Sotano de Las Golondrinas
Archives: May 10, 2008
Wild Fly - French Dassault Mirage 2000 in Morocco
Another sequence of ultra low desert flying. This time with two French Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter jets in Morocco
Push the limit.. (MUST SEE)
The Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe, Forces aériennes suisses, Forze Aeree Svizzere) is the air component of the Swiss Armed Forces. It was established on July 31, 1914 but did not become a separate service until 1936.
During World War II, it defended Swiss airspace against incursions by both Allied and Axis aircraft, shooting down aircraft from both sides of the conflict.
A report in the Swiss news magazine FACTS reveals that the Swiss Air Force only provides ready-to-take-off aircraft during office hours — on working days. The air force staff declared that, due to financial limits, they are not operational all the time.The difficulty of defending Swiss airspace is illustrated by the small size of the country; the maximum extension of Switzerland is 348 km, a distance that can be flown in little over 20 minutes by commercial aircraft. Further, Switzerland’s policy of neutrality means that they are unlikely to be deployed elsewhere.
Insane High Speed Low Passes in Jets
High Speed Low Passes in Jet Fighters
In Memory of Patrick de Gayardon
Patrick De Gayardon who is known by many as the greatest all around skydiver of the 20th century. Patrick lived and died on the cutting edge of extreme skydiving. Patrick de Gayardon held a number of world records including highest jump without oxygen. Patrick died on the North Shore of Hawaii test jumping a wing suit.
He was the greatest Sky Surfer I have ever seen. I will miss him.
V2 Rockets
v2 rockets
Battle on Haifa Street, Baghdad, Iraq
American infantry and snipers from the U.S. Army’s 3rd Stryker Brigade team up with Iraqi soldiers from the 6th Iraqi Army Division during a firefight on Baghdad’s notorious Haifa Street, January 2007.
FLIR thermal infrared camera: hot kitten tracks
Little hot kittens leave little warm footprints all over your wood floor. “Thermal eye” camera TSC by L3/Raytheon. Sometimes they can be found used on eBay for one or two thousand bucks, search “thermal imaging”
F-117 Nighthawk
The Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk, nicknamed “The Black Jet”, is the world’s first operational aircraft completely designed around stealth technology. Flown only by the United States Air Force, it is a direct descendant of the Have Blue stealth prototype program.
The F-117A was widely publicized during the Gulf War. Retirement looms on the horizon, with dates being discussed ranging from 2008 to 2018.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-117_Nighthawk
Digital MultiCam Reel EFX Digital Camera Effects
These are short clips generated from raw images taken with Digital MultiCam. Digital MultiCam is a unique Special effects camera array used to generate special rotating freeze frame and slo-motion effects. The system consists of 150 Canon EOS 30D digital cameras networked to control boxes to handle virtualy unlimited types of firing sequences. Client laptops are used to focus the cameras and collect the images and send them to a Server Computer where shots can be put together for emmdiate preview and output as quicktimes in as litle as a few minutes. Comonly known examples of the type of effects generated with a still camera array are such as Multicam is the Matrix freeze frame shots or the amazing explosion in Swordfish. As lead Engineer of Reel EFX, Inc.’s R&D Departmant, my first project was designing the control system for Digital MultiCam. For more information on Digital Multicam please visit www.reelefx.com For more of my engineering adventures see my website at: www.rischenterprizes.com