I'm fortunate to live in a city that gets air shows basically every year. I'm not about to call myself a photographer, but it was cool to get some decent shots today.
^That one's a keeper.
^That one's a keeper.
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Did the Hercules fly over this year? I didn't see it. -
Did they drop the SkyHawks out of the SAR bird to start the show?Comment
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This is great! It also reminded me that I wanted to get tickets for the cold lake air show near me, thanks!Comment
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Nice stuff! They have an airshow up here once every other year, and I keep wanting to go, but sometimes it's tough to break away. I did manage to catch one a few years ago- got to walk through a C5 Galaxy, poke around in a B-58, and they demoed a fast-deploy of a small assault group- less than five minutes to drop a whole platoon, including a 105mm.
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Wow! What’s the story behind getting to go up in the air to capture these? -
Heh. I wish!
No, I took those from ground level. The F22 was banking hard, doing a loop past the crowd. According to the announcer, at just short of supersonic.The P-51s were doing a much lower speed and wider curve bank past the crowd as well. That brighter-white spot next to the blue, on the lower right edge, is a mountain.
It's also worth noting I had a high-end camera (Canon 1D, I eventually gave to an MCB'er a few years ago) and an image-stabilized 300mm zoom.
Doc.
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Very cool. I really like the ones with the tree in the foreground. I’ve only been to one air show when I was about 6 but it was such a cool experience. Need to keep a lookout for some around me.WTB Acid Wash Phantom Parts
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Air shows are great! Lucky to live in San Diego where we get the Miramar air show in September with the Blue Angels etc. Not a plane but a cool shot from San Diego bay with the USS George Washington.
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This is cool. Nice shots!Comment
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So a local small town airport has their yearly Wings and Wheels car and air show. Tons of cool cars (including on of mine for the last 3 or 4 years), a bunch of small privately owned airplanes that fly in for a pancake breakfast, a fun little air show, and the ability to get close up to many of these cool planes.
How close?
Probably too close.Comment
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It was kind of odd seeing a darn seaplane in Western Wisconsin, but the owners, who were super nice, said they loved to fly from lake to lake and hit all the good Supper Clubs.
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What's that silver jet? I'm not up on early Soviet stuff (assumed from the Cyrillic writing) and my Google-fu is failing me.
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Didn't get a chance to talk to the crew running that one, but looking up the tail number shows it to be a Aero L-29 Delfin, a Czech jet trainer.
https://planesoffame.org/aircraft/plane-L-29
Not the organization that owns this one, but some useful info.Comment
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