CoolPix: Closer Than You've Ever Been To The B-17 Yankee Lady!

(click pic for hi-res) Prop hub on #1 engine of the B-17 Yankee Lady at Oshkosh 2012

 I woke up to about 3 inches of snow in northern Indiana this Monday morning! Isn't it actually Spring now?? Hmm, global warming just isn't what it used to be (hehe) - no worries tho, I've got a couple unique CoolPix images from a warm and sunny day at Oshkosh 2012 for ya here. I admit that this ultra-close view is a little odd, but I thought being pulled in really close on the prop hub of the B-17 Yankee Lady (which I also got an amazing ride in back in 2010) was a nifty view of both the head on that bolt and the other aircraft parked on what we used to call AeroShell Square at Oshkosh. I think we call it ConocoPhillips Plaza, or Conoco Plaza, or Phillips Plaza, or something like that now. Anyway, in the reflection you can see the B-17, the Orbis DC-10, a C-5 Galaxy, the colorful stripes of a Southwest 737, and there's even a DC-3 in there but it's a little hard to make out.

 The image below is the one that I cropped from and it gives a little better perspective on the prop hub. This was a very happy moment for me when I captured this pic... I was both re-living my ride experience in Yankee Lady and I was on the best place on Earth, Oshkosh during Oshkosh. Wow : ) 

(click pic for hi-res)  The wider view of Yankee Lady's #1 engine prop hub

Comments

[Marvin]

Interesting. Trying to play, "spot the photog" and I don't see ya Martt! Sneaky.

[Stephen]

Not the same prop, but a similar perspective. That was Oshkosh 2011 though...still dreaming about it!

[Martt (admin)]

Marvin - I'm pretty much straight out with shorts and a yellow Cub hat on!... I was using a 70-200 lens for that pic.

Stephen - Your pic is a much better polished hub for sure : )

[Mike Meyer]

Hi Martt, Mike here. I think I see you... and let's see if I can attach another picture of shiny DC-3 cowling with the 3 stooges reflected: N18121 @ KSQI.
Hmmm, let me send you the picture by itself.