Wrei wrote:
The Air National Guard has a lot of pride in painting their aircraft, especially ones that will be seen in public or special occasions. However, I don't remember the Cajuns being big on paint, but that one does look nice (I thought it was your post processing skills!). They do like their adult beverages!
This is an old photo from my early days. The TxANG painted this one up to celebrate their 75th anniversary. Boeing borrowed this jet to use for their successful QF-16 bid/fly-off. As an appreciation for the loaner, Boeing paid to have the jet painted back to standard USAF paint scheme with the standard TxANG logos. The reason the jet was repainted was so the USAF museum HQ would approve it for a static display at Camp Mabry, Austin, TX.
No weapons, just two external fuel drop tanks and a travel pod. Each wing has the two hard points and the two outboard rails. You want to see "bling"?
The munitions chief asked me to give him a "clean" (no centerline or wing drop tanks) and "pretty" (good paint job) jet for his weekend weapons training for installing the gun. He wanted the photo with five SUU-16/A 20mm gun pods. (Photo credit TxANG)
Edit: 4 AIM-7 Sparrows are also loaded on the missile points under the fuselage.
Excellent work J-A. I think the nasty WRX makes the image even better.
Here is a shot from MCAS Yuma. Late, late afternoon. Windy, dust storms, threat of rain, and unsettled weather most of the day. Just before it got too dark, the sun peak under the dark clouds and dust to give a nice illumination from the west (left in the photo). The Marines were leaning into a very strong wind when I took this photo.
After a highly decorated career, that included a ton of hours flying Harriers in harms way, this war fighter had flown his last sortie just a few hours before. Believe it or not, he's now flying MD-11's for FedEx. He told me there wasn't much chance of performing any vertical take-offs or landings in the big tri-jet, but I wouldn't want to be a UPS bird and get in his cross-hairs
Recently visited the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. I highly recommend it.
Only had 3 hours to visit and that wasn't nearly long enough. Next trip, I'll dedicate an entire day.
Lots of airplanes suspended from several buildings. Most had a story, including the B-17E (My Gal Sal) that had to land on the Greenland Ice Cap on June 27th, 1942. It stayed there for 50 years until rescued, restored, and put on display (suspended) within the US Freedom Building of the Museum.
JWilsonphoto wrote:
LinkedIn just reminded me that I have been a full time Pro shooter for 37 years as of today! Blessed beyond measure.
Having spent the past 7 months (since my father's passing) going through dad's negatives, I've come to realize that life-long pro shooters leave a legacy like few others. Your family for generations to come will revel in the images you've captured over the years. Clients are wonderful and necessary, but the personal work will live long after.
Yes, you are surely blessed Jim. But so is your wonderful family. Congrats on your longevity and resolve. Of course, you have many more 'lustrums' to go before you've worked your last shutter
A project of that scope will have all kinds of imagery needs, from live view/time lapse, to helicopter coverage with still and 4K. Ultimately finished architectural beauty footage and images when the property is completed. The Dallas skyline hasn't changed significantly in decades and I'm glad Ross will be the one to add this to it.
Funny, as I drive through Dallas, and many other cities , I realize how long I have been doing this. I've shot just about every major and a zillion minor commercial buildings at one time or another, some multiple times as they are renovated.
Our Texas bluebonnets are finally in full bloom. Behind our little homestead on the hill is the leading edge of the storm that caused problems in the Dallas and Houston areas, it was about 100 miles away at that time.
Wrei wrote:
Our Texas bluebonnets are finally in full bloom. Behind our little homestead on the hill is the leading edge of the storm that caused problems in the Dallas and Houston areas, it was about 100 miles away at that time.
In another of what I call "tribute to dad" moves, I purchased a Linhof 4x5 camera. While my wonderful wife thinks I'm overly sentimental about such things, she supports my goofy photography interests 100%.
Like the Hasselblad I acquired a while back, the Linhof is a camera dad used a ton when I was a youngster. I'm going to need some nice glass to help this camera fulfill its potential. Therefore, I wanted to check-in with my MA2A associates and see if anyone has a large format lens or two that they might be interested in selling. If you have something you'd like to show me, please let me know here and I'll send contact info via a PM.
That's a beauty Jeff! I can hardly wait to see what you capture with that one!! I sold a ton of Schneider and Rodenstock lenses years back, along with my Sinar P2.
bkp944:
Great pictures, looks like a nice place to visit, would love to visit some of the US museums.
If you were interested in the My Gal Sal story I would high recommend 'Frozen in Time' by Mitchell Zuckoff, it tells the story of a B17 going down during search efforts for a downed C-53 and the subsequent coastguard rescue effort for the B17 crew, also in parallel it tells the modern story of the search for the coastguard's Grumman Duck which also went down during rescue efforts.
