going_home
03-03-2008, 07:35 PM
So my two kids that are still in school are both in crew.
They had a 3 school regatta saturday and me being the shutter bug that I am ( albeit a lousy one) I went to snap some frames (well its my kids too so I had to be interested too) .
My daughter got 1st place in her race, my son came in 3rd in the 8 and 2nd in the 4.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/DSC_0095-1.jpg
Anyways theres a small airport for private aircraft across the bipass canal and I always watch for neat looking planes to snap pics of in between races.
Well here comes this weird looking boat bottomed plane with the motor way up on the top of the plane.
I start snapping pics as its landing. Well someone says hey why arent the wheels dropping ? And sure enough we all witnessed an emergency landing.
The pilot was real good, just before he hit the runway he dropped the tail down a couple feet below the front of the plane and it skidded down the runway and finally the friction made it turn to the right just as it was coming to a stop.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/DSC_0142.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/DSC_0143.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/DSC_0144.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/DSC_0145.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/DSC_0146.jpg
The two guys got out immediately and were walking around the plane looking at it. The little podunk (Vandenburg) airport didnt even have a fire truck come out, all I saw was a golf cart come flying out there and a Jeep.
So a bit of excitement saturday on the bipass canal .
And its always neat to be in the right place at the right time with a camera in hand. ;)
Heres a link to a website showing some pics of one of those planes:
http://ensign.ftlcomm.com/planes/lakes/lakesBucc.html
They had a 3 school regatta saturday and me being the shutter bug that I am ( albeit a lousy one) I went to snap some frames (well its my kids too so I had to be interested too) .
My daughter got 1st place in her race, my son came in 3rd in the 8 and 2nd in the 4.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/DSC_0095-1.jpg
Anyways theres a small airport for private aircraft across the bipass canal and I always watch for neat looking planes to snap pics of in between races.
Well here comes this weird looking boat bottomed plane with the motor way up on the top of the plane.
I start snapping pics as its landing. Well someone says hey why arent the wheels dropping ? And sure enough we all witnessed an emergency landing.
The pilot was real good, just before he hit the runway he dropped the tail down a couple feet below the front of the plane and it skidded down the runway and finally the friction made it turn to the right just as it was coming to a stop.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/DSC_0142.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/DSC_0143.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/DSC_0144.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/DSC_0145.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b195/going_home/DSC_0146.jpg
The two guys got out immediately and were walking around the plane looking at it. The little podunk (Vandenburg) airport didnt even have a fire truck come out, all I saw was a golf cart come flying out there and a Jeep.
So a bit of excitement saturday on the bipass canal .
And its always neat to be in the right place at the right time with a camera in hand. ;)
Heres a link to a website showing some pics of one of those planes:
http://ensign.ftlcomm.com/planes/lakes/lakesBucc.html