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Yes!! They tell me that there are over 3 dozen airframes waiting in the cue for conversion. This inspection process is just the first step that involves me, then we get started on documenting the process. My client is owned by a huge venture capital firm that has investments in everything from this operation to rare earth mineral extraction and refinement, the potential for imaging work for these companies is pretty much limitless. Much of this is pretty high security and involves a great deal of trust so, once you are in, you are in a pretty good position.
Man, am I glad that I bit the bullet and upgraded my MacBook Pro last year. These inspection videos are 4K ProRes 422HQ and they run about an hour in length. This MBP renders that footage to a finished product in about 12 minutes. I am also, by the client's request, shooting stills with the X2DII, so we really have these fuselages covered from radome to the tail cone.
Boeing 777 200LR #5 is in the can and headed to the archives. We were in the midst of our shoot yesterday as yet another 777 from Saudi Arabia taxied in. We have that one scheduled for next week, or whenever the winds quit howling again. My client told me at lunch yesterday that there are 61 777's headed our way in the next few years. The conversion takes 60,000 man hours + -.
I couldn't be in the cockpit with them for this event, but my camera could. This is a shot of a very dear friend and his son getting ready to do their first flight together as Captain and First Officer.............
FYI, Tim wears a head covering in the cockpit due to the severe burns he received in a helicopter crash a few years ago. His scalp is so thin that any impact can cause a serious bleed, even a headset bump.
Looks like you're keeping busy Jim.
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Ladders on the fence...What a sight to see...Tallest ladder WINS!
Hopefully no one falls over and knocks everyone else over like the domino effect.
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Making a part for a Grumman Albatross right now...Toot, Toot.
Bill Gass wrote:
Looks like you're keeping busy Jim.
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Ladders on the fence...What a sight to see...Tallest ladder WINS!
Hopefully no one falls over and knocks everyone else over like the domino effect.
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Making a part for a Grumman Albatross right now...Toot, Toot.
Glad you are also keeping busy Bill! You 2 need to get this economy growing again!
Yeah for capitalism!
Love the pup brother!
My most favorite of creatures!
JWilsonphoto wrote:
I couldn't be in the cockpit with them for this event, but my camera could. This is a shot of a very dear friend and his son getting ready to do their first flight together as Captain and First Officer.............
Great capture Jim! Had to be a REAL moment of pride and joy for father and son to fly together.
What type of aircraft were they flying? Southwest...737's?
Hope all is well in "Tay-haas".
Dan
Hi Dan, For sure! This was a dream come true for both of them. Tim is a couple of years from retiring so they were hoping to get it done before that. Tim's son Hunter is a great young man and sharp as a tack, what a Blessing to have his Dad's experience behind him.
Things in The Lone Star are good and if things go right over the next month, they are "fixin' " to be fantastic.....more on that when it happens.
Things are greening up nicely, the last of the hardwoods are leafing out. I had a client call me yesterday wanting to schedule a meeting to schedule 17 pool/landscape projects. My really high end pool/landscape designer says they have a bunch of work for me between now and winter. Between those two and my 777 clients I should be able to keep the shutters clicking.
I have seen some amazing video clips of the fully-loaded B-1Bs and B52s taking off from the UK base on Youtube. I am surprised they let folks get this close during war time.
