F-16 with a Thunderhead

[KeithnFW]

Braved the temps this afternoon and caught a few fighter jocks doing their thing

Lockheed chase plane


an Israeli F-16 out for flight tests


Coming at ya

[Daniel Bates]

Cool stuff! I haven't seen an F-16 since moving away from the Luke AFB vicinity...

[KeithnFW]

Originally Posted by Daniel Bates

Cool stuff! I haven't seen an F-16 since moving away from the Luke AFB vicinity...

we get Luke F-16's in here about once a month or so. . .

[engstrom]

Keith, great shots as always!

[Kar]

With any luck I could be flying in the number 7 or 8 plane this October.

[Kar]

Thunderbirds that is!

[Daniel Bates]

Cool!


My cousin wanted to fly helicopters... she went through the Academy and got through the first school, then was halfway through the Tweety Bird phase when two of her friends died in crashes (one in a car, one in a plane). She reconsidered after that...

[Daniel Bates]

Thunderbirds? Can you get us free press passes?

Joking... I'll have to see you guys sometime! I caught a show at Luke AFB, but that was a long time ago and I didn't get any pictures.

[KeithnFW]

Originally Posted by Kar

With any luck I could be flying in the number 7 or 8 plane this October.

Just don't do what Kelly Clarkson did inside one of the Blue Angels back in May here (Fort Worth)

[Roy]

Outstanding aerial photography as always Keith! It seemed hotter to me than the day before. Your braver than me.

[Kar]

Originally Posted by KeithnFW

Just don't do what Kelly Clarkson did inside one of the Blue Angels back in May here (Fort Worth)

That was so funny.

I have flown in a NASA T-38 trainer so I should be ready. We only pulled 4g's, but did plenty of loops.....

[Ladybelle2k]

Outstanding shots Keith. Can I ask what your exif info is on these shots as I've had trouble getting good flight shots. I keep getting lens flare and not true colors.

[KeithnFW]

Originally Posted by Ladybelle2k

Outstanding shots Keith. Can I ask what your exif info is on these shots as I've had trouble getting good flight shots. I keep getting lens flare and not true colors.

sure Christie. . .

All photos were:
Model Canon EOS 20D
Focal Length 300 mm
Exposure Time 1/1000 sec
Aperture f/5
ISO Equivalent 100
Exposure Bias -1/3
White Balance (-1)
Metering Mode matrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program aperture priority (3)

[KeithnFW]

Originally Posted by Roy

Outstanding aerial photography as always Keith! It seemed hotter to me than the day before. Your braver than me.

Thanks Roy!
I was out there about 90 minutes and dang near died. . . I would not have stayed that long but when I pulled up 2 Marine AV8 Harriers landed. Kinda rare for these parts. . . That was about 2:30pm. I figured they were a gas-and-go and would leave soon but at 4pm they had still not left. . . so I split.

[TXhummer2]

Wow, tho, for what ya stayed and captured!