Dave Schumaker » flight

Take me home!

Dave — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:52:59 +0000

Taken at Orlando International Airport (MCO)

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Some things are better left unsaid

Dave — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:27:29 +0000

(I’m currently on a plane, en route to Florida for the STS-134 NASA Tweetup.)

A British couple behind me are looking out the window and ask a flight attendant if that’s the Grand Canyon below us and to our left. She says yes, so I look out and see that it’s actually Valley of the Gods in Southern Utah (neeeeerd). I turn around to say something, right as the husband says, “Oh, that is so great! I’ve always wanted to see the Grand Canyon!”

Alright then. Just smile and turn around, Dave.

Good grief, we geologists can (nearly) be assholes sometimes!

Some photos from Fleet Week 2010

Dave — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:13:34 +0000

Here are some photos I shot during yesterday’s air show practice for Fleet Week 2010 here in San Francisco. For this year’s show, I rented a gigantic 400mm lens from BorrowLenses.com. You can see the full set here.

How crazy was this 400mm lens? Check out this photo of myself and Marcie Lynn (a fantastic Bay Area photographer).

photo by Scott Johnston

They’re back!

Dave — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:07:09 +0000

It’s Fleet Week 2010 here in San Francisco. And so begins four days of jets flying over San Francisco, to the excitement of some and the ire of others!

I took this photo from the top of our office building in SOMA today with a Nikkor 400mm f/2.8 lens. The thing weighs more than I do.

Looking forward to scoring some more ridiculous shots with it.

Tanker 910

Dave — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:59:51 +0000

Earlier this week, my parents took some photos of Tanker 910 flying over their house while fighting a fire near their home. Tanker 910 is a converted DC-10 that is specifically equipped to drop fire retardant.

Here is video of Tanker 910 making drops near another fire near my parents’ house earlier this month:

And here is another great video of Tanker 910 making a drop in 2007:

Here are a few more photos of this beautiful aircraft flying by my parents’ house this week: