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biomed · Apr 25, 2018

I arrived at Historic Flight and the B-52 is still joined to its wings. The remaining bolts could not be loosened. The crew had given up at 1930 last evening and the cranes left. The next time the cranes will be available is in one week - so plenty of time to get those stubborn bolts out. The demolition of the 787 was going very quickly today. One mishap happened early this morning. While the big "hydraulic claw" was chewing on the left wing tip, the plane fell off of the cribbing support. This resulted in a crushed section of chain link fencing when the right wing came crashing down. After regrouping the demo crew attacked the hapless 787 with vigor. The scene resembled a T-Rex devouring a beached whale. I have laser eye surgery tomorrow morning so I will post photos and video links in the next couple of days.

Bidkev · Apr 25, 2018

Good luck with the surgery.

DynaSport · Apr 25, 2018

Thanks to you guys I had a better idea what to set the shutter speed to when the opportunity arose again.

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DynaSport · Apr 25, 2018

Here are a couple more of the helicopter. They will look a little different because I converted the above one from RAW to JPEG in camera and edited it on my phone. These I did on my computer, so the processing looks different.

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biomed · Apr 26, 2018

More 787 photos -

Main gear

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As the left wing tip was being torn off, the airframe fell off of the timber cribbing and crushed the chain link fence with the right wing.

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A look into the cabin area.

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The T-Rex eating a whale

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Old planes rule!

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biomed · Apr 26, 2018

Bidkev said:
Good luck with the surgery.

Thanks, the procedure seemed to be a success. Even with my eyes dilated I noticed a difference - my vision was not as diffused as it was before.

biomed · Apr 26, 2018

Here is a short video clip of the 787 demolition. Again, I am not a videographer. Recorded with a handheld LX100.

787 demolition

mauve · Apr 28, 2018

While I was waiting to shoot a seagull from the balcony, a much, much, bigger bird invited itself at really low altitude... Aéronavale Bréguet 1150 Atlantique 2 (you can see the face of the pilot and of an observer).
This is the OOC Jpeg taken with an E-M5.II and an O40-150/4-5.6 @f11 & 1/640th sec.

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chipshot713 · Apr 28, 2018

Running out of daylight !!!

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E-M1 & Oly 40-150Pro HH Jpegs

Bidkev · Apr 29, 2018

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2015_07_11_9812 by Kevin Dickinson, on Flickr

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2015_07_11_9814 by Kevin Dickinson, on Flickr

biomed · May 2, 2018

The wing removal operation was a success. This time the crew was prepared and everything went smoothly. Ford could have used this for an ad - Super Duty pickup tows B-52.