I'm headed over to "Perot Field" to get some Blackhawk Jello, yesterday's WX was just a bit more than the squadron wanted to deal with given no one's life was on the line. These boys are deploying to an undisclosed nasty part of the globe. Today they just have a 9 hour flight with 40 knot headwinds for half of it, no problem for a bunch of steppers. Once they are out of Illinois they won't be in "hostile" territory any longer..................
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Some Rotor Jello to hold you over......................
Locked n loaded Jim!
Love the "whoop whoop" of the blades! Each rotared aircraft has its own distinct sound!
Great capture!
RD
Israeli KFIR. Canon EOS R5 • Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
Bahrain F-16 Canon EOS R5 • Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
I saw these other day flying out of Donaldson Center, Greenville SC.
Don
Camera body models have been getting announced so rapid fire that I haven't even had time to look at them and see what features they have. I stopped by Competitive yesterday on the way to Alliance to get a new ThinkTank rolling case for the Westcott lighting system that I've been putting together and Eugene asked me if I had any interest in the R6 Series II, he went on to say that he had a couple put back for me just in case I might need them for something. I told him that I appreciated the thought but I hadn't had time to even look at the specs. I would probably do an R5 Series II, or an R5C II, but they are only vaporware at the moment.
Chandler and I had a fun day together yesterday, the Blackhawks were delayed little by weather and the constant need to stop for fuel, so that appeared on the horizon about 6:15 last evening, just as the last post sunset light was vanishing. Thank goodness for these high iso/low noise cameras, we would have been out of luck. As usual there was plenty going on at AFW to keep us occupied until they arrived. A pair of F/18's rolled in from a training session in Nevada, they were on their way back to VA Beach. We shot them coming in and promised to shoot them as they left, which proved to be a challenge because as they were cranking our Blackhawks popped up on the eastern horizon. We scrambled and captured everyone.
Chandler and I talked about going over to Perot Field more often in the late afternoon and shooting through dusk, it's a never ending stream of military and civilian aircraft, kind of like shooting birds at a bird feeder.
Their trip yesterday started out with rain, 40 knot headwinds and windshear that was bouncing them off the ceiling of their Blackhawks. Those conditions persisted into central Missouri and the gradually tapered off to the clear skies and light winds that they arrived in at AFW. It's 5:07am at this writing and from the sound of it, the wind is back for their last leg into Fort Hood. Those folks were pretty exhausted last night, but they'll do what our military does each and every day during their tours of service, get up and get it done.
When I was young. Ahhh so many years ago.
After a full day of fight ops and post flight inspection. Somewhere in the south Pacific. IIRC on the USS Okinawa
Good buddies bird taken by me from my bird during flight ops IIRC off the coast of Australia.
Littlefield wrote:
Israeli KFIR. Canon EOS R5 • Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
Bahrain F-16 Canon EOS R5 • Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
I saw these other day flying out of Donaldson Center, Greenville SC.
Don
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Chandler and I had a fun day together yesterday, the Blackhawks were delayed little by weather and the constant need to stop for fuel, so that appeared on the horizon about 6:15 last evening, just as the last post sunset light was vanishing. Thank goodness for these high iso/low noise cameras, we would have been out of luck. As usual there was plenty going on at AFW to keep us occupied until they arrived. A pair of F/18's rolled in from a training session in Nevada, they were on their way back to VA Beach. We shot them coming in and promised to shoot them as they left, which proved to be a challenge because as they were cranking our Blackhawks popped up on the eastern horizon. We scrambled and captured everyone.
Chandler and I talked about going over to Perot Field more often in the late afternoon and shooting through dusk, it's a never ending stream of military and civilian aircraft, kind of like shooting birds at a bird feeder. ...Show more →
Fantastic images of our heroes Jim!
I wish I could shake all their hands and thank them!
Well done!
"Checks in the mail...."
RD
airfrogusmc wrote:
When I was young. Ahhh so many years ago.
After a full day of fight ops and post flight inspection. Somewhere in the south Pacific. IIRC on the USS Okinawa https://pbase.com/airfrogusmc/image/173378467.jpg
