Some Photos I Thought I had lost

[VH-WAL]

Taken at Breighton 2011, I accidently erased them from the hard drive while doing some housecleaning on the laptop.. lucky a few days ago I found some small images on one of many CDs I had lying around in a box
pitts7 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
pitts5 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
pitts3 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
jung4 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
jungman by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
jung2 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
czech6 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
pitr7 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
pitp7 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr
czech3 by wallycacsabre, on Flickr

[tor lives]

Hi Wal and welcome aboard, it's great to have you here.
Outstanding photos, that purple Pitts is just stunning.
Just a site functionality question for you...can you see the whole image in each uploaded shot on your computer, or is some of the photo missing???
Ray

[VH-WAL]

hiya Ray

I see all the pics in their entirety

[hrtpaul]

Hi Wally. Great to see you here and awesome pics mate. I too love the purple Pitts

[Knotty]

G,day Wally , great to see you on A-CAM , nice shots . I'm liking the look of this new site , with blokes like yourself and others on here ........I think we are well on our way .

[Adam the Akrodude]

Hi Wally

Dude, that's practically porn for me! Beautiful little S-1S Pitts and those Buckers - phew, has it gotten a lot warmer in my office all of a sudden? Really great shots of aeroplanes I'd love to fly one day. I've never had the opportunity to fly a single seat Pitts and I've read such great things about the Bucker Bu-133, it being along with the Pitts the best snap rolling aeroplanes ever built. For those who don't know what a snap roll is, it's a very "dynamic" and very rapid type of roll and enormous fun!

Love the shots showing the Pitts about to land - the most critical point in Pitts operation. My first attempt at landing a Pitts resulted in two very near runway excursions and came very close to a ground loop - I practically soiled myself! In the flair, you completely lose sight of the runway ahead and just see instrument panel. This takes some getting used to and you end up "using the Force" to land - well, it's a matter of re-calibrating where you look and judge height - out to the 45's to judge height and edge of runway, all the time being ready on the pedals to catch that swing, which a Pitts will want to do at any split second! These are thoroughbred aeroplanes and can be best described as huge FUN with wings! These aeroplanes don't offer much in the way of forgiveness for being mishandled. You are rewarded with a slap across the face big time if you screw up. Once I screwed up a loop by not pulling hard enough on entry and was rewarded with the aeroplane departing into a inverted spin when almost over the top of the loop. It was a real WTF just happened moment! That sort of thing does make you learn - far better than a instructors glove slapping you across the face on the ground!

Cheers and thanks for the great shots. I'm off to take a very cold shower now!

Adam