[rotorwash]

I thought I'd share a few of the photos I took yesterday at the Robbins show. I'm still working on my photo skills so if anyone has suggestions for better images, feel free to share. Also, if you were there and have pics of your own, feel free to post those as well.
Ray

T-33:



P-51C. the pilot is a son of one of the original Tuskegee airmen:





P-51D:





F-22:





F-22 and P-51 Heritage Flight. man, this was cool!:

This post has been edited by rotorwash: 30 April 2012 - 03:22 AM

[rotorwash]

This was also the first time I have ever seen the Blue Angles perform. Needless to say I went a bit nuts with the camera. I think I took over 800 pics of just the Blues!
Ray

[Holeshot]

They look pretty good to me! The Blues shots are great for never having seen them before. Once you've seen them a few times you'll get even better shots because you'll have a better feel for what's going to happen next.
Curtis

[Liberator24]

Perfect pictures and perfect weather!! Whoohoo, nice shots. Great shots of Lee Lauderback. Heritage, i hope it never goes away!!1

-Jim

[rotorwash]

Curtis and Jim,
Thanks for the encouragement. Here's a few more pics including some big gray heavy haulers.
Ray









Patty Wagstaff X300:



Buck Roetman:



And of course there were tons of statics:

AH-1W:



UH-1N:



C-47 (she actually dropped paratroopers, but I didn't get any decent in flight photos:

[phasephantomphixer]

Photos Look Great! Now quit worrying and post more Please! I wasn't there, but could get close to it by seeing more...

[rotorwash]

phasephantomphixer, on 30 April 2012 - 02:44 AM, said:

Photos Look Great! Now quit worrying and post more Please! I wasn't there, but could get close to it by seeing more...

Yes Sir!

B-25:





UH-60M:



PT-17:



Patty Waggstaff:



Hog nose art:







Buck Roetman and Gary Power:



F-15:

[Liberator24]

Great shots!

[GreyGhost]

Really nice photos ...
The Blues looked tight ...
And it's always nice to see "Waggs" ... She's an awesome performer and a nice Lady too ...

Thanks for sharing your day ...


-Gregg

[Litvyak]

Let me second the sentiments: thanks for sharing these great pics!

I particularly loved the Mustang+Raptor shots. Looks like a great time!

[HOLMES]

Hey RAY,


Those photos are EXCELLENT AND EXCEPTIONAL...Thank you so very much for sharing them with us and I

REALLY LOVE the BLUE ANGELS.....EXQUISITE tight formation shots...

Just keep posting them and WE will keep enjoying them.....Also nice to see some static a/c and the Helos too...WOW !!!

you can come again !!

edit: got so excited I spelt a word wrong..

This post has been edited by HOLMES: 30 April 2012 - 02:24 PM

[rotorwash]

I'm glad you guys like the pics. Here are a few more.
Ray

C-47 getting ready for takeoff:



Blues on the ground:





T-28A from the Hixson Flight Museum:



F-22 with weapon bay open. This is the sharpest photo of the series but I clipped her nose off unfortunately:

This post has been edited by rotorwash: 30 April 2012 - 03:51 PM

[HOLMES]

Yummy shots...More?

Thanks...er do you mind if I choose one of the BLUE ANGELS for MY desktop, please.Thank you ..

[rotorwash]

HOLMES, on 30 April 2012 - 03:55 PM, said:

Yummy shots...More?

Thanks...er do you mind if I choose one of the BLUE ANGELS for MY desktop, please.Thank you ..

ANY of my personal photos are public access as far as I'm concerned. Feel free to share or use them as you wish.
Ray

[SimFixer]

What's the story with the partially disassembled Eagle?

[rotorwash]

SimFixer, on 30 April 2012 - 10:43 PM, said:

What's the story with the partially disassembled Eagle?

The 402nd Maintenance Wing is stationed at Robbins. Here is their mission statement from the web site:

The 402d Maintenance Wing (MXW), through 7,000 employees, provides depot maintenance, engineering support and software development to major weapon systems (F-15, C-5, C-130, C-17 and SOF aircraft). Achieves command objectives providing a capability/capacity to support peacetime maintenance requirements, wartime emergency demands, aircraft battle damage repair and a ready source of maintenance of critical items.

Here are a couple more pics of the disassembled F-15:

[phasephantomphixer]

No need for self doubt as not one photo submitted was lacking in any way! Either you share my eye, or know just what and how to shoot your subject I say. The Lakenheath F-15 a Strike Eagle less CFT's?
First I was wondering what it was doing stateside, but now figure it is there for rework or mods? Anyway, that is what I mean, you submitted shots that show interesting things going on. The F-22 door shot is for detail use, no matter about the nose. Thanks Again!

[JesniF-16]

Wow what a great line-up!!! Great photos and thanx for sharing

[rotorwash]

Glad you guys are liking the photos. I am really loving my new 300mm lens. I confess that I don't know diddly about F-15's, I just took them cause I figured they might be good refs for someone.
Here are some closeup crops of the F-22 weapons bay. Certainly not beauty shots, but they should be good to add to the ref collection.
Ray

This post has been edited by rotorwash: 01 May 2012 - 02:54 AM

[jezones]

Great pic's!!! I went on sunday and gosh it was hot. My wife took lots of pictures but she is hogging her camera. I did manage to get this shot from her. I'll try to get some more up later while she's at work.