Grumman F-14 Tomcat (All Models)

[phantomphan1974]

Final landing at Plant 42.  Brian remembers this.

[f4_phantom_fan]

Oh yeah, Damon tipped me off to it's arrival the day beforehand (major thanks!) and I got some really spectacular shots as they were running engine dry. Caught the initial high speed pass from the east side of the base, and then wandered over to the airport. I went back a few days later to watch the guys 'demil' it, and was invited out to get another closeup look. Unfortunately after taking one photo of the tail art, security came over, asked for my ID, and told me not to take any more. Got a bit of a chuckle out of that, since I had taken so many on the arrival.

[f4_phantom_fan]

Here's one more, from inside the nose gear wheel well.

[f4_phantom_fan]

 Couldn't resist posting THIS one........

[phantomphan1974]

Couldn't resist posting THIS one........

When was this?  And where?  Sweet!!!

[Josh]

Couldn't resist posting THIS one........

[f4_phantom_fan]

Heheh - I'll come clean on that shot. It's a computer job - the F-14 CAG bird was taken during VF-11s last visit to El Centro in March of 2005, combined with one of my 2006 Reno F-4 flyby shots. Since they were shot at similar angles, I thought they'd be perfect candidates for cloning into one photo.............

[NikonGuy]

HAHA Thats very cool!   

[phantomphan1974]

Heheh - I'll come clean on that shot. It's a computer job - the F-14 CAG bird was taken during VF-11s last visit to El Centro in March of 2005, combined with one of my 2006 Reno F-4 flyby shots. Since they were shot at similar angles, I thought they'd be perfect candidates for cloning into one photo.............

Hmmmm!   

[f4_phantom_fan]

here's another..........

[Midnight Mover]

Heheh - I'll come clean on that shot. It's a computer job - the F-14 CAG bird was taken during VF-11s last visit to El Centro in March of 2005, combined with one of my 2006 Reno F-4 flyby shots. Since they were shot at similar angles, I thought they'd be perfect candidates for cloning into one photo.............

Cool artwork

[NikonGuy]

WOW! the last one is very cool! what program do you use?   

[f4_phantom_fan]

I'm currently using MS Digital Image Suite 10 and Arcsoft Photo Studio.

[Midnight Mover]

No photoshop

[f4_phantom_fan]

LOL, no, no Photoshop. Plan to get it eventually,  but for now what I have is doing the job.