While we were in Rose Bay, one of the seaplanes took off very close to our yacht. Back in the 1930s, Rose Bay was the site of Australia's first international airport with regular visits from Sunderland and Catalina flying boats.

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Aircraft @ Australia's first International AirportWe went sailing on Sydney Harbour today with forum member rog...
While we were in Rose Bay, one of the seaplanes took off very close to our yacht. Back in the 1930s, Rose Bay was the site of Australia's first international airport with regular visits from Sunderland and Catalina flying boats. ![]() Cheers, John
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Nice olde time feel to this one leek
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Yeah... Shame about the 1300 number on the side of the plane... ![]() Interestingly, this is the second time that I've captured this particular plane... See here... http://jpeake.smugmug.com/photos/24703023-L.jpg Cheers, John
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good image.
the feel of this shot makes it look like it could have been shot in the 30s probably the only place in sydney that you could have achieved this. well done. Steve check out my image gallery @
http://photography.avkomp.com/gallery3
John
This is a fine image and the processing enhances the ambience nicely. Couldn't you just clone out the number? Peter
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the tone on this image works really well!
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