Shadow Shot Sunday - Aerospace place shadows

Office Buildings at Pratt and Whitney Aircraft from 1000 ft, East Hartford, CT, August 1984

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 reappears, and given my recent scanning frenzy I found this view that transports me back to August 1984 seated in a single engine to Piper Cherokee. I was invited in my walking days to take a ride with a pilot acquaintance. 

At this point, we are at about 1000 ft (305 M) flying over my then employer, big jet engine maker Pratt and Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford. In the foreground is the building where I worked in purchasing. Normally filled with cars, this was a Sunday with most workers away. Outside shadows and cockpit reflections emanate...

We are about to make a 180° turn to land on Runway 2 at Hartford's Brainard Field. On this warm day the workplace looked and felt way different than Monday to Friday...

Shadow Shot Sunday / SOOC - Olympics by day

Swim stadium, USC, L.A., August 1984

The past is back at Shadow Shot Sunday 2 - and given the amount of prints from the past scanned, I revert to August 1984 and the Olympics held in Los Angeles. This is the swimming venue is on the campus of USC. This print was buried in a box and in good shape for scanning and as it appears a nice day in the LA basin - not too hot, nor humid and kind of smog free. If only winter in the Northeast US were this nice, sunny and shadowy...

As I have not edited this old print (save for cropping it), I am also adding it to the new SOOC Sunday (Straight out of the Camera), hosted by MMT and Gemma. I like multitasking...

Ruby Tuesday 2 - Tally Ho, ruby wool

Ruby Tuesday 2 is back for te week - and as I am in the mode of scanning old prints lately, I am ready with a bold ruby. It is from August 1984 at an equestrian showjumping event at te Los Angels Olympics. I love the splendor of the beautiful horses, some with braided manes. And the olde world ruby wool uniforms are probably uncomfortable to wear at the very hot Santa Anita Park. However, what price/style is matters not here...

Tina's Pic Story - Mountains

Tina provides us with her fun meme Pic Story. The idea is easy - we provide the photos to match the theme she supplies, which this week is Mountains. These old prints from the 1980s have been scanned and edited as they have faded somewhat - if not my memories...

The first was taken in October 1981, and is of Mount Monadnock near Jaffrey in southern New Hampshire. It is 3,165 feet (965 M) in height and is the tallest peak between the Berkshires in Massachusetts and Vermont and the White Mountains in northern New Hampshire...

The next was taken in August 1984 and is an unknown peak situated between Denver and Colorado Springs, and was taken on the shoulder of the I-25 highway. Until I visited Colorado, I was under the impression that the state was more mountainous than not, but the major cities are at the western edge of the Great Plains. I don't know what the name of this peak is, bud guess that is is around 12,000 ft (2660 M) - if not taller. I like this week's theme as I like visiting places from the past...

Tina's Pic Story - Clouds

United 108 in 1984, perhaps over Nebraska

Tina’s Pic Story arrives for the week – Tina kindly supplies the weekly theme and we provide a picture that explains our take on that theme – which this week is Clouds...

This is a scanned view from 1984 on my way home from the L.A. Olympics on a United DC-10. Here is between LAX and Chicago. Only about 100 passengers, two aisles, a seat by the door, no bathroom lines, you could buy something from the bar cart at the bulkhead. It was undoubtedly the best flight ever.

I chose this cloudy view because the ride was so smooth because the clouds were down there - not up here (fewer clouds = better ride).  With the Pentax on hand all those years ago, I captured a frame that meets the weekly theme in 2012. Thanks for the memories :)