Approach by TheSeekerr

Photography • Aviation • posted on Jul 04, 2010

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The cool thing about twin seat gliders is that the passenger sits in the front ;o) Mangrove Mountain, NSW, Australia EOS 300D, 18-55mm IS

Comments (10)

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jclP

2:56AM | Sun, 04 July 2010

very nice shot

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LBAMagic

2:59AM | Sun, 04 July 2010

Nice photo. I use to fly an ultralight Skyfox Gazelle until I was grounded by my home mortgage. Sigh! I knew a glider pilot once that told me he takes fuel with him on the aircraft. I said what fuel does a glider need? He said a Chocolate bar and a can of Coke. LOL. Interesting red angle of attack indicator ;-)

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GBCalls

5:36AM | Sun, 04 July 2010

Last time I flew was in a Cessna 1949 four seater and we took off and landed on a grass runway. Best ride to breakfast I had in my lifetime. Only thing about the plane I was in, there was no view until you were up and level. Also the rotary engine leaked a bit of oil....rendering the glass not worthy of trying to take a photo through. Excellent shot!

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wonderworld

5:49AM | Sun, 04 July 2010

How very cool!! Makes me want to take flying lessons.

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chuter

6:59AM | Sun, 04 July 2010

Approach? They've got killer brakes on that thing if they can get it down from there ... lol (but I'm strictly a propeller guy). Looks more like a hi-speed (glider style hi-speed) pass. Looks like a blast! great shot!

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TheSeekerr

7:33AM | Sun, 04 July 2010

Nope, it's coming down - photo is taken just before he deployed the airbrake, coming in steep over the treeline. A few seconds later we landed doing less than 30, nice and smooth.