Glacier Flight

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Chucky
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Glacier Flight

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Yesterday I performed some glacier landings in the swiss alps. Great experience :smile:
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Very different, and I love it :biggrin: For me the first, and third shot are my personal favourites. :clap:

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Now that is special, both the pics and being able to say you are one of the few to have that accolade in your log book!

Well done, and thanks for sharing.

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Cracking shots - Christmas Card images , you did well to nail the correct exposure settings :clap:
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Thanks for your nice comments !!

It's the second time that I land on glaciers but I don't think I will do the "mountain" rating. Anyway I like to go up there, that is cool.

Yes, you have to take care of the exposure settings in order to avoid over-exposure !

Here are some more pictures
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In a very low pass (but slow one)
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Fantastic

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Wow! That is different, stunning photography and what an experience :clap:
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Lovely set of shots! :clap: Looks like fun! :biggrin:

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Hi Guy's newbie here, im part of the Swiss Spooky Team from Wallis, a friend of Chucky, im 33Y.O, i like aviation, Photography and England... :clap:

i was on the trip in the red piper HB-OPU and here are some pics late post but better later than never...

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and some RR
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Absolutely stunning work from both of you guys! :clap: What glacier were the landings conducted on or the general area of the flights? I'm back in Switzerland this summer and might just have to take another pleasure flight with Air Zermatt over the Matterhorn :biggrin: There's something about flying around the mountains...

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Stunning shots and refreshingly different, Well Done !!

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