Aerial Photography
This section of the Gallery is the result of a recurring effort at CMAC
to develop a stable camera platform and take aerial photographs. You'll have to admit that
the results are pretty good. This is a continuing project, so check for updates regularly.
Click on a picture to see a larger version, then use the
'back' button on your browser to return.
March, 2001
The following pictures, taken from Allan Whitby's Acrostar, are quite amazing.
Unfortunately, the scans do not do justice to the originals, nor can we show every picture
although more will be added over time. |
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The CMAC strip facing west (roughly). You can see the flightline quite clearly. That's
Allan standing on the strip (usually a big no-no for safety reasons) to help with aiming. |
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The opposite direction. To minimise propeller blur, the pictures were taken at full
throttle, which makes the 'window of opportunity' very small indeed! |
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Oblique across the eastern end of the strip, again pointed at the flightline. |
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Directly across the strip. On the larger image (click the thumbnail), you can see the
shelter shed behind and to the right of the flightline, surrounded by sheoak trees. |
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The camera installation used for the above photographs. Click the picture, or here, to see the Acrostar camera details |
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Date unknown
The following pictures were taken from Allan Whitby's Chipmunk (since deceased). |
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CMAC's airstrip (lower right), flight line and pit area (upper right) and carpark
(upper centre). |
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Looking across the strip into the flight line and pit area with the car park behind. |
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Another shot across the strip toward the flightline and pit area. The grass patch at
the left lower edge of the strip is a grass strip abandoned due to constant vandalism. |
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A camera installation similar to the one used for the above photographs. Click the
picture, or here, for more details on this
technique |
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