Viper on the tarmac

The F-16 is my favorite modern airplane, not just because of its sleek lines and unique profile, but also its performance and, oh yeah, the best combat flight simulator for PCs was built around this particular military jet, namely the Falcon series, most recently incarnated as Falcon AF. This image was taken at 18mm focal length with an exposure of 1/160 seconds at f/11, ISO 200 with a polarizer.

B-1 up close

You wouldn't want to have this view while the B-1 bomber was flying. This image was taken at 70mm focal length with an exposure of 1/125 seconds at f/8, ISO 200 with a polarizing filter.

Osprey in a cloud of dust

This VF-22 Osprey demonstrates its maneuverability as it turns in place, kicking up a huge cloud of dust which it almost disappeared in during the deomonstration. This combiniation helicopter/airplane can convert in seconds between modes of flight. This image was taken at 300mm focal length with an exposure of 1/200 seconds at f/11, ISO 200.

Pacific Prowler on display

A bonus picture for Tuesday: After it's demonstration flight, the Pacific Prowler returned to the viewing area, parked on the tarmac for visitors to take a close look at the old girl. In the spirit of it's glory days, I had fun making this B&W conversion of the original color image. This image was taken at 18mm focal length with an exposure of 1/500 seconds at f/8, ISO 200 with polarizing filter.

Pacific Prowler

The Pacific Prowler B-25 makes a show turn past the viewing area at the X-Prize Cup air show. This image was taken at 300mm focal length with an exposure of 1/500 seconds at f/8, ISO 200 wtih polarizing filter.

B-25

This B-25 - named the Pacific Prowler - made an appearance at the X-Prize Cup Air & Space show. It is one of the few flying B-25's left from WWII. This image was taken at 300mm focal length with an exposure of 1/320 seconds at f/11, ISO 200. I lengthened the exposure with a moderate f-stop and slower ISO in order to blur the props.

B-1 bomber

This B-1 bomber made some passes over the X-Prize Cup. It's hard to believe how old this airplane is already! I remember when it was first making test flights.... This image was taken at 263mm focal length with an exposure of 1/1800 seconds at f/5.6, ISO 400.

Heritage Flight, X-Prize Cup

A couple different Heritage Flight combinations were flown at the X-Prize Cup Air & Space Show. Here, an F-4 Phantom leads a flight, from left to right of an F-22 Raptor, an F-117 Nighthawk, the Phantom and an F-15 Fighting Eagle. This image was taken at 300mm focal length with an exposure of 1/500 seconds at f/5.6, ISO 400.

Air Show

The X-Prize Cup at Holloman AFB was not just a space show - there was also a very nice air show with flights of planes like these two as well as static displays on the tarmac. This image was taken at 300mm focal length with an exposure of 1/500 seconds at f/5.6, ISO 400 with a polarizing filter.