August ’15 Photo Competition - ‘PLANES & CHOPPERS'.
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The short ‘runway’ on Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. At the end of the grass is a cliff, a sheer drop into the sea. When taking off the plane drops off the edge at speed before climbing again. The other end of the runway is just a few feet behind the plane. When landing a week earlier the pilot hit the ground as close to the cliff as he could & then jammed on the brakes. The ground was wet & he got the plane ‘sideways’ but managed to stop inches before ploughing into the jungle. The plane was splattered with mud like a 4wd.
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Guess I should say something about that now that you’ve raised it. I have also been asked about via PM.
The first entry was of a chopper,& now there have been several. I realise that choppers are not planes, but decided that it would do no harm to broaden the topic a little in the interests of maximising the number of entries. No one has whinged about the choppers being here & I hope that this month’s topic chooser ozjeff is ok with letting the choppers in.
So Planes & Choppers it is.
If you think it should be broadened further to ‘Aircraft’ click Thanks on this post. If I get 15 or more thanks I’ll make it Aircraft. If less than 15 we’ll keep it at Planes & Choppers.
Please don’t engage in discussion of your thoughts on this within the the thread.
Thanks
Cuppa
2006 4.2TDi ex-Telstra Remote area Camper. 425w roof mounted solar, 360Ah Aux batts, BCDC1240, Onboard hot & cold pressurised & filtered water, (25 litre hot water calorifier), ARB fridge, ARB freezer, Built in kitchen, heaps of easy access storage, 240v, 3” Genie exhaust + dynotune, 2” lift, 3900kg GVM upgrade, second glovebox, ROH Blaktrak steel wheels, Bridgestone D697's (now Toyo RT's), Redarc gauges/pillarpod, Hema HX-1, Icom 450 CB, dual rear view cameras, Onboard 30amp Victron mains charger, second glovebox, dual seat conversion, TPMS, Boss PX7 onboard air with 9 litre tank, 350w inverter, Steel bullbar, Harrop Eaton diff lock (front), Warn winch, Snorkel, Dual spares , 160 litre water tank, 180 litre fuel in two tanks (approx 1200km range) 2010 Tvan Tanami. (incl another 70 litre water tank) with matching wheels/tyres (& 3rd spare) A Nomadic Life (Blog)
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This is a very hard category for me to post in!!!!! Seriously! I can't decide! Short listing at the moment.
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Originally Posted by Nisshead
....... I'm a lucky bugger! I've got 2 of em!
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