Here are a couple from the Doolittle Gathering, at both the National Museum @ Wright-Patt, and at Grimes Field, in Urbana, OH.
Panchito was captured at 1/50th, & Miss HAP at 1/25th. More to come.
James
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04-21-2010 11:42 AMLast edited by Eaton Photos; 04-21-2010 at 12:17 PM.
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04-21-2010 05:01 PMBoth. This gathering was to commemorate the 68th Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid. There were 4 Raiders of the surviving 8, in attendance at the National Museum @ Wright Patterson, where 17 B-25's took off, and did a loose formation fly-over. These images are from Grimes Field, in Urbana, OH, where the B-25's staged before & after, flying in & out of Wright Patterson.
Here are a few more.
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04-21-2010 05:30 PMThere are almost 48 B-25's, that are Airworthy, but the cost' to get em up is expensive. These things have 80 Gallon Tanks. So 80 X $4.00 per Gallon = $3200, just to fill these birds up once. And people think boating is expensive
I'm working on the Formation pixs that I got, along with the 350 others' that I haven't worked on yet , but I only got about 3 at a time, due to the lenses I was using. I'll get em up in the next couple of days.
And yes, Pacific Prowler is a Gorgeous Bird.
Thank you for the feedback.
James
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04-21-2010 07:20 PM
nice pics, im a fan of warbirds as well, keep em coming!
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04-21-2010 07:27 PM
We got buzzed by a B17 a couple of weeks ago when we were waterskiing in Long Beach. It occurred to me, boats are cheap bathtoys compared to what it must cost to keep a 60 year old heavy bomber running!
"Tear gas and draft beer don't mix."
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04-21-2010 08:14 PMThat may have been Aluminum Overcast. She's in CA on tour.
http://www.b17.org/tour/
You can hook a ride on her while she's there.
Fighters are about 1k per flight hour. Thats an average of all expenses occurred.
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04-21-2010 08:34 PMWow, that's cheap. A photo op/ media ride in the B-25's for Doolittle, was $1500 per person, for an hour. However, for Civilians' its a little cheaper @ $400-$500 for about a 15-30 min flight, depending on location.
And I have been told by fellow aviation photographers, that to ride in a P-51 Mustang, it's $1500 per half hour, so for an hour ride, its $3K.
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04-21-2010 08:55 PMLove this stuff. Reading airshow/WWII day June 5th at Reading PA. Lots of war birds. Anybody been to this? Last years was great.
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04-22-2010 02:55 PMHere is another shot, with a slightly different perspective:
"Shooter" aka Jim Wilson, one of the premier Aviation Photographers' in the World, doing what he does best......
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04-22-2010 02:57 PM
Great pics!
Queen of Bammin'
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04-22-2010 03:10 PM
Awesome pics !
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