A BONE Comes To Visit: I heard from a friend last night that a B-1 bomber was coming to visit Buckley Space Force Base on the east side of the Denver Metro Area. This is the first time...

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A BONE Comes To Visit

Feb 15, 2024 01:42:25 #

Mojaveflyer Loc: Denver, CO

I heard from a friend last night that a B-1 bomber was coming to visit Buckley Space Force Base on the east side of the Denver Metro Area. This is the first time a B-1 has visit Buckley. About half a dozen photographers were out when it arrived. He came in, did an over head pass and then circled and landed. It was the first time I had seen one in flight. What an amazing looking plane!

Photo #1- As the B-1 arrived for an over head pass prior to landing.

Photo #2- As B-1 departed Buckley.

Photo #3- As he climbed out with his landing gear retracted.

It was a great way to celebrate my birthday!

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Feb 15, 2024 07:53:23 #

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Feb 15, 2024 07:57:47 #

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

Mojaveflyer wrote:

I heard from a friend last night that a B-1 bomber... (show quote)

You celebrated your birthday and brought us along to share the occasion. Thank you for that. Your keen eye gives us great views of an aircraft we normally do not see often. SAC keeps them away from population centers until war-planers need them to be around. Every inventory aircraft has its own story, and the planes that SAC flies have very rich histories. As big as this monster is there is very little space inside it for the crew to move around. While crew space is quite cramped the bomb bays are huge. The weapons this plane carries are essential to American security. They get all the space they require.

Feb 15, 2024 08:13:40 #

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice shots!

Feb 15, 2024 08:58:46 #

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Alas, should be posted to the Photo Gallery.

Look too at your processing workflow. That halo around the plane in the first image really shouldn't be there. Nor should the grain on the plane's surface, where seemingly an underexposed image was been processed to remove the noise and add sharpening, leaving a 'clean' looking sky and a 'glowing' plane unprocessed against that sky.

Feb 15, 2024 09:06:40 #