F22 Raptor ISP Arrival...in the rain :(

It was raining lightly, and the dark clouds made for really challenging conditions, but you wanted Raptor shots, you got 'em.

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Lots of rain - grrrrrrr!
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Wild looking sky
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A friendly wave
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Resting on Sheltair's ramp, shot from my ramp in better afternoon light.
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Pretty damn nice despite the rain. Without the clouds you probably wouldn't have caught the burners.

Very nice, John! Love that you caught the burners on those two shots.

John GREAT PICS!! Man really cool to see! I'm not a huge military fan but there is something about the F22 that I just love.

very nice shots esp. with the burners aglow! you made great use of the camera today!

Nice shots!! Really like #2 and #4. good job capturing the burners.

Excellent shots, congrats on photographing the first F-22's to land on Long Island!

Nice to see a boss bird in the group!

When the announcer says the demo birds are just regular line aircraft, they're not kidding! Last week at Andrews, 04-4071 was the demo, and 04-4069 was the spare. It's not like the A-10 or F-15 teams, where it's usually the same two jets that show up. Incidentally, can you tell the serial of the 1OG boss bird? It was -4071 at last year's Langley show, but has apparently been repainted into normal markings now. I can tell it's an 03- fiscal, but the posted pic is just too small.

Just saw "Iron Man" last night (GREAT flick BTW) and the Raptors have a big scene in the movie. Mostly CGI i would guess but still pretty cool.

Back from the airshow and the Raptor was a BIG hit with the crowd judging from the people around me. WOW!! What an awesome jet!!
And the Flight of Two flyby with the P-51 gave me chills the way they flew so close, the past with the future (present). I hope someone
has a picture or two of that flyby.

Here's my shot of the Heritage flight:

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Here's my shot of the Heritage flight:

http://dfalk.smugmug.com/photos/300368523_8ZY6g-L.jpg

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Ah SWEET thanks.