Compass swing last night

[nuuumannn]

Went out on a compass swing last night and by coincidence I had my camera at work, so I took it with me. Beautiful light.

Compass Swing 310 2

Compass Swing 310 3

Compass Swing 310 4

Compass Swing 310 5

Compass Swing 310 7

Compass Swing 310 10

Compass Swing 310 16

Compass Swing 310 19

Snapped this Jetstream on the way back to the hangar.

Compass Swing 310 20

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Thanks for looking.

 

[GrauGeist]

Fantastic pix, Grant!

My fav is #2 - beautiful colors

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Great pics.

Used to do compass swings on Blackhawks and King Airs.

 

[fubar57]

Beautiful shots Grant

 

[Wurger]

 

[Marcel]

That no3 photo is brilliant Grant. Would love to have a high resolution version of that.

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely shots!

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Steve Hnz]

Hi Grant, 3 & 4 & the Jetstream do it for me though they're all darn nice, we've had some beaut evening of late & you've obviously go the eye to catch them.

 

[MiTasol]

Compass swings on MiG-15s are a b*****. The windscreen and canopy frames are steel and have to be degaussed before you do the swing and even then it is only accurate for a short time as the main electrical harness is so close to the canopy.
The Polish AF only had an RMI but Aus CASA insist on the old magnetic compass being fitted and carded.

 

[nuuumannn]

Thanks for the comments everyone. Much appreciated.

 

[nuuumannn]

we've had some beaut evening of late

Hi Steve, we've been having some wicked sunsets lately, but I don't always have my camera at work and I'm not really supposed to be wandering around an active airport with a camera! Nonetheless, I took it in for some research I'm doing into the RNZAF side of the airport and what remains. The guys always give me crap about being a planespotter, but I can wear it! I'm also capturing images around the hangars since with all the redundancies and the shifting of heavy maintenance to Chch, the place is gonna change completely. I feel its worth capturing the scenes for posterity. We are moving out of the old hangar and back into the new hangar once heavy goes, so seeing it cluttered with heavy crap will disappear.

 

[michaelmaltby]

... smoke in the atmosphere?

 

[GrauGeist]

... smoke in the atmosphere?

Volcanoes can cause spectacular sunsets (especially reds & oranges) once their debris gets into the upper atmosphere, too.

Not sure if any are going in the S. hemisphere at the moment, though.

 

[michaelmaltby]

... it's ash. The Turner Sunsets document the eruption of Tambora volcano in Indonesia in 1815 ... the year there was no summer in New England, IIRC.
Turner's sunsets reveal volcanic ash and gas in the sky | Daily Mail Online