie:

Great report :D
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Post by Kleintje Pils »

Wonderfull Frank :!:
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I'm not a mil spotter, so the following might sound stupid but is the Shin Meiwa (?) still active ?

If so, did you get those on photo ?
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Post by FALCONCREST »

IMPRESSIVE !
Beautiful aircraft, and, photographed in a masterly fashion...

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Post by Warthog 71 »

Franksan,

These great shots are proudly sponsored by :roll: what a job...


Grtz,

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Post by Frank »

Hi all

Thank you all for your positive reactions. Good to hear! Some friends and I are setting up an organised trip to Japan next year, so if you are interested you can join us the country with the unlimited possibilities !

A few answers to your questions/comments.

Ketko. I did Iruma by train last week. It is a bit complicated if you do not speak Japanese, but you do apparantly. Iruma is reachable by train of you take the Seibu line from Shinjuku station or from Takadanobaba (which is easier). After an about a 45 min drive, exit the train from Iriso station and walk or take a cab to the hospital. At http://www.scramble.nl/airports/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; you can download the map and descriptions.

Mo. Finally 501 Hikotai with sun :-) And also some 305 and 204 Hikotai Eagles. Joepie! Hiyakuri revenge complete

Thijs. Yeah Yeah. You should have joined us on the race photography course with Frits van Eldik last week. Racecars with 1/30s, Talking about blur..

Crizz. Bahrain. Have a look at http://www.airfighters.com/photosearch.php?phgid=735" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; they are all there

Marcel. :-) Next time with Wi-F&ck ?

cHabu Yes the Shin Maywa is still active altough a new variant, the US-2 is being built. See picture below


Here are some pictures from the Hyakuri Air Review last sunday. I was fortunate to join the show on the base and we were positioned near the taxi track. This was not so good for taking pictures from the flypast, but they were too high anyway, but the taxitrack was quite good actually

When the show was over we went over to the spotters place outside the base. View is ok, but the new runway is a bit in between. And those orange fences everywhere do not improve the viewing here. Here some pictures including an overview of the spottersplace. In the evening the sun was getting lower and it was getting quite dark. The last pictures are some interesting ones with very low shutter speeds. The F-2 and the U-125 were taken with 1/125s, so they are not completely sharp, but it gives a nice effect

The car of my Japanese friend. Yes, I actually fitted in quite nicely.
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Gateguard. If only I could flash myself back 20 years.
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Taxitrack
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Also taken from the Taxitrack
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Shin Maywa flypast
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Finally a 305 Hikotai Eagle for me
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Some of the static

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The Spotters place. Some people may recognize Wim Verkerk, Robin Polderman and Manolito Jaarsma. Coincendentally I bumped into them at Matsushima and saw them here again. I guess they will upload their pictures soon.

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And it was getting later and later..
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Post by FrankCrebas »

great pics man! and, let me be the first: Congrats on your birthday!!

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Post by Maurice »

And you keep on going... Stop hurting me :D . Just kidding, please go on, post them!
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Post by Key »

Flanky, you know exactly what I think of those shots :P

Nice goin' pal,
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Post by Goldenflyer »

Very Nice :D great photo`s :D 8)

Regards Corné
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