AH-1 Cobra, Sea Cobra, Super Cobra

[NikonGuy]

Never knew there was a Sky Soldiers Demo Team.. Nice! 

[Midnight Mover]

Sky Soldiers Demo Team

Still need to see these guys

[Dragonskiss]

Sky Soldiers Demo Team

Very nicely done Kevin!   Where was this event?

[Kevin Joyce]

Tydall AFB, Florida

[Midnight Mover]

Tydall AFB, Florida

Long way 

[phantomphan1974]

Yeah they have been around but just on the other coast....

[SkyBaby]

Here's mine:



There's a neat story behind this.. I had just gotten my Canon 50D a couple days before this shot was taken.  I was over at Tehachapi Municipal Airport after seeing several low helicopter passes over my house.  I was there shooting shots of the copters coming in, and spotting this cobra off in the distance.  I shot a picture, but with my 28-135mm kit lens, he was still just a tiny dot.  I turned my camera away from him and started shooting a Cessna 172 taking off in front of me, and when he left, I heard another chopper approach.  I looked up and was surprised to see the Cobra coming over.  He did two low passes right down the runway and pulled steep climbs at the end of his passes and after that, turned back around and continued in the direction he was originally traveling in.  What is about pilots and showing off for photographers??   I get lots of low passes from just about everyone who comes over!  I'm not complaining.. I love it.

[Midnight Mover]

Here's mine:

There's a neat story behind this.. I had just gotten my Canon 50D a couple days before this shot was taken.  I was over at Tehachapi Municipal Airport after seeing several low helicopter passes over my house.  I was there shooting shots of the copters coming in, and spotting this cobra off in the distance.  I shot a picture, but with my 28-135mm kit lens, he was still just a tiny dot.  I turned my camera away from him and started shooting a Cessna 172 taking off in front of me, and when he left, I heard another chopper approach.  I looked up and was surprised to see the Cobra coming over.  He did two low passes right down the runway and pulled steep climbs at the end of his passes and after that, turned back around and continued in the direction he was originally traveling in.  What is about pilots and showing off for photographers??   I get lots of low passes from just about everyone who comes over!  I'm not complaining.. I love it.

Very nice 

[Rotorhead]

Wow, that's great.  Wish they had flown over to my side of the mountain.

Dan

[warbirdfotos]

agree'd, really neat shot man 

[robin990]

AH-1W low level....

[NikonGuy]

Very cool shot, Skip! 

[Rotorhead]

Three AH-1W's from HMLA-469 stopped in at Meadows Field (KBFL), Bakersfield.

[phantomphan1974]

Nice catch!

[cpasley]

AH-1Z Cobra HMLA-167 BuNo 168400 by Pasley Aviation Photography, on Flickr