Last light

[RSorochak]

Thought I had posted this last night but, since I don't see it, I might have never actually posted it after previewing. Took the P-47 up to 35,000 ft last night over the Hawaiian islands to catch the last of the sun as it set. I forgot that you can begin to see the curvature of the earth from up there:




Rich

[CHUCK79]

Cool shot.........the ol' Jug can really get some altitude

[Flying Trucker]

Wonderful shot...well done...

[RSorochak]

It's service ceiling is 40,000 feet. The first 35K takes about a half hour. So the trip up to there isn't too bad. From that point, the last 5K will take another 20-30 minutes and can be quite tedious. I just didn't feel like going the rest of the way. Once you're up there you can't do much except try to maintain altitude. So it's not much fun. The last time I had it up there was two years ago for my video review of A2A's P-47.



Rich

[FoxThree]

Very cool shot. 8-)

[p-51mustangfanatic]

Gotta love the old jug!

Not as good as another plane I may know .....

Great shot

Stang

[RSorochak]

Gotta love the old jug!

Not as good as another plane I may know .....

Great shot

Stang

Stang, thank you. They're all good, if they get you off the ground.

Rich

[andy190]

Stang, thank you. They're all good, if they get you off the ground.

Rich

Even better if they get you back on it in one piece.

Great shot.

[yancovitch]

it's lonely at the top 

[RSorochak]

It certainly can be.


Rich