Meiringen - Wiederholungskurs 3 and 4 may 2012

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Meiringen - Wiederholungskurs 3 and 4 may 2012

Post by bvdboomen »

I've been to Meiringen on Thursday and Friday. A first, terrific experience, I must say!
I don't know if "Wiederhohlungs kurzuz" is spelled right, but what I do know is, that there was many flying activity!
We've had two days of good weather. On the first day, there were clouds in the afternoon but that makes shooting into the light easier.

Here are my photographs:

1. In the morning we had to find the spots yet so we stood against the light. But the vapor turned out to be nice on this one.
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2. This is a typical Meiringen photo I must say.
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3. Nice surprise, this PC-6.
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4. If there is so many activity, there is room for some panning otherwise it would be just another landingshot.
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5. As mentioned earlier, the clouds came on the first day but that made shooting this on possible.
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6. The Super Puma came in and went very fast again.
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7. This pictures shows what Meiringen is all about: (almost) no fences and everything lives on in Unterbach.
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8. They changed runway on a regular basis but that delivered different shots as well.
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9. This is what you hope for. Banking shortly after take-off.
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10. The EC635 flew on both days but only on the second day, at 16.47LT, we had him within range.
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Re: Meiringen - Wiederhohlungs kurzuz - 3 en 4 mei 2012

Post by jimmy van drunen »

Great shots Ben! :D
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Re: Meiringen - Wiederhohlungs kurzuz - 3 en 4 mei 2012

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Nice report! Aviation photgraphy is so beautiful with all these Swiss backgrounds!
Best regards/vriendelijke groeten,
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Re: Meiringen - Wiederhohlungs kurzuz - 3 en 4 mei 2012

Post by Key »

Ha, another fine Meiringen report. Well done too!
To answer your question: I think Triple Nickel wrote it correctly ;)

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Great photos, well done!
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Re: Meiringen - Wiederholungskurs 3 and 4 may 2012

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Great stuff!
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Re: Meiringen - Wiederholungskurs 3 and 4 may 2012

Post by bvdboomen »

Thanks for the nice comments gentlemen!
Here's a little update:

11. The bridge on the end of the taxiway
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12. A Hornet touch down.
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13. This is as close as you can come without breaking any rules: 24mm on a 1.3 crop body.
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Re: Meiringen - Wiederholungskurs 3 and 4 may 2012

Post by Zipper »

Hi Ben...

You made me change my wishlist, this place is going to be on top, I'm afraid!!!
Great report!!!!!

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Re: Meiringen - Wiederholungskurs 3 and 4 may 2012

Post by Andras »

#13 is awesome! And the rest as well.. :) Nice job!
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Re: Meiringen - Wiederholungskurs 3 and 4 may 2012

Post by Hornet69 »

Some nice pics :D . Me, I was there too this year. Together with Ben.

I have been at Meiringen before, some 7 years ago, during summer. No activity then but this time I picked out the WK to be sure have some flying activity. .... and they flew :P .

Some photo's of mine.

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Grtz, Edward.
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