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Post by Peter Liddell - HJG Admin on Aug 14, 2019 0:09:27 GMT
Thanks Mark If anyone is interested I've created a Facebook page for my photos: www.facebook.com/northstardc4mAnything new will be linked, accepted or not
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Aug 14, 2019 0:30:10 GMT
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Aug 14, 2019 23:08:51 GMT
A recent and "very rare" transit at AKL/NZAA .... on August 5th .... the day I flew out to LAX/MIA/and BOG .... www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYsMLGMv8eYOnboard was Mark ESPER, the US Secretary of Defense, for a military relations meeting with NZ Defense Minister Ron MARK. Mark C BOG/CO
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Post by Peter Liddell - HJG Admin on Sept 10, 2019 21:39:00 GMT
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Sept 13, 2019 23:37:44 GMT
Some "really nice" additions there Peter Mark C BOG/CO
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Post by Peter Liddell - HJG Admin on Sept 23, 2019 13:11:33 GMT
Well I won't be posting any more for awhile...
Yesterday I had a very serious incident involving someone claiming to be a spotter.
I was at Guelph AirPark (CNC4) yesterday just to see if anything was of interest.
There were a couple GA aircraft on the taxing coming towards the end of Skyway Drive, so I parked, and was exiting my vehicle with my camera when someone in a pickup starts screaming at me "Get the f*** out of here, this is my place, you can't take pictures from my spots!" and got worse. I said nothing back but just stood there as he became more and more abusive. He finally threw a half full cup of coffee in my direction and drove off in what I will call a dangerous manner.
I have filed a police report with his general information, plate number etc. There was a witness as well.
This was a public accessible area, with a public accessible business
But the whole thing has left me with an ill feeling towards the spotting hobby. I can't reconcile this for now, and I will have to stop doing anything related to real world photography for the time being.
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Post by Benoit - HJG on Sept 24, 2019 14:30:26 GMT
Peter I am ever so sorry to hear about this kind of abuse, in all my years of aircraft spotting, this is the first time I hear of what we can call "aircraft spotting rage". I have put out an awareness message/heads up to my Toronto area friends spotters, two of them live in the Guelph AirPark area. Don't let this spoil and stop you from this great hobby of ours.
All the best.
Benoit
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Post by Peter Liddell - HJG Admin on Sept 24, 2019 17:33:39 GMT
Peter I am ever so sorry to hear about this kind of abuse, in all my years of aircraft spotting, this is the first time I hear of what we can call "aircraft spotting rage". I have put out an awareness message/heads up to my Toronto area friends spotters, two of them live in the Guelph AirPark area. Don't let this spoil and stop you from this great hobby of ours. All the best. Benoit Benoit Thanks, I actually heard from a local Guelph/K-W area spotter there already via another posting... They think they know who this guy is, and he's not really a spotter, just some kind of... as they put it "local trailerpark escapee" with a chip on his shoulder for people around the airports... He's apparently been seen before around Brantford if it's the same guy. I'll probably be back at YYZ later this week... I just needed some time and some venting...
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Sept 24, 2019 17:39:56 GMT
Good on ya Pete .... way ta go "KIA KAHA/BE STRONG" Mark C BOG/CO
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