Brian,
you are very fortunate to have that in your back yard. The taxi shot and the following take-offs are very nice, with beautiful jell-air effect in each one.
The Abingdon show proper opened with the BBMF. By now I knew I was in trouble with focusing - the fix for which would have to wait for later. I was unable to get any solo Hurricane shots.
brian_sp wrote:
living close the airport has its advantages, i can most times (depending on the approach) hear when something interesting flies into town
Very interesting, they all seem to be carrying an instrumentation pod on the wingtip rails. Do you live near a exercise area where they do large scale training ala Red Flag?
Well, I won't be making it to the Dayton Air Show this year, either. The memorial service for my mother in law is June 23rd, at Massachusetts National Cemetery. So, I'll be lugging myself, plus camera gear, out to Massachusetts again, along with another stop in the Rochester area each way, rather than driving the 13~ hours straight through. Not a big fan of the Cape during the summer, outrageous hotel rates and tourist traffic. I'm thinking of heading up to Gloucester and Rockport afterwards before heading back to this area. We'll see how the plan evolves.
BTW, We had a conference call yesterday and the plans for our 2018 Spring Tucson Symposium are coming along nicely. We're working on a nice line up and variety of presentations, not too much, not too little, along with the 2018 George Hall Award presentation. The D-M Air Show will also be a fun part of the gathering. I'm looking forward to a few Spring days in the desert with friends and airplanes! More as I know more. Due to some other events in the area hotel rooms, particularly at the event hotel, my get to be scarce, and certainly will be more expensive the later one waits.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Proud to say, our youngest Granddaughter chose to give her year end class presentation on Amelia Earhart. She asked if I might have some props to help her. A quick trip to HQ turned up my Buddy Glenn's leather helmet, the aviator silk scarf and flight goggles I wore for my first test flight in the biplane, her aviation jacket, and a model of the Lockheed Vega.
I didn't get to see the presentation, but by all accounts she knocked it out of the park..........
ELinder wrote:
Very interesting, they all seem to be carrying an instrumentation pod on the wingtip rails. Do you live near a exercise area where they do large scale training ala Red Flag?
Erich
no, just a regular fuel stop for them, most times they come in, fuel up and they are gone again, i so far haven't been lucky to be hangin at the airport and catch them coming in, but i hear them come in, give them 1 1/2 - 2 hours to refuel and i catch the departure, and i have noticed for quite a while most of them coming through carrying this pod
gerov wrote:
Brian,
you are very fortunate to have that in your back yard. The taxi shot and the following take-offs are very nice, with beautiful jell-air effect in each one.
Thanks for posting, and keep em coming!
Gero
Thank you very much, and to think, i grew up not far from here, once i moved out of the area i didn't want to return, but few years ago i did and i now realize what i have been missing out on
Anyone going to Breckenridge this weekend?
Should be a hot time in west Texas....seeing there are already 3 corsairs on the ground, 60+ more warbirds expected!
Proud to say, our youngest Granddaughter chose to give her year end class presentation on Amelia Earhart.
Jim, very, very inspirational. Family is everything.
living close the airport has its advantages, i can most times (depending on the approach) hear when something interesting flies into town
Brian, that is a wonderful set of Hornet images. I see that the Canadian military still paints the false cockpit beneath the real one. It must work!
Others here have told us all how difficult R/C model aircraft are to photograph. Well .... it's true These large scale jet powered models put on a very good display. Mostly, I managed to keep them in the viewfinder.
Nick, well done - panning on steroids! I had not thought to shoot R/C aircraft but it makes perfect sense. At first glance I thought they were real aeroplanes. Unlike the US and UK, airshows are few and far between here in Oz, so I must find the local R/C club and go shooting! Thanks for the idea
Chandler and I have an important assignment tomorrow. We've arranged a B25/P51 fly over for a very good client/friend's Memorial Day Picnic. Typically there will be 1500+ active and retired military being honored and enjoying great Texas hospitality and...what else....some of the finest BBQ on the planet. Chili and I will be perched at a strategic spot about 1200' AGL to capture some of the activity. Our mount, an air conditioned Bell 407 with one of the highest time helicopter sticks known to man to put us right where we need to be.
I'm so grateful Chili asked me to shoot back up for him............................
I was past time for this anyway, but I decided to charge batteries, clean lens mounts and camera bodies, and sensors this afternoon. As they say in aircraft homebuilding, "A few simple hand tools and a little of your spare time............."
steveverrall wrote:
Jim, very, very inspirational. Family is everything.
Brian, that is a wonderful set of Hornet images. I see that the Canadian military still paints the false cockpit beneath the real one. It must work!
Nick, well done - panning on steroids! I had not thought to shoot R/C aircraft but it makes perfect sense. At first glance I thought they were real aeroplanes. Unlike the US and UK, airshows are few and far between here in Oz, so I must find the local R/C club and go shooting! Thanks for the idea
Thanks Steve - your very kind. Fact is, any panning "skills" I may have is mostly a result of bloody minded persistence Looking at the detailing on those R/C models and the ultra professional way the owners conducted themselves - I do wonder if they are the future as far as privately run jets at UK air shows is concerned. The sad events at Shoreham exposed just how difficult it is to do a proper job of operating ex military high performance aircraft. With the WII prop jobs there is a significant number of folks all over the world who can do a proper job. Post WII jets are very complicated - even the simple ones - and eventually the responsible support organisations are forced to say "No More". It was lack of human resources that forced RR to pull the plug on the Vulcan programme, apparently.
In the meantime, the modellers are just crazy. In the attached Lightning picture - In my RAW file - I can see placard writing on the inside of the air brake housing!
Right back to the show programme. The weather was very changeable, but did not restrict the displays, and made for interesting images. The next act was an RF-4D flown really well by a young lady - Lauren Richardson.
