6 March 1993 - Tom Krieg's Thorp T-18 Tiger (Reg. VH-OTM) during the Airshow at Langley Park, Perth CBD, Western Australia

IMAGE INFO

- Viewpoint is hand-held, looking due South.

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AIRCRAFT INFO

Amateur-built Thorp T-18 Tiger performance (Wiki):

- Maximum speed: 200 mph (320 km/h, 170 kn)

- Cruise speed: 180 mph (292 km/h, 160 kn)

- Range: 540 mi (875 km, 470 nmi) , 900 mi (1,458 km) with optional wing tanks.

- Rate of climb: 1,500 ft/min (7.6 m/s)

- Wing loading: 18.6 lb/sq ft (90 kg/m2)

- Power/mass: 8.9 lb/hp (0.19 kW/kg)

Wiki info link:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorp_T-18

Additional photo/pilot info link:

www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Thorp-T-18-Tiger/1749053

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SOURCE INFO

- Original image was captured using a hand-held SEAGULL DF-300 SLR camera (an authorized Chinese clone of the Minolta X-300 / X-370) loaded with AGFA XRG-100 color film & fitted with a SIGMA 28-200mm f3.5-5.6 Compact SLR Aspherical Hyperzoom Macro lens.

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PROCESS INFO

- Digitized using a Canon Canoscan 8800F scanner.

- Film grain & noise reduced using Topaz Gigapixel AI.

- Image colour density, vibrance, sharpness & contrast restored using Luminar AI.

- Final fine editing using Adobe Photoshop CS (Windows).

- Image size = 5784x3823px [22.1MP] Best viewed LARGE.

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