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by wfooshee
Tue Mar 28, 2023 3:12 pm
Forum: 2023 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: Wings Over Homestead 2023
Replies: 77
Views: 13045

Re: Wings Over Homestead 2023

I am excited for the airshow but that schedule looks horrible barely and f-16 mako action 20 minutes max and it’s one of the first acts f-22 barely gets any action either odd planning I'm sorry, but I have no idea what you're saying... "horrible barely" and "f-16 mako action 20 minut...
by wfooshee
Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:15 pm
Forum: Photography Discussion
Topic: Presets for aircraft
Replies: 2
Views: 6478

Re: Presets for aircraft

I've never even tried to use any presets. The light changes too much during the day, and even moment-to-moment if there is any cloud cover at all. It's even different if you're looking toward the left vs towards the right most of the time. I did try one time to get a good basic edit on an image for ...
by wfooshee
Wed Dec 14, 2022 8:55 pm
Forum: 2024 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: Gulf Coast Salute 2024
Replies: 18
Views: 7827

Re: Gulf Coast Salute 2024

Nice to see the Gulf Coast Salute getting back into business! Tyndall AFB was all but flattened by Hurricane Michael (and indeed, I am still not back in my house after the hurricane...) and it's good to see things returning to normal. This used to be a regular every-other-year event that being local...
by wfooshee
Wed Nov 23, 2022 3:55 pm
Forum: 2022 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show 2022
Replies: 24
Views: 23385

Re: Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show 2022

I agree that the museum at Pensacola NAS is one of the best out there. So many types of aircraft, from such a wide period, and not just aircraft, but cutaway engines as well. many times the engine cutaways are adjacent to the aircraft that flew the engine, and you can handle, touch, and rotate many ...
by wfooshee
Mon Nov 14, 2022 2:36 pm
Forum: 2022 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show 2022
Replies: 24
Views: 23385

Re: Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show 2022

I love the sneak pass! I love getting the picture of #5's approach, with nearly no one having any clue what's about to happen! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52499312931_7394a03d16_b.jpg Got a lucky vapor poof as he passed directly in front... Print and hang! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535...
by wfooshee
Fri Aug 05, 2022 6:50 pm
Forum: General Airshow Discussion
Topic: Just wondering
Replies: 1
Views: 1524

Re: Just wondering

I would imagine travel budget plays a part in that. You might have a civilian team of 4 to 6 pilots, they fly their own aircraft around to shows, but there's no money or space to fly "support" staff or narrators around the country. The big teams also want firm control over the presentation...
by wfooshee
Mon Aug 01, 2022 5:09 pm
Forum: General Airshow Discussion
Topic: Blue Angels (Slightly) Changed High Speed Pass After Super Hornet Transition
Replies: 1
Views: 2897

Re: Blue Angels (Slightly) Changed High Speed Pass After Super Hornet Transition

It looks like it was thoroughly investigated, but I wonder about some very localized atmospheric condition affecting it. I know for a fact that I've heard a sonic boom during a Super Hornet demonstration (not a Blue Angel pass but the Super Hornet demo team, and not during the actual high-speed pass...
by wfooshee
Mon Jul 11, 2022 2:58 pm
Forum: 2022 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: Pensacola Beach Air Show 2022
Replies: 5
Views: 4392

Re: Pensacola Beach Air Show 2022

I was able to go to the Friday event. Found a good place right on the water, and although I had an umbrella for shade, the kind folks behind me let me slide back under their gazebo. There were only two of them and they had plenty of room, and I very much appreciated that! I had plenty of water in a ...
by wfooshee
Thu Apr 14, 2022 8:24 pm
Forum: General Airshow Discussion
Topic: tailhook legacy flight
Replies: 2
Views: 2090

Re: tailhook legacy flight

Legacy Flight may include whatever aircraft are available at the event. There's not a fixed set of aircraft that tour for those. I've seen Hellcats, Wildcats, a Dauntless, usually flying with a Super Hornet, and nowadays the F-35C might be used as the modern aircraft. The coolest one I ever saw was ...
by wfooshee
Sat Feb 19, 2022 5:18 pm
Forum: 2022 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: Tampa Bay AirFest 2022
Replies: 18
Views: 9665

Re: Tampa Bay AirFest 2022

That's what I was thinking, looking at the maps and the pictures, didn't see how it would be any other way. That being a 6-hour trip for me, I think I'll have to pass. I looked up the sun position on suncalc.org, and it is pretty much directly ahead by 2PM. Behind for the morning, and left end of th...