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NAE™ Project :Photo Gallery - El Mirage - June '08

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Photos by Rachel Shadle - Team Photographer

The team picks up our secondary semi-tractor in Longview, WA
Setting up base camp
Alex is already at play
Ray drives in stakes to keep the tarp down
Ed, Keith & Cam look on as the structure is being assembled
Tom prays to the shelter gods as Keith passes by
The Eagle's Nest from WRS is ready for the tarp
The crew prepares the tarp for pulling over the structure
Guys man the ropes to pull the tarp over the structure
The car is unloaded into the shelter
Jon presents Alex his gift
Ropes hold the tarp from blowing off in the wind
The NAE is unloaded
Assembly for running begins
Team members work together to assemble the running suspension
As the day comes to a close, the team holds a brief coordination meeting for the next day
1st day's run prep
Ed checks over cockpit equipment
The engine is started for the 1st run
...and, she's off!
...and, she's movin'!
Ed w/ Joiwind Alexander
Joiwind checks out how the cockpit feels
Ed & Cam talk with guests Bob Gilliland & Al Hawley
Towing out for 2nd day's test run
Mark's bi-plane flies in to land
Dave Thomas' Cessna flies by with wing mounted camera
Banners adorn the inside of The Eagle's Nest
Jon clean off the dust to keep her looking sharp
Olympus Industrial's high-speed camera box mounted on the rear suspension
Ecliptic cameras mounted on the rear suspension
Another angle of the Ecliptic cameras mounted on the rear suspension
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She's off on another test run on day three
Ed goes through his checklist on shut down after the run
Ed shut the engine down to get out
Ed steps out of the cockpit
Sally Crossfield-Farley rides the seat during towing for test run #4
The high speed chute is examined
Jon checks the level of the fuel tank before test run #4
The predator that's constantly flying overhead from a nearby training facility
Another angle of the internal engine check
Cam, Dave & John Z. perform an internal engine check before test run #4
She zips by fast in test run #4
Eckberg and Selby after the run
Team and watchers assemble around the car after the 400 mph run
Another tail shot of the car and team
Al VanHolland & wife
Looking at the pitot tube on the nose
Alex next to Grandpa's jet car
Cam, Rachel & Alex
Kyle Sommerville (fwd) & Jerry Lamb (back)
Kyle Sommerville
Libbly Wallace
Alex in front of sign
Ed putting his game face on
Some of the crew getting a ride back to base camp
The crew FODs the course
Ed & Keith w/ CBS camera crew for Discovery Ch.
Monte (left) & Cam (rt)
Entrance sign up close
Group in front of mural
Group at dinner

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