Airplane Pics

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Originally Posted by Robb;1282[ATTACH=CONFIG

32877[/ATTACH]809]Do all you photographers realize that Fi-Fi will be at the Rocky Mtn. Regional Airport Fly-in this coming weekend? That could make some great pics of a bird many of us don't get to see very often.

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More pics here: http://www.ar-15.co/threads/113259-R...-Weekend/page4

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Originally Posted by ChunkyMonkey

Bump!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...;v=DsUKeqjFQM8

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I would give up a nut to fly an F-15. That's the Jet that made me join the Air Force, and if it wasn't for a lying ass recruiter I would be a pilot today.

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Originally Posted by fly boy

I would give up a nut to fly an F-15. That's the Jet that made me join the Air Force, and if it wasn't for a lying ass recruiter I would be a pilot today.

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Such a beautiful aircraft... it will stay being the backbone of USAF for decades.

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Originally Posted by ChunkyMonkey

Such a beautiful aircraft... it will stay being the backbone of USAF for decades.

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I will get to see them every day when I'm in Texas. hopefully I can talk to the other instructors and maybe get a joy ride before I leave.

A few of my photos from the Rocky Mountain Airshow: http://quibphotography.com/2013/08/1...-airshow-kbjc/

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Originally Posted by Quib

A few of my photos from the Rocky Mountain Airshow: http://quibphotography.com/2013/08/1...-airshow-kbjc/

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Great stuff as usual, sir! I caught them down in The Springs wednesday. Didn't have the airshow, but also didn't have the crowds and hideous parking hell either. Very relaxed and awesome!

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Originally Posted by rondog

Great stuff as usual, sir! I caught them down in The Springs wednesday. Didn't have the airshow, but also didn't have the crowds and hideous parking hell either. Very relaxed and awesome!

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Thanks.

Yep, COS would have been a great photo op!

A few pics taken from the Yosemite fires a few miles from Half Dome. Cell phone pics instead of a regular camera. I wont make that mistake again.

We did some work in Oregon and Idaho before we were sent to the Rim Fire in Yosemite. MAFFS 3, 8 and 9 are holding down the fort while we get some down time. Its been non stop since early June.

I was slumming on MAFFS 5 instead of #2 like usual. 5 and I dont get along some days...

From a few miles away there was a lot of smoke in the air. A lot.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...k/IMG_0214.jpg

Up close it looked even worse.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...k/IMG_0148.jpg

http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...k/IMG_0200.jpg

During a drop we sometimes get close to the flames. Normally we work directly for the ground firefighters to put retardant exactly where they want it.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...k/IMG_0212.jpg

http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...k/IMG_0172.jpg

A pic of our shadow along a dozer line. 130-150 feet above the terrain.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...k/IMG_0219.jpg

MAFFS 9 reenforcing a dozer line around dusk. The two puffs of smoke are from the lead plane (King Air or OV-10) telling us exactly where to start and stop dropping.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...k/IMG_0221.jpg

Tanker 10 (DC-10) getting busy.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...k/IMG_0206.jpg


Dropping right next to a dozer line and encampment.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...k/IMG_0227.jpg

And then along the side of a ridge.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...01773347_o.jpg


The gang from 5.
http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/a...S5HeroPose.jpg

Great pics Hoser. I remember seeing those OV-10's on the line at Ft. Wainwright in Fairbanks. I thought they'd be a blast to fly as a lead plane.

Look Ma! No Pilot!
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F-16 Drone
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/09/f16-drone/