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St Louis Airshow 2004 (Part 5) The Blue Angels (Read 666 times)

Sep 4^th, 2004 at 8:18pm

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Now these, some of them I could not believe I was lucky enough to capture. What a pain it was not really being able to see anything through the camera, and going on photographer's instinct of CNP -"Click Now and Pray"

The 2004 Blue Angels are:

Commander Russ Bartlett
Lieutenant Commander David Varner
Major Len Anderson
Lieutenant Craig Olson
Major Chandler Seagraves
Captain Eric Himler
Major Ken Asbridge
Lieutenant Gary Mullen
Lieutenant Derek Hotchkiss

#5

#1 and #2

#1, 2, 3 and 4

Here they come

I could not believe my luck with this shot. I love it. Its now my PC background Grin

More of the Blue Angels coming

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Reply #1 - Sep 4^th, 2004 at 10:19pm

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Great shots!

Quick question, on that third picture, aren't the diamond pilots out on the runway in their "fingertip" formation? Why are the crew guys out there? I've never seen that before.

And another cool thing about that shot... you can see the elevons all deflected nose down. The pilots all fly with full nose-down trim so that they never have any "neutral" position on the stick, as it allows them to be more precise in their formations.

And I like the one of the Diamond Aileron Roll... man, they were right on, all 4 aircraft are in the exact same relative position in the roll! Wohoo, awesome!

Again, great shots! Thanks for sharing!

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Reply #2 - Sep 4^th, 2004 at 10:25pm

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Not sure what the crew guys were doing. They ran out to Lead plane 1, were out there for a couple minutes, hopped back in their truck and the jets took off soon after.

Glad you liked the shots

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Reply #3 - Sep 5^th, 2004 at 6:05am

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I love that penultimate shot Stephen, I didn't realise I had relatives in the USN Grin

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #4 - Sep 5^th, 2004 at 10:05am

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I had the pleasure of seeing them in Peoria, and they are hard shots to get!!
Great job!!!

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Reply #5 - Sep 5^th, 2004 at 11:22am

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Savas,

Shot #6 is incredible!! You got a great one there.

best,

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Reply #6 - Sep 5^th, 2004 at 11:28am

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Thanks

By the way if anyone wants any of my pictures as a background on their PC send me a message with your email and I will send it to you.

Keep in mind I had them taken mainly with max zoom and 2.1 mega pixels so in full size they are just a hair grainy.

I think its time for me to invest in a really good camera

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Reply #7 - Sep 5^th, 2004 at 4:12pm

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Your shot always look Great Stephen so I don't think it would matter what camera you used.

Keep them comming!

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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