Jones Beach Airshow 2009

[heeshung]

A few more from Jones Beach [5/23/09]:










KFRG [5/24/09]:

[Gerard]

I heard the C-17 actually went into the grass, probably while making the 180 on the runway... true?

Not even sure. I was too mesmerized by the big boy to even notice!! :lol:

[gonzalu]

Here is the first set that I had time to edit ... I was very excited since it was my first time capturing this effect. It formed for only a split second a few times ... shooting at 5 frames per second, I was lucky to get it at all... which means the shutter happened to trip at the right moment, not skill on my part at all :-)

Formation of Prandtl–Glauert singularity begins...
In this image, the F/A-18 is about 1 mile away. Lens cranked all the way at 400mm and this a super crop of the frame.



As it gets closer, the effect disappears momentarily. Mind you, he is traveling at around 700mph



Air moisture is once again being rapidly condensed



Not quite yet...



You can do it



We are ALMOST there...



Damn this is hard to capture ain't it?



BINGO! We got it... ;-)



Disappears as soon as it appears



I have seen it like this in many posts on-line



Here it comes again



...and lastly, from behind. I never seen it captured like this :-)



This was truly a special moment for me. There is always that first time you capture something you've wanted to for a long time. All I kept saying was if I actually got it on the card, I sure hope it is IN FOCUS and WELL EXPOSED... LOL

Cheers!

[Gerard]

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Al Cerullo was the busiest pilot of the weekend. He pretty much flew non-stop on Sunday shuttling pilots and crews
back and forth from FRG to Jones Beach even when the show was in delay. At 4:30 a Tcell was moving along the South shore and he
still had two more trips to make. Did he ever shutdown or take a break to stretch his legs? LOL it didnt seem like it.
I also like the ships new colors.

[Sm0otHockeySpeeD]

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HOLY ******* S***!

*Manny*...you need to put those up on Airliners.net! What camera is that and congrats on the rare accomplishment!

Cheers times a million!

-Brian

[gonzalu]

^^^^^^^^^

HOLY ******* S***!

*Manny*...you need to put those up on Airliners.net! What camera is that and congrats on the rare accomplishment!

Cheers times a million!

-Brian

Oh Brian, you're too kind... it was pure luck. I **sort of prepared myself** for it by just concentrating on keeping the plane in the frame SOMEHOW... it is VERY hard to track at this speed especially when you're so close to it. I was at the very edge of the water. From the Boardwalk I may have had a better time tracking as the angle of view is totally better the further away you are. To test this, just imagine when you're on the side of the road and a car passes you, no matter how slow they may be going, it seems that they're flying. Yet from far away, the move slowly... relatively speaking of course LOL

Oh, the gear? Nikon D2Xs (old but gets the job done) + 200-400mm f/4, hand-held (gets really really tiring at the end of the day) Can you tell I want a D3? :mrgreen:

On day two (Sunday) I attempted the same feat. This time I switched to cropped mode (6MP as opposed to native 12MP) which gives me a MUCH SMALLER frame to work with but, it gives me 8FPS as opposed to 5FPS in full DX frame mode. Well, I missed all but one frame :-( Even at super high speed, the panning is everything.

Next time, I need to switch to the 70-200mm and just aim for a larger coverage area (AOV) to guarantee the craft will be ALL in the frame... hehehe, I hate chopping off corners :-(

Once again, thank you for your kind words!
Cheers.

[moose135]

Damn, Manny! What a great sequence! Not much else to say but welcome to NYCA. It was a pleasure meeting you Saturday night, looking forward to seeing you around in the future.

[h2opunk1822]

omg those f-18 shots are amazing!!.. awesome job on them.. i am 100% jealous that you got those.. good work!

[gonzalu]

Damn, Manny! What a great sequence! Not much else to say but welcome to NYCA. It was a pleasure meeting you Saturday night, looking forward to seeing you around in the future.

Thanks Moose... also looking forward to you and I having more time to talk shop... both aviation and photography :-)

[gonzalu]

omg those f-18 shots are amazing!!.. awesome job on them.. i am 100% jealous that you got those.. good work!

THANK YOU! :P

[Big Tim #70]

Not my video but check out this one of the Horsemen & the HF...






Also, not sure if anybody else posted it yet or not but here is a great video of Jugg's Vapor.

[ch2tdriver]

Big Tim,

Hey you saved me the trouble of posting my own video, Thanks!! LOL!

Here is a link to the video where you can click on 'HQ' and watch the Horsemen in High Quality:

c9dMYkv_ ... ail&fmt=18

I don't know whats up with YT, but in order to watch the video with this feature you now have to add the '&fmt=18' at the end of the url link. Ever since they added that annotation feature, when I upload video the 'HQ' button is missing.

I'll try and post the Snowbirds when I can.

Peter B. (ptbpilot)

[Gerard]

Hey maybe we can get these guys to come across the Pond for next years show...

http://www.army.mod.uk/aviation/3614.aspx

[Big Tim #70]

Big Tim,

Hey you saved me the trouble of posting my own video, Thanks!! LOL!

Here is a link to the video where you can click on 'HQ' and watch the Horsemen in High Quality:

c9dMYkv_ ... ail&fmt=18

I don't know whats up with YT, but in order to watch the video with this feature you now have to add the '&fmt=18' at the end of the url link. Ever since they added that annotation feature, when I upload video the 'HQ' button is missing.

I'll try and post the Snowbirds when I can.

Peter B. (ptbpilot)

Hey Peter,

Great video's! I'm really glad it was an ASB/NYCA member who shot this. I rated it 5 stars, commented on it and added it to my favorites.

Excellent Work!

[Jonesbeach]

Looks like some one got an awesome picture of the Super Hornet high-speed pass. (Not that the guys on this site didn't)



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