I found these guys flying around in my backyard today. They made several passes at about 700 - 1000 ft. Love the roar of the high performance engines.
Shooting with a Nikon D3200 and the 55-200 mm zoom.
Group in formation
B-25 Mitchell
P-51D Mustang
P-38 Lightning
P-47D Thunderbolt
SpaceCowboy369 wrote:
I found these guys flying around in my backyard today. They made several passes at about 700 - 1000 ft. Love the roar of the high performance engines.
Shooting with a Nikon D3200 and the 55-200 mm zoom.
Nice shots SpaceCowboy369! I sure wish I'd see them flying over my back yard. I normally have to drive down to Titusville to see something like that! :D
Yes sir - luv these vintage warbirds - especially in the air....and very few Lightnings left on flying status. Haven't seen this "Jug" before either - did see "Tarheel Hal" a couple of times. Tks for sharing
Yea, I am kind of spoiled out here in So Cal. I guess there is an Air Show at the Chino, Ca Airport this weekend. They have one of the best static display of vintage War Birds in the country, especially a lot of the Luftwaffe planes, ME262, Comet, BF-109, Folke wulf 190. None of those appear to fly. There was a pack (5 or 6) of P-47 Thunderbolts heading home last night around 5 PM. Did not have the camera out or ready, so I missed that money shot. Also missed the B-25 leaving. I did get a flight of 3 P-51s, flighting in single file headed home. They were screaming along at maybe 350 knots or so at 1000 ft. They were going so fast I only had time to focus on one aircraft and even then I only got to shoot 10 frames or so before they were gone. There is a B-24 Liberator and B-17 Flying Fortress in the area, but I have not gotten a chance to take pictures.
HowardPepper wrote:
Nice shots SpaceCowboy369! I sure wish I'd see them flying over my back yard. I normally have to drive down to Titusville to see something like that! :D
SpaceCowboy369 wrote:
Yea, I am kind of spoiled out here in So Cal. I guess there is an Air Show at the Chino, Ca Airport this weekend. They have one of the best static display of vintage War Birds in the country, especially a lot of the Luftwaffe planes, ME262, Comet, BF-109, Folke wulf 190. None of those appear to fly. There was a pack (5 or 6) of P-47 Thunderbolts heading home last night around 5 PM. Did not have the camera out or ready, so I missed that money shot. Also missed the B-25 leaving. I did get a flight of 3 P-51s, flighting in single file headed home. They were screaming along at maybe 350 knots or so at 1000 ft. They were going so fast I only had time to focus on one aircraft and even then I only got to shoot 10 frames or so before they were gone. There is a B-24 Liberator and B-17 Flying Fortress in the area, but I have not gotten a chance to take pictures.
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Very nice! I've seen the German planes you mention, but unfortunately they were either in the Wright Patterson Air Force Museum in OH or the Smithsonian in DC. I HAVE seen quite a few WWII/Korean War/Vietnam birds fly at various EAA air shows either in Oshkosh or Lakeland, FL. Enjoyed that immensely.
I flew in the C-54 Cargomaster fr TX to MS and back one weekend in 1971, and then a couple of flights in the F-4D Phantom while in Northern Thailand during the war - memories forever! Flew Cessna C152s and Cherokee Warriors for a few years here in SC, 95-03.
Boy I bet that group of P-47s you mentioned sounded awesome!
Hey, pse share more pics when you attend future events like this. Thanks so much for sharing these!
Oh yeah, I see a T-28 in there - Laotian pilots flew these out of Udorn while I was there in 72-73, used them for light ground support in South Vietnam.
Sam,
Back in 1965 or so, I was growing up around Randolph AFB, in Texas , we use to see a lot of T-28 flights. They were training those Laotian and Vietnamese pilots there at the time. Several of my friend's fathers were instructor pilots.
PS. The sound of the group of P-47s was awesome.
sammywoody wrote:
Very nice! I've seen the German planes you mention, but unfortunately they were either in the Wright Patterson Air Force Museum in OH or the Smithsonian in DC. I HAVE seen quite a few WWII/Korean War/Vietnam birds fly at various EAA air shows either in Oshkosh or Lakeland, FL. Enjoyed that immensely.
I flew in the C-54 Cargomaster fr TX to MS and back one weekend in 1971, and then a couple of flights in the F-4D Phantom while in Northern Thailand during the war - memories forever! Flew Cessna C152s and Cherokee Warriors for a few years here in SC, 95-03.
Boy I bet that group of P-47s you mentioned sounded awesome!
Hey, pse share more pics when you attend future events like this. Thanks so much for sharing these!
Oh yeah, I see a T-28 in there - Laotian pilots flew these out of Udorn while I was there in 72-73, used them for light ground support in South Vietnam.
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