Airshow Shots - Expired color film
Mar 10, 2024 09:34:48 #
These images span the 2022 and 2023 renditions of the annual Chicago Air & Water Show.
Chicago Air & Water Show by Paul Sager, on Flickr
The US Navy Blue Angels and the US Air Force Thunderbirds alternate annually as the show headliners.
Chicago Air & Water Show
Parachute teams from the US Army Golden Nights and US Navy Leap Frogs demonstrate numerous high-altitude drops, landing on the beach at center stage during the show.
Chicago Air & Water Show
The Marine & Helicopter Unit of the Chicago Police Department is responsible for all bodies of water within the City of Chicago. This includes 80 square miles of Lake Michigan, 27 miles of Lake Michigan shore line, and 38 miles of Chicago River system.
Chicago Air & Water Show
This C-17 Globemaster III is flown by the 437th Airlift Wing from Charleston, South Carolina. In 2002, the Air Force is named their 100th received C-17 airlifter after the US Senate's only centenarian, Strom Thurmond, R-S.C.
Chicago Air & Water Show
The Chicago PD Marine Operations team uses seven patrol / rescue boats.
Chicago Air & Water Show
The Blue Angels' C-130J Hercules is named 'Fat Albert' and is an airshow fan favorite. The modified C-130 carries the team’s maintenance and support equipment and has its own moment in the sun during air shows as it performs its aerobatic maneuvers for about 15 minutes ahead of the Blue Angels.
Chicago Air & Water Show
In 2021, the Blue Angels started flying in a new airplane for the first time in more than 30 years — the Super Hornet F/A-18 E/F. The new jets are 25% larger, fly 40% further, remain on station 80% longer and can carry more weapons than their predecessors.
Chicago Air & Water Show
The Blue Angels have used support aircraft since the team’s inception, but didn’t begin using C-130s until 1970. Since then, the Blue Angels have used variations of the C-130. The newest iteration of the plane happened just a few years ago after the team retired the previous C-130T after it had flown with the team for 17 years and accumulated more than 30,000 flight hours.
Chicago Air & Water Show
The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling tanker aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 707 airliner. The KC-135 entered service with the USAF in 1957; it is one of only nine types of military fixed-wing aircraft (worldwide) with over 60 years of continuous service with its original operator.
Chicago Air & Water Show
Images selected in this post should cover two ISO-800 color film stocks, expired from around 2004. The third type of film is roughly the same expired date, but was originally an ISO-400 film. If you investigate the EXIF details available from Flickr (just use the URL links of each image title), the 'cleaner' images will tend to be shot in Fuji NPH400. The other films involved are Fuji Press 800 and Kodak ColorPress 800.
Chicago Air & Water Show
Chicago Air & Water Show by Paul Sager, on Flickr
The US Navy Blue Angels and the US Air Force Thunderbirds alternate annually as the show headliners.
Chicago Air & Water Show
Parachute teams from the US Army Golden Nights and US Navy Leap Frogs demonstrate numerous high-altitude drops, landing on the beach at center stage during the show.
Chicago Air & Water Show
The Marine & Helicopter Unit of the Chicago Police Department is responsible for all bodies of water within the City of Chicago. This includes 80 square miles of Lake Michigan, 27 miles of Lake Michigan shore line, and 38 miles of Chicago River system.
Chicago Air & Water Show
This C-17 Globemaster III is flown by the 437th Airlift Wing from Charleston, South Carolina. In 2002, the Air Force is named their 100th received C-17 airlifter after the US Senate's only centenarian, Strom Thurmond, R-S.C.
Chicago Air & Water Show
The Chicago PD Marine Operations team uses seven patrol / rescue boats.
Chicago Air & Water Show
The Blue Angels' C-130J Hercules is named 'Fat Albert' and is an airshow fan favorite. The modified C-130 carries the team’s maintenance and support equipment and has its own moment in the sun during air shows as it performs its aerobatic maneuvers for about 15 minutes ahead of the Blue Angels.
Chicago Air & Water Show
In 2021, the Blue Angels started flying in a new airplane for the first time in more than 30 years — the Super Hornet F/A-18 E/F. The new jets are 25% larger, fly 40% further, remain on station 80% longer and can carry more weapons than their predecessors.
Chicago Air & Water Show
The Blue Angels have used support aircraft since the team’s inception, but didn’t begin using C-130s until 1970. Since then, the Blue Angels have used variations of the C-130. The newest iteration of the plane happened just a few years ago after the team retired the previous C-130T after it had flown with the team for 17 years and accumulated more than 30,000 flight hours.
Chicago Air & Water Show
The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling tanker aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 707 airliner. The KC-135 entered service with the USAF in 1957; it is one of only nine types of military fixed-wing aircraft (worldwide) with over 60 years of continuous service with its original operator.
Chicago Air & Water Show
Images selected in this post should cover two ISO-800 color film stocks, expired from around 2004. The third type of film is roughly the same expired date, but was originally an ISO-400 film. If you investigate the EXIF details available from Flickr (just use the URL links of each image title), the 'cleaner' images will tend to be shot in Fuji NPH400. The other films involved are Fuji Press 800 and Kodak ColorPress 800.
Chicago Air & Water Show
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Mar 10, 2024 10:56:56 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
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Paul, all of these are excellent aircraft and you photographed them very well. I'm ex Air Force, so the last F16 one stirs my soul. The Super Hornets are a good upgrade for the Navy. How could anybody not love Fat Albert and the C17 will hold its own in history. Thanks for this series.
Mar 10, 2024 11:59:50 #
Mar 10, 2024 13:03:05 #
Thank you Bill, maxlieberman, alberio, Earnest! The Chicago show is a 3-day event, when there's no weather delays / cancelled. I've tried film a few times, both color and B&W. Looking at these results, maybe I'll try some fresher film for color next time.
Mar 11, 2024 05:51:49 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
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AWESOME photos Paul. Your usual great photos. Thanks BE SAFE!!
Tom
Mar 11, 2024 06:14:23 #
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Mar 11, 2024 07:15:28 #
None of the superlatives I would add would come close to this set Paul. All one has to do is take a look and marvel at these shots. Well done!
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Mar 11, 2024 08:27:41 #
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Mar 12, 2024 16:18:53 #
Thank you Tom, Joe, Gary, Tdearing, John, flathead27ford! Personally, these are all a bit more grainy than I'd prefer, even with ISO 'overrides' to account for the film age. Glad you enjoyed. I think I'll bring some newer film and ideas to the 2024 shows. 
Mar 14, 2024 16:55:55 #
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