Gary;
When I heard it was a night landing I had same thoughts as you. A friend
watched the last one and said it was an amazing display.
Thinking out loud: Now, 10:04 in Ft. Worth is 8:04 in California, I think.
Although travel time would push it back to, say, 7 or 7:30 here. Sunset
here is 8:25 tonite. I guess I won't get a chance to see it. :>(
Is there a web page which descibes trajectory and times?
Thanks
George
>Scott, glad you were able to stay until they finally got the mission
>launched (third try, for those not following the news). Delays are
>inevitable, something to consider for any OMers planning to make the
>pilgrimage to Florida for a Shuttle launch.
>
>Speaking of the Shuttle Training Aircraft, I was all prepared to shoot it
on
>July 28 at White Sands Space Harbour, but it just flew over at high
altitude
>and didn't make any exciting, steep approaches.
>
>LTC Collins & crew are scheduled to pass over Ft. Worth at 10:04 tonight as
>they re-enter (yeah, I know you NASA-types say "enter", but it's too late
>for the rest of the world to change). Last shuttle re-entry I watched was
>spectacular. I plan to put the meteor photography suggestions to work.
>Hope for clear skies.
>
>Gary Edwards
>
>>From: "BOWEN, SCOTT M. (JSC-CC)" <scott.m.bowen1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>To: "'Olympus List'" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: [OM] Shuttle Launch Photo's
>>Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 08:37:29 -0500
>>
>> Well, I finally made it back from my trip.
>>
>> I have one thing to say....
>> There is no way to get a time exposure of a night Shuttle
>>Launch from 3.5 miles away! That sucker is BRIGHT!
>>
>> I had my OM-G w/ 50mm [ thanks George Shihanian!] on the
>>tri-pod and got about a 5 sec exposure time on f16 before I could unlock
my
>>shutter release cable. The pic came out, but slightly overexposed!
>> My OM-101 was using my 70-210 Sigma zoom with a 2x
>>installed. Those pics came out OK. The Shuttle is small, but in one pic,
>>you
>>can see the Shuttle, Shuttle main engines, External tank, SRB's, pretty
>>much
>>all of it.
>>
>> I shot about 4 rolls in the week I was there. Many pictures
>>are of the plane I work on. I got some great time exposures of our plane
>>doing dives [18-20 degrees nose down, just like the shuttle] with CDR.
>>Eileen Collins at the controls.
>>
>> If anyone would like to see some, or would put them up on a
>>picture page, I will get them scanned in.
>>
>> Please reply to: scott.m.bowen1@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>><mailto:scott.m.bowen1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> As I am in digest mode.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Scott
>>
>>
>>
>>
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