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Crash landing


Crash landing
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Copyright: Andy Manning (toucan1967) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 723 W: 131 N: 828] (4575)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-08-31
Categories: Transportation
Camera: Canon EOS 40 D, Canon 24-105 mm F4 L IS USM
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-08-31 8:08
Viewed: 278
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This Enstrom F-280FX crashed on Dartmoor near Haytor yesterday at 1200, it was being flown by a 78 year old who escaped with only a few grazes, in the workshop you can see the recovery operation, the aircraft looks to be a write off, luckily there was no environmental damage to the moorland.

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hi andy.
a good piece of journalistic shooting.
it is images like this that prove 'terra firma' is best.
luckily no one was injured or killed.
i also like the ws image.
Brian

hello...andy
this is are good view...
good idea..

Whoops..... Nice sharp photojournalism Andy, but I can't really bear to see damage to any 'flying machine'.
Good scoop
David

HELLO??? Does anyone see the problem here?? 78 year old flying a chopper???? HELLO??? Unreal!! What a shot Toukie! Nice details and now put the old buggar in a nursing home! SO glad he wasn't hurt! Love the flowers in this too (a girl thang)..B-)
Linda

Hi Andy

Nice capture.
Looks like it would be a stunning view on a nice day.
Good sharp details.
Good luck in getting your photos printed.

Regards Derek

Hi Andy,

Oh my gosh! Glad the pilot is ok. Interesting journalistic shot. Looks like he had a nice soft place to land.

Lisa

Hiya Andy

Right place at the right time here then, good journalistic shot and reporting too for that matter, glad no one was seriously hurt and that heather clearly made a soft landing spot.


TFS regards Helen

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1528 W: 137 N: 2149] (19224)
  • [2008-09-03 19:07]

Great capture Andy, well seen and done, ice setting too! :-) Well done, thanks!

Mario

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  • rewind Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 101 W: 6 N: 124] (1028)
  • [2008-09-10 11:51]

Hi Andy, you were in the right place at the right time, he was not! He was lucky to get away so lightly, most heli accidents tend to be seriously damaging to one's health. TFS, Les

Nice piece of reportage - I was expecting this to be a follow on from your air festival pictures though ;-)
Personally I like the WS picture a little bit more because the composition seems a bit more dramatic.
Thanks for sharing
Mark

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  • eosnut Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 539 W: 136 N: 1017] (7525)
  • [2008-10-03 17:53]

Hi Andy,
Very good POV for this one, shows graphically the Helis situation.
I wouldn't call it a crash, rather an 'arrival', after all he walked away ;).
Fixed wing, and glider pilots reckon the only reason helicopters fly, is they are so ugly the earth repels them :) Maybe this was a good looker?
I am amazed you were allowed so close.
Pete.

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