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Having spent the last week in hospital..........had my tonsils removed and at the age of 40 I can assure you all it is no fun at all (it took me 1 hour 20 minutes to eat a soft boiled egg and a slice of bread this morning ), anyway away the sympathy digress, after all in the dictionary, sympathy comes between sh#t and syphilis I will get to the point. Naturally I did not have my camera with me, just my mobile/cell/handy. My father in law picked me up and on the way home, at some traffic lights in the town a helicopter went over head very slowly at about 100 feet. It touched down just as we passed. I was able to get a quick shot.



No accident to be seen, but opposite is a factory, I assume an industrial accident as the hospital is just around the corner. This type of chopper in this livery is know as "Christoph 13". Named after a boy, Christoph who was critically injured in a road accident at the age of 13.  A rescue helicopter would have saved his life, but at this time Germany did not have them. His parents campaigned tirelessly to change this. End result is in the picture. I believe there is quite a fleet of them now. Maybe a German member could add to or correct me, but that is my understanding of them. Just about the only aircraft that can fly VFR in a straight line from take off to patient and if that means a 747 on go around, around he goes. This baby has priority..............and when you are on base leg in a glider and over the radio comes his call, it gets interesting, but that was many years ago and another story.

Matt

That's a nice shot. Camera phones seem very sophisticated now. Some have a better spec than my new digicam.

That's a nice shot. Camera phones seem very sophisticated now. Some have a better spec than my new digicam.

The original is a lot better, compression did the picture no favours. The phone is 3.2 mega pixels, better than my first two digital cameras.

Matt

Under the right conditions definitely a blessing!

Wow!! Very impressive for a camera phone!  :o

And sure, they are an opportunity for moments like this... and a curse if you're inclined to do embarrassing things in public.

Tonsillectomy at 40? That's a bit late... I guess I'm lucky I had mine out when I was about 5, although it was traumatic for me. Only time I've ever been on an operating table, and I didn't like it one bit.
The only good part was having ice cream whenever I wanted for a week or so afterwards...

That's a nice shot. Camera phones seem very sophisticated now. Some have a better spec than my new digicam.

The original is a lot better, compression did the picture no favours. The phone is 3.2 mega pixels, better than my first two digital cameras.

Matt

I've just got a new phone, and now use it to also replace my small camera, which was 3 years old and 3.2Mp. The phone is 5.1mp.

That's a nice shot. Camera phones seem very sophisticated now. Some have a better spec than my new digicam.

The original is a lot better, compression did the picture no favours. The phone is 3.2 mega pixels, better than my first two digital cameras.

Matt

I've just got a new phone, and now use it to also replace my small camera, which was 3 years old and 3.2Mp. The phone is 5.1mp.

I have only had my phone since last August and it is already 1.9mp out of date by the look of it

Matt

Well the boy called "Bj

Well the boy called "Bjorn Steiger" (~DRF- Steiger Stiftung), Christoph is the patron of car drivers, 'cos in former times most opterations were car accidents.

On thje pic you see Christoph 13 from Bielefeld, a relative new EC-135 T2i

Julian

Thanks for that Julian. I have learnt something new today.

"The Bj