Mark Greenmantle Photography
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Editor, designer, photographer and journalist for RetroBomb Magazine, photographer of
Pinup, Warbird, Fashion, Commercial, dance, portraits & weddings. Pinup, Warbird, Fashion, Commercial, Dance, Model Folio, Portrait, and Wedding Photographer, based in Brisbane, Australia, but available for shoots internationally.
Executive Producer / Editor / Lead Photographer of RetroBomb Magazine.
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More from our chilly Ohio afternoon, October 2015, shooting Bruce's Corvette collection for RetroBomb Magazine.
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A rather chilly Ohio afternoon, October 2015, shooting Bruce's Corvette collection.
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Development of the Bird of Prey began in 1992 by McDonnell Douglas's Phantom Works division for special projects, at Area 51. The aircraft's name is a reference to the Klingon Bird of Prey warship from the Star Trek television series.[2] Phantom Works later became part of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems after the Boeing–McDonnell Douglas merger in 1997. The first flight was in 1996, and 39 more flights were performed through the program's conclusion in 1999.[1] The Bird of Prey was designed to prevent shadows and is believed to have been used to test active camouflage, which would involve its surfaces changing color or luminosity to match the surroundings. Because it was a demonstration aircraft, the Bird of Prey used a commercial off-the-shelf turbofan engine and manual hydraulic controls rather than fly-by-wire. This shortened the development time and greatly reduced its cost. (A production aircraft would have computerized controls.) The shape is aerodynamically stable enough to be flown without computer correction. Its aerodynamic stability is in part due to lift provided by the chines, as used in other aircraft including the SR-71 Blackbird. This provided lift for the nose in flight. This configuration, which can be stable without a horizontal tailplane and a conventional vertical rudder, is now a standard in later stealth unmanned aerial vehicles such as the X-45 and X-47, tailless aircraft which use drag rudders (asymmetrically-used wingtip airbrakes) for rudder control. The aircraft was made public on October 18, 2002. The Bird of Prey was put on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio on July 16, 2003. It is now on display at the Museum's Modern Flight Gallery above their F-22 Raptor.
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Favourite seat in the house.
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Commemorative Air Force's P-51D Mustang 'Gunfighter'
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Commemorative Air Force B29 B24 Squadron at Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport
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Commemorative Air Force B29 B24 Squadron at Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport
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Commemorative Air Force SB2C Helldiver taxiing toward it's next take off at Cincinnati Municipal Lunken Airport
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Cincinnati Warbirds EAA Squadron 18 SNJ over Northern Kentucky.
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Cincinnati Warbirds EAA Squadron 18 T-28 Trojan over Northern Kentucky, with Cincinnati Ohio in the background. Air to air photo taken from side gun window of B-25 Mitchel 'Axis Nightmare' from Tri-State Warbird Museum.
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'FIFI' B-29 Superfortress of Commemorative Air Force B29 B24 Squadron
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Cincinnati Warbirds EAA Squadron 18 with B-29 Superfortress 'FIFI' of Commemorative Air Force B29 B24 Squadron, 2015. Shot for RetroBomb Magazine
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