Spooky's AirVenture 2011

K5DH · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:12 am

Hey Al,

Didja notice that the crashed Lawn Dart has your name on the vertical tail? :lol:

Great pics, as usual. I especially like the shot of FIFI over the Dreamliner!

Cheers,
Dean

spookythecat wrote:

And One Last One

This is still my favorite shot from the year. It's not the best but it's very unique. You'll never see this again.

Thanks for lookin' :drink3:

cooper9411 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:27 am

spookythecat wrote:

More??????

Well, if you're really that desperate you can click on my flickr link below to see them all. The best ones are up here though.

AAAAGGGHHH, thats better. O.K. I'm good for now, maybe need another fix in a day or two :drink3:

Dwhart24 · **Joined:** Wed Jan 19, 2011 8:29 pm **Posts:** 83

Fantastic shots Al!

spookythecat · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 4:28 pm

Thanks everyone! Glad you're enjoying the pics!

DaveG · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:00 pm

Thank you so much for sharing these absolutely fantastic pictures...I also really like the one with FIFI coming in over the Dreamliner. Gotta get up there one of these years.

Zachary · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:23 pm

What a bunch of crap from a no talent hack!!! Course Al knows I'm full of it. Great shots as usual my friend! What's it gonna take to get you to go to the Doolittle Raider reunion or Thunder Over Michigan? (or both)

spookythecat · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 5:58 pm

Zachary wrote:

What a bunch of crap from a no talent hack!!! Course Al knows I'm full of it. Great shots as usual my friend! What's it gonna take to get you to go to the Doolittle Raider reunion or Thunder Over Michigan? (or both)

Time and paid vacation is all it would take to get me to more events. Maybe I can stow away in Grumpy for the Doolittle reunion

gary1954 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 6:26 pm

[quote="spookythecat"]Trainers

I believe this is the first time I have ever noticed the differences in the wheels and tire sizes on the nose struts on the -28.
Are the hard as pavement tires getting harder to come by or more costly.

gary1954 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 6:41 pm

[quote="spookythecat"]Tribute to Burt Rutan and Some Other Civilian and Random Stuff
These are all Great Photos, but this one is Frickin AWESOME. :supz:

Lightjug · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:47 am

Thanks Al... you've got a great eye and the pictures show it. Thanks for sharing.

Mark

henning · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:53 am

Very nice stuff Al! Beautiful work... well done! Your night stuff was excellent. Also, Congrats on getting
a lot of stuff in EAA's warbirds as well! Keep up the good work. Hope to be able to go do some more
night stuff next year.. I'll be better prepared for the night stuff and not just coming back from dinner!

take care,

Henning

Dave Downs · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:09 am

Many, many thanks -for 2 things.

1st - For the great pictures

2nd - Thanks for no water marks/copyright......which means I can steal 'em and use 'em for background !!!! :wink:

spookythecat · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:23 pm

Dave Downs wrote:

2nd - Thanks for no water marks/copyright......which means I can steal 'em and use 'em for background !!!! :wink:

I have people telling me all the time to watermark my photos but I hate it when other people have them as it really distracts from the image. I understand why it's done and it's each photographers decision to do it or not. Also, I don't have a program to even do it (that i'm aware of anyway). At most i'd just have my name in a lower corner but that isn't much of a deterrent from stealing the image as it's easy to crop or photoshop them out. People have respected my work by asking for permission to use particular photos and I don't think there's been an instance i've denied anyone. Most people are just involved with a certain aircraft and want a shot for their desktop or maybe a squadron website.

Again, thanks for looking.

gary1954 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:46 am

gary1954 wrote:

spookythecat wrote:

Trainers

Anyone have an answer.....

.....I believe this is the first time I have ever noticed the differences in the wheels and tire sizes on the nose struts on the -28.
Are the hard as pavement tires getting harder to come by or more costly.

Django · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:01 pm

Great pics Al!

Sent you a pm...

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