Posted: 7/12/2009 12:30:10 AM EDT
I shot over Friday and Saturday. Equipment used: Nikon D300 - Nikkor 18-200 - Nikkor 70-300 - Sigma 150-500. Also: It was a billion degrees.
Of note this year was the CF-18 that made a pretty awesome entrance on Friday. It seems like just about every 10 years something decent will sneak into the show. 1997 saw a pair of US Navy F/A-18's so it's been a while. The next and only real chance to see some serious jets is up in Abbotsford in August. |
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+1 on the warbird woodie
We were there Saturday and that P51 is perfect. Paul Allen is putting his money somewhere usefull. The restoration is just amazing. How lucky (or rich) do you have to be to become a pilot for that museum? I could stare at that bird for hours, and listen to it for days. |
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+1 on the warbird woodie We were there Saturday and that P51 is perfect. Paul Allen is putting his money somewhere usefull. The restoration is just amazing. How lucky (or rich) do you have to be to become a pilot for that museum? I could stare at that bird for hours, and listen to it for days. On one hand I too commend and appreciate Paul Allen putting up some serious money on these projects. The way he goes about the whole thing, quality from top to bottom, he might as well make replica aircraft out of 100 dollar bills. On the other hand since the collection left Arlington they don't make the shows anymore. Apparently the P-51B that showed up this year belongs to another collection based out of Seattle. 
I called a buddy who works in the temporary tower each year at the Fly-In for some info and he mentioned the pilot of the B model was Astronaut Bill Anders who also owns this D model based out of East Sound. 
Here's Paul Allen's ship. 
Here's the Olympic Flight Museum's ship. You can't go wrong with any Mustang but the D model takes the win every time for me. |