Wendover utah enola gay hangar portable#
This lit the Albatross and the inside of the hangar. It's 46 LED's produce 2,000 lumens of light, using only 25 watts! Both the AlienBees flash unit and the Snap-on Worklight were powered by a Vagabond Mini Lithium portable power source. The telephoto reflector is not only to increase the efficiency of the flash, but it enabled us to NOT hit the Albatross plane with any stray light. That flash unit was fired once (at 1/2 power) during the 10-seconds time exposure. The L1 key light was an AlienBees B1600 flash unit, using a special Long-Throw (28º) reflector. Lighting set up for the Enola Gay Hangar is shown above. Lighting set up for the Enola Gay Hangar - click image to enlarge 97 ft wingspan, with two 1,425 hp Wright engines. It is an amphibious flying boat, introduced in 1947: 63 ft length. The HU-16 is currently in temporary storage in the hangar. Although the hangar has deteriorated over time, restoration work has refurbish the west side of the hanger and the side offices.Ī cropped enlargement of the top photo shows our airport security man, Ed Nelson, standing at the partially open hangar door with a Grumman HU-16 Albatross in the background. This 200 x 200 feet hangar was built in 1943 to house and maintain two B-29 Superfortress bombers at a time, one of which (the Enola Gay) went on to drop the first atomic bomb. Light painting the historic Enola Gay Hangar was our backup plan in case of cloudy weather, and on this shoot we were in total control.ĭuring WWII this airfield had over 600 buildings with barracks that housed almost 20,000 servicemen and civilian workers. We tried, but cloudy conditions prevailed.
Last week's NightScapeWalk was supposed to include two free photo walks shooting the Milky Way. This hangar is 200 x 200 feet, plus offices on the left and right sides. A night photo of the Enola Gay Hangar at the historic Wendover Airfield, Utah.