Jones Beach Airshow (offical meetup thread)

**moose135** · 05-30-2006, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by Derf

FIRE!!!! (This jet does NOT have an afterburner!)

Looks like they had us both fooled, Fred. From http://www.redbullmig.com

The MiG-17F (F for Forsirovannyy-boosted or afterburner-boosted) was the widely produced variant of the MiG-17

Also found this at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum site:

The main difference between the MiG-17 Fresco A and the later MiG-17F was the power plant. The MiG-17F used the more powerful VK-1 F after-burning turbojet which provided a substantial increase in power for takeoff and combat maneuvering over the older Fresco A model (the "F" in MiG-17F stands for Forsirovannyy, meaning "boosted").

**Derf** · 05-30-2006, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by GrummanFan

That slide show is freakin amazing. I have spent alot of time doing video editing, and it is obvious that you have the touch. The inverting on the beats is on the money, and adds so much to the feeling of the final product.

Thank You very much, compliments like these are the reason I put so
much work into it! I am touched by all the great comments in this
thread... Thank you all!!! You are a great group of guys and I can not
wait to see you all again soon....oh and Mel, I can not wait to finally
shoot.....um, I mean meet you ;)

sorry if I got too sappy there.... I had a moment! :D

**Derf** · 05-30-2006, 09:45 PM

Thanks Moose... I had no idea... Very weird that he just bumped it every now and then...but mainly when inverted!

**mirrodie** · 05-31-2006, 08:31 AM

FRed, I watched it again last night and again, thanks man, really.

I cant imagine how much went into that, but it was just brilliant. Dont ever stop baby!

**Derf** · 05-31-2006, 08:38 AM

Thank you very much Mirrodie.....did your wife ever get to see the BBQ video?

**cancidas** · 05-31-2006, 12:09 PM

so how was the show everyone? when sean tucker got home on monday we drove over and hung out for a while while he broke his airplane again... according to him it was great...

**T-Bird76** · 05-31-2006, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by cancidas

so how was the show everyone? when sean tucker got home on monday we drove over and hung out for a while while he broke his airplane again... according to him it was great...

The show was great but Tucker sucked! But that's not a fair assessment if his plane had problems. I'm guessing that's why he was only on for 2 seconds. To bad really

**pgengler** · 05-31-2006, 01:30 PM

Unfortunately, I only discovered this place today, so I don't know if I (accidentally) saw any of you. I did, however, spend a large part of the weekend watching the air show.

Friday: Headed down from work to FRG for about an hour; not too much going on, mostly regular ops, but I did catch Fat Albert landing on 14 before I had to get back to the office.

Saturday: My original plan (at my girlfriend's suggestion) was to head to Point Lookout and watch the show from there. Once we got there, though, the haze seemed a bit thick, so we (well, I) decided to head over to FRG and check things out there. We spent around 20 minutes near where the Angels were sitting before heading to the shopping center parking lot just up Rt. 110. Most of the arrivals and departures were on Runway 1, so the view wasn't great. The Red Bull Mig took off from 32 and flew over us, and the Angels took off from 14 (and taxied off at this end when they came back), so it wasn't a total wash.

Sunday: Went down to the beach to see the actual show this time (from Field 1). This was a good spot; while plenty of the action was closer to the boardwalk, this spot was down near where most of the planes were turning around, so it wasn't all just straight flight past us. Other than the sheer number of people trying to leave afterwards (I have no problem believing that there were 300,000!) it was quite enjoyable. I only wish I hadn't managed to fill up three 512MB flash cards before the Angels were done!

With the exception of Friday, the weather was very nice for it (and I've got the bad sunburn to prove it!). If nothing else, I've now been taught to always bring a camera to work with me, since I happened to see a couple of the show planes up and about Thursday afternoon.

On the off chance that anyone else from here was near FRG on Saturday, along the fence by the shopping center, I was the one with the scanner, on the ground near the guys with ladders.

I also managed to shoot over 1,500 pictures in two days, which I'm uploading now, and will likely spend the rest of my life changing levels on. If anyone's interested, I'll post a link, and some of the betters ones, after I've done some serious culling.

**moose135** · 06-01-2006, 01:01 PM

Finally got a chance to go through my stuff from the weekend, thought I'd share a few:

Looking out the back of the ANG HC-130:

Here are a few of the Blue Angels:

Fat Albert's low approach toward the crowd - bet those boaters got quite a view!

Departing FRG Sunday after the show - can you say "heat haze"

:D

**mirrodie** · 06-01-2006, 07:12 PM

john, i love the head on prop shot, sweeeet!

**moose135** · 06-01-2006, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by Mirrodie

john, i love the head on prop shot, sweeeet!

Thanks, Mario. I wish it were just a touch crisper, but I'll live with it :D

I think those Marine C-130s have some odd props - I think I noticed something that looked like twisted tips (?) on the one that came in when the Harrier ran off the rwy, and you always end up with such great vortices showing in the shots.

**MORS-AB-ALTO** · 06-03-2006, 09:06 AM

Mario and Fred, nice to meet you gentlemen on Thursday. Here's my first post...

**MORS-AB-ALTO** · 06-03-2006, 09:17 AM

I think the Friday shots are easy to pick out. It was a Great show with alot of haze and right into the sun until the Blue Angels which made for some challenging photography.