United States - Illinois - Chicago Air & Water Show 2008 - Chicago - 08/15/08

[RFDGuy]

BRING ON THE JETS!!!!!!!!........LOL
Good stuff Joel..of my first three I edited two are of the same subject just different angles.
Great show.....great people to hang out with......MASSIVE crowd...fun times...
Im pretty sure we went to a beach party and an airshow broke out.
More to come as they become available...and I become not lazy..


                David


PS...if you look in the back seat of the Strike Eagle, "Wild" seems to be shootin pics of the Rhino or Vlado.....or both...LOL.

[JT]

BRING ON THE JETS!!!!!!!!........LOL
Good stuff Joel..of my first three I edited two are of the same subject just different angles.
Great show.....great people to hang out with......MASSIVE crowd...fun times...
Im pretty sure we went to a beach party and an airshow broke out.

" Bring on the JETSSSSS"....... LMAO what a trip that was

 Was only able to get thes two done so far .

[joel love]

Some from Friday. First we will get the celebrity stuff out of the way

joel

[joel love]

Next we have some boaters with a real close up view of "bert".

joel

[RFDGuy]

Couple more.....

1. How sweet would it be to walk out on your patio and see a Bone at eye level?
2. Ritz and Wild at work.
3. The Collaborators

                   David

[JT]

Nice ones Joel  and Dave 
 Couple that I have done after today.

[Nathan Truninger]

Andy love that shot of the Opp. 360.  Sorry I couldn't make it this weekend, definitely missed you guys!

[BruteFM]

Tricky lighting. I wish they'd start the show at 1 or 2, instead of 11...

Here's the standard Blues diamond shot, and a pair of Collaborators.

Couple of questions about the Blues shot:
- No word at all on why #1 was unmarked?
- Has 4 always been a two-seater?

[BruteFM]

Three more that could've been better. 200mm just doesn't cut it at this show.  

[Liza]

No, #4 has not always been a two-seater. That one is usually #7. When they have trouble with jets, they swap them out and change the number on the tail. I had heard #4 had trouble and was swapped, then #1 had trouble. They were able to fix #4 and put it in #1's place. The jet switching happens all the time. They come with 7 or 8 jets depeneding on the show and do everything they can to have 6 in the air for the show.

[BruteFM]

Thanks much, Liza. 

[RFDGuy]

Love the cockpit shot of the SE Andy......got anymore of those of different jets?


            David

[lanemiker]

Great shots from the 50th annual Chicago Air and Water Show everyone!!! . Always great to see fellow FCers and have the opportunity to shoot with them.

Keep the posts coming.

Lance

[RFDGuy]

No check this out everyone....on the way home from the show I was chimpin while riding the train....and I found this..
No the Bone didnt have a wing failure...appearantly my camera had some kind of hiccup I guess...just looks crazy. All Ive done to the pic is crop and sharpen a lil bit.



                 David

[bcradio]

Nice shot!  I wonder if you're seeing the result of the turbulent air from the Bone's wake.   Roiled air refracting the light in weird ways.