AVP2: Don't bother...

Watched Alien vs Predator 2 the other night.. Man, what a disappointment after the awesome original AVP... The sequel was more like AVP meets Dawsons Creek.
Until this movie I don't think I'd ever watched a horror movie where I was rooting for the monster to win and kill all those dumb and annoying teenagers. I got so bored that I switched it off by Act 4! This a good example of how to make a movie so badly that the audience couldn't care less about the characters!

Oops, another Chinook bites the dust..

No, I haven't got anything against choppers, but they do crash well...

Chinook ground resonance test gone wrong

A few more photos from the other day

Got a few more here from Barrier Trip #2 that didn't make it onto my blog last time.


Hamilton city



Another of Hamilton City



Believe it or not the airport's there somewhere...



Somewhere near Hamilton



Definitely somewhere near Hamilton!



About to touch down...



Darth Vader's latest personal transport - the Death Star (TM)

Ferrari vs Smart car (take 3)

Geez, something's rotten in the state of YouTube, both the last 2 vids I linked to didn't work..

Shit, crap and bollocks...

Or words to that effect.

We tried for the second time to get to the Barrier. We is myself, Euan and his partner Susan. Last time we got 200 ft in the air before losing a mag. This time we got halfway there before the engine lost power. We're talking several hundred RPM, and it was surging bigtime. Several minutes with the carb heat hot didn't do a thing so Euan decided we should stop at Whitianga, and I can't say I really blame him. A phone call was made to the aero club instructors, and after a brief powow we decided to take off, see how it went, and try and make it home. Damn thing ran smooth as on the way home!!!

I've made the executive decision that next time, I fly and we take the Arrow. This is really starting to piss me off.

Here's a small selection of photos I took on the day, was very bright so lots of reflections off the windows. I will have a few more when I finish off the roll of film that's in my compact at the moment. Of these photos here, the first town is Morrinsville, the second is Thames. P.S. All these photos taken on a $5 Olympus Trip 35 using film I got free :)

Shameless self promotion (again) !!

I figure instead of bothering my family and workmates all the time I should just get it out of my system on my blog :)

Found out today that my photo of the F-111 that I entered in the Classic Flyers Museum photographic competition has won the "People's Choice" award!!! This is the photo I entered :