Friendly wave from an Alabama ANG F-16 Pilot

[KeithnFW]

Caught this Alabama Air National Guard F-16 taking off today at NAS Fort Worth. . .

[Daniel Bates]

Sweet! You gotta love it when they notice you like that.

[Roy]

Very Cool!

[KeithnFW]

Originally Posted by Daniel Bates

Sweet! You gotta love it when they notice you like that.

yeah. . . I was the only person there at the time. . . When you're taking the photo you don't know they're waving at you because obviously through the viewfinder it's rather small and you're concentrating on keeping the jet on the center focus point. . .then you review it in the car and "HEY!, he was waving at me!"

[TxLerman]

That is an awesome shot. You should send to a print to the AL ANG with thanks for making this a great shot!

[KeithnFW]

Originally Posted by TxLerman

That is an awesome shot. You should send to a print to the AL ANG with thanks for making this a great shot!

I might do that. . . .I can't find an e-mail address for the Alabama ANG at all.

[Daniel Bates]

Here's a page with contact info for the Alabama National Guard... they should be able to help you out:

http://alguard.state.al.us/pao.htm

[boxofrocks]

You should post a 100% crop of the cockpit!

[KeithnFW]

Originally Posted by Daniel Bates

Here's a page with contact info for the Alabama National Guard... they should be able to help you out:

http://alguard.state.al.us/pao.htm

fantastic. . .thanks Daniel!

[Z_Ghost]

Great shot just like the other ones you posted up.

I need to go out there and see if I can get some nice shots too.

[chitownjeff]

How do you know when to go? I've sat out on the turnout area (off the spur) several times and nothing ever took off. I tried calling them and ask if the knew, but of course they wouldn't tell me.

[KeithnFW]

Originally Posted by chitownjeff

How do you know when to go? I've sat out on the turnout area (off the spur) several times and nothing ever took off. I tried calling them and ask if the knew, but of course they wouldn't tell me.

lol. . . you called who? ya kinda need to park for a few hours. . . .and that is no guarantee. . . but most any weekday something is flying. . . .weekends are slow and so are days before any government holiday. . .

[chitownjeff]

Well, when I go out to lunch I usually see them flying around, but I can't spend my lunch hour in my car on the side of the road with my camera hoping to catch them, so it's the weekend or nothing.

I called the air station once. I even tried picking up their freq on my police scanner. I went out there once on a saturday for a couple of hours and a cop came by and told me to move along.

What kind of lens do you use? 400?

[KeithnFW]

Originally Posted by chitownjeff

Well, when I go out to lunch I usually see them flying around, but I can't spend my lunch hour in my car on the side of the road with my camera hoping to catch them, so it's the weekend or nothing.

I called the air station once. I even tried picking up their freq on my police scanner. I went out there once on a saturday for a couple of hours and a cop came by and told me to move along.

What kind of lens do you use? 400?

I shoot small fighters with a 300 and bigger planes with a 70-200. the tower frequencies are either 120.950 or 269.325 Weekends are not the best time since most of the reserve squadrons are off duty. . . there may be some traffic but not much. Here are some other freq. you may try. . .

252.525 Probably Marines or Navy "Cowboys" air to air
287.9 Fort Worth Center (Scurry)
292.5 Regional Approach/Departure (Lockheed Primary)
278.5 Fort Worth Center (Wichita Falls) "Turbo" tanker
381.5 Fort Worth Center (Dublin)
149.575 (FMN) Aircraft Maintenance at Fort Worth NAS
344.2 VF-201 Hunter Base
398.9 Memphis Center (Razorback)
318.6 VFMA 112 Cowboy Base
233.2 Lawton Municipal (Ft. Sill Approach)
227.8 FW Dep/App - North
122.8 Brownwood Municipal Unicom
127.75 FW Dep/App - North
255.4 FSS
377.1 FW Center - North
284.1 Lockheed Override 1
134.15 FW Center - North
292.5 Lockheed Override 2
343.9 Houston Center
123.575 Lockheed Production Ops.
288.3 Rivers MOA
248.2 Fort Sill Approach
383.2 Have Quick TOD
342.5 Metro PMSV
379.9 Regional Approach
256.2 Base Ops.

[Killeenguy]

there better be able to notice you! aren't they supposed to have 20/20 vision? someone correct me if i'm wrong ;)