Warbirds

At the Mid Atlantic Air Show, WWII planes only, I am in heaven! ; More to follow!




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Looking forward to seeing what you get!



Erich

 

Just got home, sky as you can see was over cast all day. ; I now have to go through about 1200 images from 5 hours of shooting!


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1200 you say ? ; Yeh, sounds like that was worth the price of admission. ; Can't wait to see them.

 

john if you don't mind, i'll tag along here, i just happen to have a few from thursdays visit to the smithsonian national air and space museum, steven f udvar-hazy center in chantilly va. since i do have a few of static wwll aircraft

 

Fifi - B-29 Superfortress

Fifi is the only Boeing B-29 that still flies today. ; It ; is owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force. ; I was able to attend the first day of the show where patrons could purchase rides on many of the WWII aircraft for a fee (hundreds to thousands of dollars, so I stayed on the ground). ; Starting at about 9 am there were planes either taking off, landing or doing low passes all day.

The weather was overcast (has a very brief shower) the whole day, so I masked in a nicer sky in these shots.

Next year I will attend for 2 days and see the show portion of the weekend when more of the planes fly.

Doing her flyover before heading for landing.

Fifi Flyover by jbwolffiv, on Flickr

Circling around the airport.

Fifi in the Distance by jbwolffiv, on Flickr

Rolling by after touching down.

Superfortress by jbwolffiv, on Flickr

 

Oh boy, I'd love to see, and especially hear, Fifi in action!



Erich

 

I almost jumped on this one this year but it would have been hard after vacation. Love those B-29 photos. ; Did you get any of the B-17's?

Anyone interested in a group trip next year to this event? ; Or are there better ones we could look into?

 

Nice! ; I got to see Fifi once many years ago when the Frederick Municipal Airport was home to the Stars and Stripes wing of the Confederate Air Force.[nb]Yeah it was that long ago...[/nb] ; I loved the airshow weekend because most of the acts practiced right over my parent's house. ; We would sit on the patio and watch our own private show.

Then the wing got greedy and tried moving the show to a larger airport where they could host more planes and the larger planes could land because the runways at Frederick are too short for the Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, Fifi, etc. ; They learned very quickly that when you move the show, the sponsors don't go with you. ; The wing disbanded a couple of years after that.

 

I am totally in for that. ; They boast in the program that it is the largest show of its kind. ; There were MANY static displays of WWII tents, guns, medic equipment and such, very nicely set up. ;

One disappointment was that the B-17 only took off and then landed, never doing a flyover. ; I would imagine that during the show portion on Sat and Sun it does a few flyovers though. ; I will post the ones I did get though.

 

B-25 Mitchell

Here is the North American B-25 Mitchell.....

Touchdown by jbwolffiv, on Flickr

 

P-51 Mustang

This has been my favorite plane since I was about 7 years old. ; Getting a chance to see one fly again was great. ; I had to put the camera down at one point so I could simply enjoy it!


Up and Over by jbwolffiv, on Flickr

 

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Here you go Scott. ; This was one of my better ones of the B-17. ; Again, this is the only plane that did not do a flyover at the end of their trip with passengers so I only have takeoff and landing. ; Next year....


Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress by jbwolffiv, on Flickr

 

Love that shot Dennis! ; Yep, I was at about 1/500 to 1/1000 most of the time since I wanted sharp images because my panning is not so great. ; Thanks for the tip! ; I will probably be going for 2 days next year so I will have more time to play with more creativity.

 

Love the B-17 Flying Fortress. Great work.

 

Thanks, John, for the B-17! ;

 

Thanks Justin and Leo!

My pleasure! ; I was thinking of you each time it took off, and hope that it would be this time it did a flyby, only that never happened.


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