Blue Angels ripping up SF in Navy week
Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:53 am
http://home.comcast.net/~bzee1a/
Beauty shots from SF of the BAs doing some superb low flying caught by a nicely placed photographer.
Beauty shots from SF of the BAs doing some superb low flying caught by a nicely placed photographer.
Fri Dec 07, 2007 4:31 am
what & who are the l-29 patriots team?? never heard of them until seeing these pics. great pics 1 & all too, thanks!!
Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:12 am
Three things:
1) Holy crap, are those F-18's really that close to all the boats or is it just the perspective effect due to the long range lens?
2) That one shot of the close-up of the shock wave is absolutely phenomenal! I've seen a lot of "shock wave" pictures from Navy jets, but never one that was clear without a vapor trail like that. Awesome!
3) From the one picture, it looks like the solo jet is flying under the Golden Gate bridge. Do they really do that? I didn't know it was authorized for any airplane, even the Blues.
Superb photos and link, thanks!
1) Holy crap, are those F-18's really that close to all the boats or is it just the perspective effect due to the long range lens?
2) That one shot of the close-up of the shock wave is absolutely phenomenal! I've seen a lot of "shock wave" pictures from Navy jets, but never one that was clear without a vapor trail like that. Awesome!
3) From the one picture, it looks like the solo jet is flying under the Golden Gate bridge. Do they really do that? I didn't know it was authorized for any airplane, even the Blues.
Superb photos and link, thanks!
very nice indeed..
Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:06 am
...and vipers west from HILL AFB sez thanks too!
Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:03 am
warbird1 wrote:Three things:
1) Holy crap, are those F-18's really that close to all the boats or is it just the perspective effect due to the long range lens?
2) That one shot of the close-up of the shock wave is absolutely phenomenal! I've seen a lot of "shock wave" pictures from Navy jets, but never one that was clear without a vapor trail like that. Awesome!
3) From the one picture, it looks like the solo jet is flying under the Golden Gate bridge. Do they really do that? I didn't know it was authorized for any airplane, even the Blues.
Superb photos and link, thanks!
NO, yes, and no.
Depth of field in big digital lenses end up really goofy. Some of the wide shots show how much area there is around the bay. especially in the Multi ship formations. It took a second look for me too.
Sat Dec 08, 2007 11:29 am
Some of those shots I have to say it looks like he is pretty dang low.
Sat Dec 08, 2007 4:54 pm
still no answer as to the l-29 patriots flying team 
are they that new??
are they that new??
Sat Dec 08, 2007 6:02 pm
The Patriots fly L-39's. They're the ones that were in the AT&T commercial a few months back. You've probably never heard of them as they stay primarily on the west coast.
Here's their website: http://www.airshowsamerica.com/index.html
Here's their website: http://www.airshowsamerica.com/index.html
The Patriots
Sat Dec 08, 2007 7:06 pm
As mentioned, they fly mainly West Coast displays - I've seen them at Pittsburg, SF Fleet Week and Miramar this year.
Several are ex- or serving-USAF pilots (including a couple of former Thunderbirds), and one is an experienced Russian L-39 demo pilot.
They put up a nice show, including co-ordinated tailslides from 2 of the jets. Here's their website......... http://www.airshowsamerica.com/index.html
Several are ex- or serving-USAF pilots (including a couple of former Thunderbirds), and one is an experienced Russian L-39 demo pilot.
They put up a nice show, including co-ordinated tailslides from 2 of the jets. Here's their website......... http://www.airshowsamerica.com/index.html