El Centro Photo Call - Feb. 2012

[tstbell]

Great shots Trent. Especially love the burner on NJ103. Were you standing at the beginning of his TO roll?

Thanks Nate, I was just to the west of the LSO shack.

[GoletaBrian]

F/A-18C Hornet BuNo 163733 #25 wearing a Centennial of Naval Aviation heritage paint scheme.


Boeing C-40A Clipper BuNo 166695


Blue Angels #5 pitches up hard on take-off.


and then does a dirty roll.


Blue Angels solo pilots make a rolling opposing pass.










Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion BuNo 162003 of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron HMH-465 Warhorse based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California


F/A-18F Super Hornet BuNo 166976 #166 of VFA-122


F/A-18C Hornet BuNo 163733 #25


McDonnell Douglas F/A-18D Hornet BuNo 164058 #446 of VFA-122 made a very short touch ad go. That's the closest that I have ever been to an airplane flying with its afterburners lit. It blasted me with turbulent hot air and pushed me several feet down the runway. I could feel the acoustic pummeling all through my body.


F/A-18D Hornet BuNo 164058 #446 of VFA-122


Boeing AV-8B+ Harrier BuNo 165380 #03 of VMA-513 Flying Nightmares based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona.


Boeing AV-8B+ Harrier BuNo 165580 #01 of VMA-513 Flying Nightmares based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona.


F/A-18E Super Hornet BuNo 166958 #215 of VFA-122

I went back to NAFEC on Friday morning under a cloudless blue sky.









F/A-18D Hornet BuNo 164058 #446 of VFA-122


F/A-18C BuNo 163768 Blue Angels #5


F/A-18C Hornet BuNo 163733 #25


F/A-18F Super Hornet BuNo 165675 #103 color bird of VFA-122


F/A-18F Super Hornets BuNo 166977 #167 and BuNo 166681 #171 of VFA-122 break into the pattern.


F/A-18F Super Hornet BuNo 166965 #156 of VFA-122

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[tstbell]

A few more.

[Realbigtaco]

Some more from February.