[Elecraft] So you think your K3 got special treatment?

[WA6OCP]

I believe that "maintain spacing" ranks right up there with "keep the shiny
side up" and "speed and altitude are our friends".  :-)

Neal WA6OCP


wb8yqj wrote:
> 
> Great Pics!!!
> 
>>>> If you look carefully at the high resolution
> versions, you can see me peering back at the other
> plane to maintain spacing.
> 
> This is some flying term that I am unfamilar with. Is
> "maintain spacing" important in flying? ;-)
> 
> ;-)
> 
> "Never let another airplane get in the way of a good
> photo" 
> 
> 
> The in-flight photo was taken by a pilot friend and
> professional photographer, Dan Dawson, while we flew
> formation from Watsonville up to Half Moon Bay for
> lunch on Sunday, Dec 30th. (He was a passenger in the
> other plane.)
> 
> A friend wanted pics of his plane, a recently
> refurbished 1970's Cessna
>  
> 172, so I was the photo plane on the way up. After a
> free lunch from him, Dan moved to the 172 plane and
> they took pics of me on the way back home.
> 
> See http://flickr.com/photos/dandawson/tags/airtoair/
> for the complete picture set of both planes. If you
> look carefully at the high resolution versions, you
> can see me peering back at the other plane to maintain
> spacing.
> 
> And to answer another frequent question - No, I do not
> make HF QSOs while in flight as PIC :-)  (But when
> Lerma is PIC I might sneak in one
>  
> or two VHF QSO's. No HF in the plane yet..)
> 
> 73, Eric  WA6HHQ
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