Heritage Flight

The Heritage Flight was practicing out of Davis-Monthan AFB last weekend and we had a front row seat while playing softball at Freedom Park on Sunday morning. Here, an F-4, P-51, F-15 and A-10 fly over the field in formation. This image was taken at 300mm focal length with an exposure of 1/400 seconds at f/9, ISO 100.

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.

Raptor on final

The F-22 Raptor lines up for landing, gear down and locked. This image was taken at 300mm focal length with an exposure of 1/400 seconds at f/8, ISO 400.

Speed Brake!

This F-15 Eagle came in so fast that he had to pop out his speed brake as he lined up for landing. This image was taken at 300mm focal length with an exposure of 1/400 seconds at f/11, ISO 400. This one is similar to one of Richards shots. Not too surprising considering we were standing close together, snapping away at the time.... Maybe we ought to combine our shots for some stereo. :-)

413334 on final

The 2nd Mustang in the flight approaches the runway for its landing. This one is un-named. This image was taken at 300mm focal length with an exposure of 1/400 seconds at f/10, ISO 400.

Six Shooter on final

Six Shooter on final, gear down and locked. The Catalina Mountains make a pretty backdrop as the plane approaches the runway. This image was taken at 300mm focal length with an exposure of 1/400 seconds at f/11, ISO 400.

Raptor Flyby

This F-22 Raptor turns to fly over the runway during its high speed pass before landing. This image was taken at 300mm focal length with an exposure of 1/400 seconds at f/10, ISO 400.

Six Shooter

The nose art on this P-51 Mustang tells us its name is "Six Shooter". After flying formation with another P-51, an F-15 and an F-22, the flight broke off and made individual high speed passes over the runway before looping around and landing. This image was made at 300mm focal length with an exposure of 1/200 seconds at f/8, ISO 200.

Heritage flight

This formation includes two P-51 Mustangs flying with an F-15 Fighting Eagle and a F-22 Raptor. That spans about 60 years of fighter technology. This image was taken at 300mm focal length with an exposure of 1/200 seconds at f/10, ISO 200.

Phantom inbound for landing

This QF-4 Phantom of Vietnam vintage is on final into Davis Monthan AFB after participating in the Heritage Flight practice last Saturday. The plane's markings put it from Holloman AFB in New Mexico. it is flying in front of Mt. Bigelow in the Catalina Mountains in this view from west of the base. This image was taken at 300mm focal length with an exposure of 1/200 seconds at f/10, ISO 200.