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Hondo, Texas
August 20, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Fredericksburg EAA Chapter 1088 Prepares for The
Texas Fly-In 2006
An aerial photo session occupied members of EAA Ch.
1088 at Gillespie County Airport Saturday morning,
August 20th, 2005.
Members of the chapter flew four successive
rendezvous with Jim Mulvihill and pro photographer
Mark Bennett as Mulvihill orbited southwest of
Fredericksburg. Mulvehill flew his beautifully
restored L-19 Warbird while one after another the
airplanes being photographed climbed up to fly in
echelon to his right more than 200 feet away. Mark
Bennett snapped pictures of members' airplanes at
5,000 feet posed before a background of dry-weather
cumulus "sheep" clouds stretched in rows to the
horizon and beyond. Thanks to a big telephoto lens
on Bennett's camera, each picture will be a
portrait.
Besides giving Fredericksburg Chapter members
wonderful photos of their airplanes to hang over the
mantel, these in-flight pictures will also appear in
the Official Program of The Texas Fly-In to be held
at Hondo, Texas, on May 12th and 13th 2006.
According to Texas Fly-In Chairman Stan Shannon, the
event program has always featured pictures of EAA
home-builders' aircraft, but almost all of the
photos have been made on the ground. "The best
photos of airplanes are ones taken in flight,"
Shannon said, "so we want to emphasize in-flight
images for our 2006 Fly-In Program."
"An aerial photo-shoot is easy to organize,"
Chairman Shannon concludes, "and home-builders who
might hesitate to pay to have just their own
airplane photographed in flight can save money when
it's a Chapter activity. All you need is an
experienced aerial photographer, a steady photo
plane and some good weather."
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Contact: E. D. Yoes, Jr.
Secretary, SWRFI
eyoes@stic.net |
