We had an airshow in the valley yesterday, I took my BIG lens and got some great pics
of some of Americas finest.
Here's a link to my photo gallery:
http://www.hillbilly-photo.com/Mount...s-Airshow-2014
And a teaser
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We had an airshow in the valley yesterday, I took my BIG lens and got some great pics
of some of Americas finest.
Here's a link to my photo gallery:
http://www.hillbilly-photo.com/Mount...s-Airshow-2014
And a teaser
I like the one through the trees.
Wayne the Shrink
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Beautiful work..
I have an interesting lil story.
I got a Thunderbirds poster and had all the pilots sign it for me.
While I was waiting I noticed one pilot #5 was from El Campo Tx. Not very far from where I grew up. I talked to him a bit and noticed that his aircraft number on his uniform was upside down. I asked why that was, and he told me because he did the majority of the show inverted.
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Good photos. What camera and lens did you use?
ph4570
the camera is an Olympus E5 DSLR and the lens was a old Tamron 300mm f2.8 -manual focus and all.
quite a nice piece although at near 8 pounds it is a work out
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Very nice photos.
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That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
Well done - you have a good eye.
Did they have a static display as well?
je suis charlie
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Thomas Jefferson Quotations:
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
there were static displays and ground events, but I refused to pay 25 dollars for entry into a crowded, over priced venue.
My buddies house is 200 yards north, of the north end of the runway ( he lives on Runway Road) so we set up in his pasture
Best seats in the house
Excellent photographs.
The Air Force Thunderbirds and the Navy Blue Angels are well worth the price of an airshow's admission.
The Thunderbirds did an airshow up here about a month and a half ago or so. We are putting a new roof on a large V&W repair shop and their flight path for the low level high speed passes were right over our roof job so all their practice runs were less than 75' feet above us, about 4-500 mph and banking at 80-90 degrees and greater. They could obviously see us on the roof working and the lead pilot would flip over way past 90 degrees and we could see into his cockpit looking at his legs, arms, etc and he would give us a high five on each pass. A couple other pilots were also giving us the highlights on each pass. We were all cheering and jumping around for two days high fiving and waving back at them. Sadly we weren't allowed to work on the roof during the air show due to safety concerns but that's understandable. We were just glad to be able to see them so close during the practice runs.
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"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the Public with the Public's money". Alexis de Tocqueville 1835
Great pictures of what looks like a wonderful show. Thanks for sharing!
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Great pics. Nice camera, Shutter cranked up to retroactive. The camera, lens and photographer is obviously a winning combination.
Thanks for sharing your pics.
smokeywolf
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"The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution."
- Thomas Jefferson
"While the people have property, arms in their hands, and only a spark of noble spirit, the most corrupt Congress must be mad to form any project of tyranny."
- Rev. Nicholas Collin, Fayetteville Gazette (N.C.), October 12, 1789
Jim, Great pics! Thanks for sharing.
Blanco, also note the "5" on the #5 aircraft is also upside down, same reason. You can see it clearly in the 10th and 17th pictures.
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