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Posted by Realbigtaco
 - April 16, 2018, 11:51:10 AM
Quote from: SBGrad on April 13, 2018, 09:48:48 AM
It was also neat seeing the differences between the Blues and the T-Birds.  The Blues form the diamond as they are taking off, but the T-Birds launch with 1-3 together and the Slot hangs back until they are a couple miles away before he gets in tight-- have to see if I got a picture of that.

I do like that part of their takeoff, i think the slot usually waits until they pass the vertical section of the loop to transfer from the fingertip to the diamond.  I've always loved those formation changes mid loop.
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 - April 16, 2018, 08:36:02 AM




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Posted by SBGrad
 - April 13, 2018, 09:48:48 AM

Yah, knowing what happened to the slot pilot makes this pretty melancholy right now.  Still, I was and AM stoked I got to see these guys fly at their home field.  I see the Blues something like 10 days a year and rarely see the T-Birds, so it was cool seeing them at their home field.  There was Red Flag, Green flag, Weapons School flying going on, and still T-Bird 1 took the extra time to bring the 6 jets in with smoke, they did an overhead break landing, it was impressive. 

It was also neat seeing the differences between the Blues and the T-Birds.  The Blues form the diamond as they are taking off, but the T-Birds launch with 1-3 together and the Slot hangs back until they are a couple miles away before he gets in tight-- have to see if I got a picture of that.

The other cool thing was, they take off and land from Nellis, but do the actual practice up at Indian Springs.  I was driving from Vegas over to Rainbow Valley, and off in the distance I see smoke trails.   It was the T-Birds practicing at Indian Springs.  They were done by the time I got to the base, but still, neat to see, and one of these days if I do that trip again, I might time it to watch the practice (they also fly drones out of Indian Springs, might be cool to get a shot of one there).
Posted by phantomphan1974
 - April 13, 2018, 09:11:40 AM
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Posted by SBGrad
 - October 18, 2011, 08:53:19 AM
Light's not that great, these are from the Speedway (the race track, not the street)

Oregon ANG




Posted by DaFalcon
 - May 31, 2011, 07:39:44 PM
A few shots from Cheyenne - a couple weeks ago...
Posted by gfydad
 - February 01, 2011, 11:59:51 PM
Here are a few more...
First one was a long shot (literally) taken Monday from the Speedway even with the nortehrn edge of the parking area where the police pectice their maneuvers.  :D
Posted by Spectre130
 - February 01, 2011, 11:54:49 AM
Quote from: blazer on January 30, 2011, 09:24:17 PM


MONEY SHOT!!  Nice!
Posted by gfydad
 - January 31, 2011, 11:59:51 PM
Here are three from yesterday...
T-Birds
Raptor
B-1B
:)
Posted by nmcbride
 - January 30, 2011, 09:40:40 PM
Love that Raptor afterburner shot, Bernie.   

Great shots all around. <cheers>