Friday, June 22, 2007

Photo Hunters: Shiny


The theme for this week is shiny. With all of my husband ToolMan's metal-based hobbies we have hundreds of pictures of shiny aluminum things, and I have decided to go with a favorite photo from 2002 (that's ancient!) This was taken in our two-car garage. Eventually the plane outgrew the garage and he built (yep, himself and the whole family and all of his friends) a hanger too.

This is a picture of the wings from his first homebuilt airplane, a Van's RV-7A. The shiny porcupine things are called clecos and are used to hold the pieces together during drilling and riveting.
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25 comments:

Anonymous said...

WOW! That's so impressive!! Great photo too.

Anonymous said...

wow, stunning photo!! Have a great Saturday.

Samantha & Mom said...

Cool picture, it almost looks like lights shining. Have a great Hunt!
Samantha & Tigger

Barbara H. said...

Wow, I have never seen the inside of a plane. I never knew that stuff was inside. I know a couple of people who fly and work on and inspect small planes, but none who build them!

Barbara H. @ Stray Thoughts

Pat said...

WOW - what a great photo - love the angle!

Happy Weekend!

A. said...

Great photo, and so impressive - his FIRST home built airplane! Amazing.

Jenn in Holland said...

Wow, cool shot and even cooler project!

ipanema said...

that's a great shot!

Dragonheart, Merlin, Devi, and Chloe said...

Very cool shot of an amazing project! :)

Amazing Gracie said...

Great choice for "shiny!" Hope you enjoy Photo Hunt as much as I do...
~~~Blessings~~~

eastcoastlife said...

Hi, welcome to Photo Hunt!
Wow! Cool! Your hubby is awesome! :)

TeacherJulie said...

Wow. You have a different take on the theme.

My shiny photots are uup, have a great weekend!

Julie (http://teacherjulie.com)

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Anonymous said...

Very cool. I am so impressed that he can build a plane. Wow!

Kerri said...

I already knew it was a cool project :-) but I really like that photo! Very cool angle and lighting.

TorAa said...

I'm really impressed. Continue this road of splendid

Unknown said...

That is a fantastic picture! Welcome to Photo Hunt!

:-)

tapps said...

wow. that's amazing. nice pic too.. very interesting lines and angles from that.

April said...

Very shiny and educational too!

Cats~Goats~Quotes said...

I looked at that photo a long time before reading to see if I could figure out what it was.
No, I couldn't!
Very interesting and shiny too!

Journo June aka MamaBear said...

Kewl photo! Looks very abstract!
http://burnettfamnews.blogspot.com/2007/06/photo-hunters-shiny.html

srp said...

That is a gorgeous picture, but I AM glad you told us what it was. Never in my wildest imagination would I have guessed they were wings. He must be a very talented builder!

Gran said...

Excellent choice for shiny. Have a great day!

Welcome to photo hunters.
http://thelifeandtimesofgran.blogspot.com/shiny.html

Turtles said...

Wow! Cool photo!

Mine is up, though a day late.

Paulie said...

Unique photo! Thanks for sharing.

Drop by and see my entry.