Fleet Week Air Show 2010

[Midnight Mover]

Fleet Week Air Show 2010

October 7 - 12, 2010

San Francisco, CA

http://fleetweek.us

2009 thread: http://www.apsocal.com/index.php/topic,659.0.html

[DaFalcon]

I was able to attend this show on Sunday, Oct. 10th.  It's certainly a unique venue and presents a photography challenge due to the distance and the hundreds of boats.

Here are a few of the highlights:



















For many more pictures please checkout my website:
http://www.mercierphotography.com/fleetweek2010

[phantomphan1974]

Great shots David.  You handled the challenges well.

[kick Z tail out]

Man, look at the perfect timing of each pair on the Loop-Break-Cross. 


Love the shot of the Superbug with the strobes going off and illuminating the vapes.

[warbirdfotos]

Great stuff, Thanks for posting!

[g0_command0]

did the super hornet do a sonic boom? 

[SBGrad]

Pix from all 3 days of the show...

This is the ship where the CO and XO just got canned for an "improper relationship"...

USS Chief MCM-14 by SBGrad, on Flickr


USS Makin Island LHD-8 by SBGrad, on Flickr


Pavehawk picking up swimmers by SBGrad, on Flickr


Blue Angel ground crew by SBGrad, on Flickr


Solo jetwash by SBGrad, on Flickr


Solos crossing by SBGrad, on Flickr


Slot pilot pulling Gs by SBGrad, on Flickr


Blue Angel echelon parade by SBGrad, on Flickr


Delta pass in review by SBGrad, on Flickr

[Realbigtaco]

The delta pass is pretty sweet, that is a cool angle of never seen this before

[SBGrad]

The delta pass is pretty sweet, that is a cool angle of never seen this before

Thanks.  That was from Friday's show.   You don't see the angle much because it is from the top of an 18 story co-op apartment building.  It's probably a 1/4 mile further back than the piers at Ft Mason, but the tradeoff is you get to look down at the jets much of the time.  This year I had a 300 f2.8 + tc17 so the distance wasn't much of a problem.

Friday Sneak pass from above


Sunday sneak pass from sea level--Golden Gate YC