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Re: Planes of Fame Airshow 2020

Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:49 pm
by kalamazookid
How late is the museum and ramp typically open on arrival day? I will likely be arriving in the area early that afternoon. Not sure what to expect with how long it will take to get settled with the car rental and drive over from Ontario. Seems like it should be pretty quick and painless, and if it is I plan to drive on over if there's enough time left for it to be worth it.

Re: Planes of Fame Airshow 2020

Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:54 pm
by GRNDP51
kalamazookid wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2020 9:49 pm How late is the museum and ramp typically open on arrival day? I will likely be arriving in the area early that afternoon. Not sure what to expect with how long it will take to get settled with the car rental and drive over from Ontario. Seems like it should be pretty quick and painless, and if it is I plan to drive on over if there's enough time left for it to be worth it.
I'm 99% sure you can stay until sunset. I personally haven't been on a Friday arrival since the year they did the twilight show. There was a lot going on last year at sunset (the T-bolt flight and Strega/Voodoo both went up for shoots), and I know some people were there for that. A lot of arrivals happen late afternoon after the practice show too.

Re: Planes of Fame Airshow 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 2:49 am
by kalamazookid
Thanks for the info. I've seen sunset photos from Chino but I always assumed those were from someone with special access or possibly part of a photo tour. It would be awesome to be able to spend the evening before the airshow getting static photos and not even worry about it Saturday or Sunday!

Re: Planes of Fame Airshow 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 9:04 pm
by RyanS
The theme has been announced as VICTORY THROUGH AIRPOWER. Seems pretty standard for my understanding of a Chino show? No complaints though, that's what I'm expecting!
We know a lot of you have been asking what the theme for this year's airshow is... and now we can reveal it!
'VICTORY THROUGH AIRPOWER'!
Planes of Fame Air Museum is proud to present the Planes of Fame Air Show on May 2-3, 2020 ‘Victory Through Air Power’. Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII we will be featuring over 50 historic aircraft, including the B-25 Mitchell, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-38 Lightning, F4U Corsair and P-51 Mustangs flying for your enjoyment. We invite you to join us in honoring the history, contributions, and sacrifices of our Veterans.

Performers include the USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II Demo and Heritage Flight, Pacific, European & Korean War era Flight Displays, Gregory 'Wired' Colyer T-33 Aerobatics, Philipp Steinbach GB1 GameBird Aerobatics, John Collver AT-6/SNJ Aerobatics, Rob Harrison the Tumbling Bear and more! See more: https://planesoffame.org/events/annual- ... ion-prelim
https://www.facebook.com/23688958789/po ... 300323790/

Re: Planes of Fame Airshow 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:29 pm
by GRNDP51
Yeah same as always. I was hoping they would emphasize this as a B-25 (or twin engine Bomber (((A-20 & A-26)))))) gathering. Same info they've had on the site for a week. :|

Re: Planes of Fame Airshow 2020

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 1:09 am
by n33d4sp33d_85
Mark Peterson will be bringing P-51 Mustang "DiamondBack" to the Planes of Fame Airshow this year.

Re: Planes of Fame Airshow 2020

Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 5:12 pm
by GRNDP51
n33d4sp33d_85 wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2020 1:09 am Mark Peterson will be bringing P-51 Mustang "DiamondBack" to the Planes of Fame Airshow this year.
Would love him to bring back Hell-er Bust one year. One of my favorites! He keeps her close to home :oops:

Re: Planes of Fame Airshow 2020

Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 8:15 pm
by kalamazookid
Advance tickets are now on sale.

It also looks like there have been some additions to the Performer Highlights page.

Re: Planes of Fame Airshow 2020

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 4:20 pm
by jennincu
I'm going to the Sunrise photo shoot at the Saturday show. Any suggestions on settings? I've researched exposure bracketing and using graduated neutral density filters. While I haven't jumped into post processing yet (too scary!) I'll try shooting RAW so that I can make adjustments. Any other ideas? Thanks.

Re: Planes of Fame Airshow 2020

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:17 pm
by RyanS
jennincu wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 4:20 pm I'm going to the Sunrise photo shoot at the Saturday show. Any suggestions on settings? I've researched exposure bracketing and using graduated neutral density filters. While I haven't jumped into post processing yet (too scary!) I'll try shooting RAW so that I can make adjustments. Any other ideas? Thanks.
When the sun is low I find manual mode is almost required to get the proper exposure. If need be you can use an auto mode like AV to get ballpark settings then fine tune from there.

The importance of post processing cannot be understated. Start playing with it as soon as you can!