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X-Flight construction pictures
Thanks so much rob! The pics are awesome as usual. Can't wait to see how the zero g will look!
My heart is pounding!! The skyline just keeps gettin better!! ... I have reached the point of bein obsessive.
Construction Update 02-02-2012
From across the tollway:  From Washington Street:  I thought this shot was neat as it shows how close the track is to the base of the hill. In addition it shows how close the ride is the American Eagle.  Last edited by RobSFGAm on February 5th, 2012, 11:38 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I love the skyline! !!!! If only Wolfe was here to see it
 .........OH WELL.And I just thought of something the support for the rest of the G roll is not up. Do you think that will hold back construction! !!!! I hope not!
Thank you for posting this Rob, they're amazing pictures. What kind of camera do you use?
SF trips 09 = 15
SF trips 10= 11 SF trips 11 =7
Do you use a Wide Angle lens? Or is that steel on Eagle really starting to sag?
  Favorite Wood Coasters: The Voyage, Ravine Flyer II, Thunderhead, Balder
Favorite Steel: Voltron Nevera, Steel Vengeance, Expedition GeForce, Olympia Looping Parks visited: 232, Coasters Ridden: Steel: 894, Wood: 179, Total: 1073
Canon DLSR
I noticed that too. It is not a wide angle lens (24-105 zoom), so I think it might have some bend to it. Also on wide angle lenses usually the outer portion of the frame gets distorter where this bend is near center.
Yeah, it didn't look like wide angle, but figured I'd give Eagle/the park a sliver of credit. Voyage was off by less than an inch, so they bulldozed a large section of the turnaround and are in the process of rebuilding it.
Either way, great pics. I remember way back in the day following your Raging Bull construction updates religiously! Favorite Wood Coasters: The Voyage, Ravine Flyer II, Thunderhead, Balder
Favorite Steel: Voltron Nevera, Steel Vengeance, Expedition GeForce, Olympia Looping Parks visited: 232, Coasters Ridden: Steel: 894, Wood: 179, Total: 1073
Very cool..the pictures come out nice. Well done
 SF trips 09 = 15
SF trips 10= 11 SF trips 11 =7
Here are some more photos from Lake County News Sun
http://newssun.suntimes.com/photos/galleries/10343102-417/x-flight-like-riding-on-the-wing-of-a-plane.html
Thanks again Rob!
02-04-2012
Sunny today, so I could get clearer shots. The red on this ride is so RED.     Last edited by RobSFGAm on February 5th, 2012, 11:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Yes, its a very bright ride! Its gonna POP really nice in the summer though!
I really like the further pics(skyline) ovr the closeups! The angle under bull is so weird cause it still looks like the zeroG is incomplete(cause it blends with the lift). Cant wait till the immelman pops up.When that does happen btw, would you mind trying to get skyline shots?! That one on the highway was awesome to see the scale. Sorry I know youre doing this for us, & I TRULY do appreciate it. I really wanna try to get into the rec park across 294, you know the buildings across SFGAm? Are we able to get in those parking lots? I dont see why not...
^Yes, you can drive into the lots across the tollway to take pics.
I finally retired the Sarah Palin signature because she is now 100% irrelevant.
I would steer Clear of Watson Pharmaceuticals and the buildings on either side of it, even though both are likely still empty. Probably a little far north for X flight pics, though it's right across from SFGAm's highway sign. I've worked in that building recently, and security does not mess around under any circumstances. It's a federally regulated building. Just throwing that out there
I doubt any of the others really matter. Favorite Wood Coasters: The Voyage, Ravine Flyer II, Thunderhead, Balder
Favorite Steel: Voltron Nevera, Steel Vengeance, Expedition GeForce, Olympia Looping Parks visited: 232, Coasters Ridden: Steel: 894, Wood: 179, Total: 1073
I honestly can say that I wasn't even really excited about this ride until NOW! This is awesome and I feel like a 13 year old back in 2003 again!
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Like other have said there are a few that you can go into their parking lot. The last building I never had a problem with, but them again I just parked, and walked up to the tollway (obviously to the fence, but not over). There a was a guy out there last time when I parked, but by the time I walked to the fence he went back in. I will do more skyline pictures. Last edited by RobSFGAm on February 5th, 2012, 11:35 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I can't see any of the pics
SF trips 09 = 15
SF trips 10= 11 SF trips 11 =7
It's just simple HTML, I have no idea what could be causing this. Is Javascript enabled? "I've been told that some part of every wish will be heard but lately I lost sight of the truth in those words."
Ugh, Rob thank you!! I look forward to them, I cannot believe how anxious I am for this ride. Then again, I can cause this park is a passion. I am GREATLY appreciating these updates & as crazy as this sounds or who makes fun of me for this, I cant say I care...
Again this is a passion of mine so I feel like I'm watching this park grow like a kid I care for or something & it makes me emotional... I just get so happy to watch our park develop & grow to become a better park. When you grow up at a place that you call home more than home itself & even into adulthood, you still escape to this place, you do get attached. So I care for our park greatly & only want greatness to come of it. It bothers me when I cannot be there, & well no one but me wants to visit a closed park haha so a million times over, thank you!
Am I the only one who cant see the pictures.
^ It appears he exceeded his bandwidth on Photobucket. So no one should be seeing any pictures now until it is resolved.
ok then im not the only one
SF trips 09 = 15
SF trips 10= 11 SF trips 11 =7
I didn't realize that there was a limit when I joined the PhotoBucket as well as not knowing that it would be viewed so much. The problem is that when the forum pages load on each persons computer, it takes part of that bandwidth. I am looking for another photo sharing site or will need to wait till another 14 days till the month resets and then limit the amount of pictures to one a day. I am trying another way, so the shots should start appearing again. Sorry for this again as I did not know about this limit. Last edited by RobSFGAm on February 5th, 2012, 11:34 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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