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How To Film a Shuttle launch

Posted: 23 Aug 2010, 12:53
by Garry Russell
Just study this...........and do the opposite :doh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4097LDOvsg&NR=1

Re: How To Film a Shuttle launch

Posted: 23 Aug 2010, 14:12
by airboatr
I'd say by the sound of his accent, he's not from the area mate.
momentarily disoriented was all. ;)

.. I once took some great pictures in Chicago only to find out later I had taken them on magic disappearing film I bought by mistake.

:lol:

Re: How To Film a Shuttle launch

Posted: 23 Aug 2010, 14:52
by Garry Russell
He's British and impatient too :lol:

The impatience probably stopped him setting it up properly :$

Re: How To Film a Shuttle launch

Posted: 23 Aug 2010, 16:19
by airboatr
He was located in the VIP viewing area.
I photographed a night launch of Shuttle from that area myself....
suffices to say ...there was no problem identifying which launch pad was being used.

:lol:

Re: How To Film a Shuttle launch

Posted: 23 Aug 2010, 16:30
by Garry Russell
It must be hard though Joe

There are two launch pad side by side....but which one do you aim the camera at??? *-)

One is empty with the gantry swung back

The other has a deta winged spacecraft strapped to two huge boosters sitting on the side of an enormous browish-orange tank leaking vapour from various parts of it's anatomy :dunno:

Easy mistake to make really 8)

Re: How To Film a Shuttle launch

Posted: 23 Aug 2010, 17:46
by FlyTexas
:lol: :lol: Too funny!

Brian

Re: How To Film a Shuttle launch

Posted: 23 Aug 2010, 18:07
by airboatr
:hello: I got it Garry... It was probably a hot chic that walked by swinging her stuff... distracted him.

They've been know to make men drive straight into tress , poles, fences.. what ave ya.

:lol: :lol:

Re: How To Film a Shuttle launch

Posted: 23 Aug 2010, 18:16
by Garry Russell
Is that why you get a Christmas card from the local body shop?? :)

Re: How To Film a Shuttle launch

Posted: 23 Aug 2010, 18:36
by airboatr
If thats the case..
Thats probably why you don't have one , eh?

naughty man... :rofl:

:lol:

Re: How To Film a Shuttle launch

Posted: 24 Aug 2010, 00:29
by steelsporran
With a white-haired spokesman called Chester Whitehair I thought it was going to be a spoof. Then calling the Delta 2 explosion an "anomaly" didn't help. :lol: