So, they always have, y'know, a couple of old military jets at AirVenture...


     


One of the other Sabres that visited this year... I want to build a little temple around it and worship it. But that would be wrong- she's airworthy.   Some don't like the lines of the F-86, but I think it's just about perfect. And it has guns.  Zoom zoom bang bang.

     


Which is not to say I don't like F4s! This one did not do enough showing off over the runway, but it was so clean and "tight"-looking. 

     


Less shy was this fantastic P80... I showed the other flying Lockheed earlier.

     


There were many L39s there this year, and in every variety. Still a good "budget" jet for those who want to play fighter pilot.

     


What do you do when you have a brilliant, clear shot with perfect light and good composition, but there are Porta-Potties and dazed, sunburned AirVenturers cluttering up the foreground? You make art, that's what.   I like how this turned out... pilot of the NASA F-18 talks on his cellphone while waiting to be towed from the Square to the flight line (the plane was "dark and cold").

     


The Strike Eagle arrives after a thrilling display... nice job!




Next: part 16

kevin wrote on Aug 8^th, 2007 at 12:26am:


Agreed!


By the way, that's not a Tomcat. That's a Strike Eagle (F-15E) 

nice to see some jets as well