Douglas L wrote:
Aviation Photocrew hinted we MAY get to do air to air with an F-4 Phantom from Greece that's coming to Denmark for the Danish Air Force Show in June. I don't recall ever seeing one flying in person. Would be a real rare opportunity.
Dam...Get it while you can, very hard to see now a days. I have never seen an F-4 flying except when I was a very little kid going to an airbase with my dad when he'd call on them.
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Air to Air with an F-4 Douglas...Do us Proud !!!
Douglas L wrote:
Aviation Photocrew hinted we MAY get to do air to air with an F-4 Phantom from Greece that's coming to Denmark for the Danish Air Force Show in June. I don't recall ever seeing one flying in person. Would be a real rare opportunity.
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GREEN WITH ENVY!🤢
Worked on F-4s for nearly 10 years, got 4 back seat rides with one being a two ship, we were lead, and never had a camera. The two ship was a hurricane evacuation flight to Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX. They told me about an hour before take off.
Douglas L wrote:
Aviation Photocrew hinted we MAY get to do air to air with an F-4 Phantom from Greece that's coming to Denmark for the Danish Air Force Show in June. I don't recall ever seeing one flying in person. Would be a real rare opportunity.
Worked on F-4s for nearly 10 years, got 4 back seat rides with one being a two ship, we were lead, and never had a camera. The two ship was a hurricane evacuation flight to Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX. They told me about an hour before take off.
Lucky you, Ray! Must be something to sit in the cockpit! From the sound of it, we MAY have more than one F-4 for the air to air shoot. Fingers crossed. I regret that I didn't become interested in airshows before the F-14 in the US stopped flying. Never saw one flying other than "Top Gun".
A few from the recent shoot. I have been spending a lot of time deleting files from the shoot, too many almost identical shots at high frame rate. Next time I will do 10FPS instead of 20.
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens315mmf/7.11/2000s320 ISO+0.3 EV
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens118mmf/8.01/1600s1000 ISO-0.7 EV
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens271mmf/8.01/1600s1250 ISO-0.7 EV
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens244mmf/8.01/1600s1600 ISO-0.7 EV
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens158mmf/5.61/1600s160 ISO-1.0 EV
ILCE-1FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens146mmf/5.01/3200s250 ISO-1.0 EV
Douglas L wrote:
Aviation Photocrew hinted we MAY get to do air to air with an F-4 Phantom from Greece that's coming to Denmark for the Danish Air Force Show in June. I don't recall ever seeing one flying in person. Would be a real rare opportunity.
F4's were my fast CAS, Close Air Support....The are fast and at certain speeds..almost silent until right on you Douglas! My F4 support fly out of Udorn RTAB!
IF you get a chance to speak to the pilot tell him THANKS for the memories albiet anxious or otherwise...even from Denmark!
Worked on F-4s for nearly 10 years, got 4 back seat rides with one being a two ship, we were lead, and never had a camera. The two ship was a hurricane evacuation flight to Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX. They told me about an hour before take off.
Edie Wrei..you have my utmost thanks for keeping my CAS, Close Air Support ready to rumble and rumble they did!
THANK YOU!
Dan
Colonel Ron E. Cooper (Ret) USAF- F4 Udorn RTAB 1971
Incoming NVA 135mm rockets 1968
F4 after dropping his "load"!
Weapons Cache Found inside the Laotion Border off HoChi Minh Trail
A few from the recent shoot. I have been spending a lot of time deleting files from the shoot, too many almost identical shots at high frame rate. Next time I will do 10FPS instead of 20.
Better make a lot of double, instead of to little like I used to do and maybe miss some angels or views.
