Air Show Pictures!

[Gonzo3333]

Since the Chicago Air and Water Show has been going on I have been trying to take some good pictures with my iPhone with little success. It has been nearly impossible to get a good shot because it has been very bright and I also wear polarized sunglasses that make the screen of the phone black. Anyway, I am posting the best picture I took from the Thunderbirds performance this afternoon. If there are any other plane buffs that have taken pictures with any kind of camera I would be interested in looking at them. I will take more tomorrow and Sunday with my Canon Digital Rebel.

[smwatson]

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[Gonzo3333]

^^What kind of planes are those? I know the one on the bottom is from the Royal Air Force but the ones above that? Are they MIG's? They look like they are from Switzerland with the cross on the tail. Is Switzerland still "neutral"?

[smwatson]

^^What kind of planes are those? I know the one on the bottom is from the Royal Air Force but the ones above that? Are they MIG's? They look like they are from Switzerland with the cross on the tail. Is Switzerland still "neutral"?


They're my dad's photos from the 90s.
The Swiss ones are a Swiss air display team flying Hawker Hunters.
The bottom one is a Mosquito.

A couple of his photos are on his Flikr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30268259@N03/sets/72157608658972673/

[Gonzo3333]

Those are pretty good action shots!

[smwatson]

Hmm. His slide scanner isn't that great.

[drewfus]

I had a rehearsal and concert to sing in on the Millennium Park stage today, and when I came out of the East Monroe garage, I saw a plane fly by...and then heard it. :D I have another concert tomorrow night, and I'm thinking of coming into the city early and catching some of the show. Looks like it's gonna be awesome as usual!

[ctt1wbw]

They're my dad's photos from the 90s.
The Swiss ones are a Swiss air display team flying Hawker Hunters.
The bottom one is a Mosquito.

A couple of his photos are on his Flikr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30268259@N03/sets/72157608658972673/

The ones on top look like E-3 Skywarriors or Skyraiders... I forgot the name, but the Navy guys called them Whales.

[Gonzo3333]

I had a rehearsal and concert to sing in on the Millennium Park stage today, and when I came out of the East Monroe garage, I saw a plane fly by...and then heard it. :D I have another concert tomorrow night, and I'm thinking of coming into the city early and catching some of the show. Looks like it's gonna be awesome as usual!

The Air Show should start around 12:00 on both Saturday and Sunday. I think the water part starts at 10:00. Just remember, the loudest thing you will hear is the B-1B or the Bone. That plane is so loud that it feels like your soul is escaping your body when it flies by.

Anyway, time to get the cooler ready so I can stake out my spot before the crowd get there.

[drewfus]

Yeah, it's been quite a few years since I last came to one of the shows. I remember getting really excited about the show when i was a kid. Hopefully i'll make it out this weekend.

[smwatson]

The ones on top look like E-3 Skywarriors or Skyraiders... I forgot the name, but the Navy guys called them Whales.

Definitely Hawker Hunters.

[grim42]

Some photos I took at the Durban Virginia Airshow last month.

[ctt1wbw]

Definitely Hawker Hunters.

Oh, I thought he said the ones in the middle pic were.

[BoyBach]

188470

I recently got to see the Vulcan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Vulcan) fly at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. For something that was designed to drop The Bomb, it was a bloody beautiful plane.

[smwatson]

188470

I recently got to see the Vulcan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Vulcan) fly at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. For something that was designed to drop The Bomb, it was a bloody beautiful plane.


Seeing one at Goodwood Revival, can't wait. Beautiful things.

[Gonzo3333]

One of the Vulcan's crashed after take off at Glenview Naval Air Station near Chicago in 1978. That is an awesome looking plane. I took a bunch of pictures yesterday but I don't have a compact flash card reader so I will have to burn a DVD at work tomorrow.

Quote from Wikipedia:

On 12 August 1978, a British Avro Vulcan B2 XL390 of No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force crashed during an air display. The crash occurred at around 400 ft (120 m), after a possible stall during a wing-over. The plane crashed into a landfill just north of Willow Road. All four crew members aboard perished.[5]

[Kebabselector]

A few taken at Duxford Flying Legends a couple of years ago......

http://www.scphoto.co.uk/pages/galleries/trans/pictures/duxford-27.jpg

http://www.scphoto.co.uk/pages/galleries/trans/pictures/duxford-28.jpg

http://www.scphoto.co.uk/pages/galleries/trans/pictures/duxford-22.jpg

http://www.scphoto.co.uk/pages/galleries/trans/pictures/duxford-2.jpg

http://www.scphoto.co.uk/pages/galleries/trans/pictures/duxford-14.jpg

[montycat]

Growing up my grandfather was always taking me to air shows. He was a RAF pilot during WW1. My family is researching his military history. He was older when he had my Dad. He died in his late 90s. He used to tell me cows used to eat the fabric skins on the planes because there was something in the "doping" as he called it, that they liked. MC

[johnfernandez]

Hello..
You have taken very nice picture.It looks really very good because the background of this picture is looking very beautiful.Thank you very much for sharing your picture with us.I like it.

[tombarnes]

The Red Arrows at the Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford.

[jodelli]

I don't have any good pictures of airshows.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3500/3844159077_1038368dc8_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/2542596489_ae956e5e6d.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/2542596171_f23eecf829.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2177/2543422794_2d9171d124.jpg

[Kebabselector]

can you tell me few names of these planes?

Thanks for the comments. From top to bottom mine are:

Spitfire

Spitfire and Hurricane

2x Chance-Vought F4U Corsair (I'm fairly sure, but happy to be proven wrong)

P51 Mustang

F-15 (and very noisy it was as well!)

and a few more from the same show.........

http://www.scphoto.co.uk/pages/galleries/trans/pictures/duxford-26.jpg
DC-3 Dakota

http://www.scphoto.co.uk/pages/galleries/trans/pictures/duxford-11.jpg
Main: Boeing B-52 Left: F1-11 Right: F-4 Phantom (plus loads more)

http://www.scphoto.co.uk/pages/galleries/trans/pictures/duxford-23.jpg
Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider

http://www.scphoto.co.uk/pages/galleries/trans/pictures/duxford-25.jpg
B-17

http://www.scphoto.co.uk/pages/galleries/trans/pictures/duxford-17.jpg
2 more Spitfires

and finally, not exactly an airshow......

http://www.scphoto.co.uk/pages/galleries/trans/pictures/emirates_a380_9.jpg

First scheduled Airbus A380 at Birmingham Airport (UK) - To celebrate the 70th Birthday of the Airport - Aircraft was switched with Heathrow for the day (they got our 777 instead).

[PkennethV]

Here are some from CIAS 2009. The first two pictures are of the US Navy Blue Angels (click to view larger).

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2503/3895843800_e582f6d827.jpg (http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=3895843800&size=large)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2661/3895842472_205a9c1ac6.jpg (http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=3895842472&size=large&bg=white)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3895056909_9bd405025d.jpg (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3895056909_a8d51c1d49_o.jpg)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2574/3895050215_2ca9a540f6.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2574/3895050215_2ca9a540f6_b.jpg)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2590/3895049853_efa3427809.jpg (http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=3895049853&size=large)

[ROGERWILCO357]

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[ROGERWILCO357]

question what is the easiest way to post your pics to this site? I tried to copy and pasted didn't work and tried to drag and drop ? How do you post your pics?

[scotty96LSC]

I go to a lot of airshows since we have AFBs and Army Posts here.
Everytime I go I always think of this day:
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/thisdayintech/2009/08/ramstein.jpg
I was there as I was the Air Force liasion on call that day. My daughter and I were about a 1/4 mile from where that happened.

[Kebabselector]

question what is the easiest way to post your pics to this site? I tried to copy and pasted didn't work and tried to drag and drop ? How do you post your pics?

Upload them via the manage attachments button when you reply, or host them on the net somewhere (e.g. flickr) then add them using the img tag

[img*]http://www.yourhost.com/image.jpg[/img*]

(remove * from above)

[smwatson]

The Vulcan bomber at Goodwood was absolutely amazing, the ground actually shook a bit. Incredible machine.


I'll post pictures tomorrow probably.

[smwatson]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2449/3947026195_7bb6ec6988_o.jpg

Mustang landing.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2591/3947026963_9ea552c414_o.jpg

Two Mustangs and two Spitfires in formation during a display at Goodwood.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3476/3947027057_7e1bd5f660_o.jpg

Battle of Britain memorial flight at Goodwood.


And the majestic Vulcan..

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3947027203_7d80621756_o.jpg

[Gmaster]

Mustang landing.
Two Mustangs and two Spitfires in formation during a display at Goodwood.
Battle of Britain memorial flight at Goodwood.
And the majestic Vulcan..


Beautiful shots. Thanks for posting.

[MAC-PRO-DEMON]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2449/3947026195_7bb6ec6988_o.jpg

Mustang landing.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2591/3947026963_9ea552c414_o.jpg

Two Mustangs and two Spitfires in formation during a display at Goodwood.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3476/3947027057_7e1bd5f660_o.jpg[/img]

Battle of Britain memorial flight at Goodwood.


And the majestic Vulcan..

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Erm. Well. My photos of the same event *cough* don't seem to have come out soooo welll...:rolleyes:


A Vulcan, a Vimy, and a brace of Spitfires :)

http://kttns.org/u4owv

http://kttns.org/zq4z

http://kttns.org/u0odf

http://kttns.org/lzmzk

http://kttns.org/tq0od

http://kttns.org/ntnl

[smwatson]

Erm. Well. My photos of the same event *cough* don't seem to have come out soooo welll...:rolleyes:





Eh?



Nice photos.

[MAC-PRO-DEMON]

Eh?
Nice photos.

I meant like, *cough* I was at the same thing. Using a better camera, but got worse photos. :rolleyes: Oh well...

[smwatson]

I meant like, *cough* I was at the same thing. Using a better camera, but got worse photos. :rolleyes: Oh well...

Using a better camera? Nice assumption there you strangely arrogant child.

[MAC-PRO-DEMON]

Using a better camera? Nice assumption there you strangely arrogant child.

Erm. Sorry! :eek:

[smwatson]

Erm. Sorry! :eek:

Why did you assume your camera was better? Is it just arrogance or did you actually have any facts to back it up?

[JasonR]

Here are some from CIAS 2009. The first two pictures are of the US Navy Blue Angels (click to view larger).

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2503/3895843800_e582f6d827.jpg (http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=3895843800&size=large)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2661/3895842472_205a9c1ac6.jpg (http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=3895842472&size=large&bg=white)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3895056909_9bd405025d.jpg (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3895056909_a8d51c1d49_o.jpg)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2574/3895050215_2ca9a540f6.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2574/3895050215_2ca9a540f6_b.jpg)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2590/3895049853_efa3427809.jpg (http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=3895049853&size=large)

Great photos! Do you have them in wallpaper / fullsize!? Love them for my wallpaper...

[macgeek18]

I have some pics in my old phone,sadly there's no way to get them to a computer since it's an internal memory.but I have Pic's of a B-25 Michael,B-17 Flying Fortress,B-24,and P-51 Mustang.I'm kind of a military nerd too.lol:D

[macgeek18]

Great photos! Do you have them in wallpaper / fullsize!? Love them for my wallpaper...


F-22 Raptor!You saw one!!??How?there our latest fighter and showing them off is like the last thing they do so know ones anything about it.

[Caris]

Some pictures from my iPhone of a Air Show near my house.

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/6309/web1a.jpg
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/593/webfl.jpg