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704-484-1047 www.shelbyinfo.com Our 35th Year • Issue No. 17 • April 26, 2018 Saturday, April 28th ~ 11am until 9pm Sunday, April 29th ~ 1pm until 7pm FESTIVAL FOOTHILLS SHELBY CITY PARK See page 9 for more information APRIL APRIL 2018 2018 S t d A il TWO BIG TWO BIG DAYS! DAYS! 28 28 th th 29 29 th th "Sell your stuff....CarolinaClassifi eds.Com" Helicopter-silo photo a work of precise timing Gene Meade usually carries his camera and phone when he hikes in the woods surrounding his home. It was on one such hike a few years ago that he came across an old barn and a silo. The silo's top was open and it was surrounded by bushes and trees. Intrigued, Meade made a photo from inside the silo looking up at the blue sky. "I enjoyed the photo so much that I shared it on Facebook," says Meade. As a flight instructor, he then came up with an idea to make an even more interesting photo: He would get a former flight student to fly over the silo in an airplane so that the plane would be framed by the silo. He and his former student soon worked out the details, and one of the resulting photos ended up winning a contest in Carolina Country magazine. Not too long later, Meade was chatting with another former flight student, Dr. Stephen Jones. Meade told Jones that he would like to do a similar photo shoot with a helicopter passing over the silo. Jones, who is a helicop- ter pilot, said he could make that happen the very next day. And so it was that on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, Dr. Stephen Jones flew his helicopter precisely over the top of the remote open- topped silo. Meade had set his camera to shoot six frames per second, and his wife, Carol, kept watch with an aviation radio near- by so she could alert her husband when the helicopter drew near. The couple's son, Kelly Meade, videotaped the entire experience. "As soon as Carol gave the signal, I pressed the trigger," says Gene Meade. "When you are inside a 30-foot high silo, you just don't have time to get a photo on your own. I was glad Carol was there to give me the signal." After the flyover was com- plete, Jones told the Meade fam- ily that he would be landing at the Meades' house to view the photos on their big screen. "We had never had a helicop- ter to land in our back yard, so we were very excited," said Meade. "We all viewed the photos and the video and just had a wonder- ful time. We are very glad that Dr. Jones decided to drop by!" Careful planning and timing enabled Meade to capture a perfect silo- framed photo of the helicopter. An aerial shot of the silo. Dr. Stephen Jones with his helicopter. The silo is in a very remote area. Gene, Kelly and Carol Meade worked together to make the helicopter-silo photo a reality. Gene Meade works to get the perfect shot of the helicopter from inside of the silo. CHEROKEE SMALL ENGINE CHEROKEE SMALL ENGINE 354 HYATT STREET • GAFFNEY, SC • 864-206-4941 ECHO: *20% off MSRP discount applies to select ECHO and ECHO Bear Cat units on the day of the dealer sales event only. Excludes all GT-225 models, SRM-225 models, PB-250LN, PB-2520, 58V cordless and all accessories. Not to be combined with any other offers. FRIDAY • APRIL 27 TH • 8 AM -5 PM 20 20 % Off Off SALE SALE