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Air Shows
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fotoi
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Cygnus
Member
Time to break my duck.... F-22 Raptor at Oshkosh this year
Golfecho
POTN Refugee
Question for the airshow crowd . . . at POTN I posted my launch shots under the airshow folder, figuring they were quite an airshow. What does everyone think? Should I post them here, or should I start a new thread? Thoughts? Opinions?
definitely an airshow!
Love this one - can almost feel all that jelly.Time to break my duck.... F-22 Raptor at Oshkosh this year
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Cygnus
Member
Thank you - you can always rely on the Raptor to bring the jelly
KjB_imaging
New Member
Do fly-ins count as airshows? These are from the 100th Anniversary WACO fly-in in Troy, OH.
Capn Jack
Gold Member
Nice images. I would include them in this thread as I feel they are a kind of airshow
Chris001
POTN Refugee
Cygnus
Member
Beech C-18S "Magic by Moonlight" EAA Airventure 2023
Golfecho
POTN Refugee
Tonight's SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink "Airshow" at Cape Canaveral . . .
This launch "streak shot" shows the first stage booster streak, a brief gap when MECO happens, followed by the second stage burn to orbit. The orange streak near the horizon is the first stage booster executing the "entry burn" to slow the first stage, thus preventing burning up as it reenters the thickest part of the atmosphere. That burn appears low, but is actually tens of thousands of feet up, but since it is over a hundred miles downrange, we see it close to our visible horizon.
For those in the area, SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon Heavy (Three boosters strapped together) this Sunday at 7PM or so, from Pad 39A. The two side boosters will boost back and return to land side by side at Cape Canaveral Pad 13 / LZ-1 and 2. I believe the center booster will continue and do a recovery landing to their landing barge at sea. This will be the first time they recover all three of the boosters from a "Heavy" launch . . . but wait, there's more! Four hours later they will launch a Falcon 9 from Pad 40 (just like tonight's launch profile). This will be a two-fer! If the schedule holds (which admittedly is an iffy thing in the rocket business), this will be quite a show!
This launch "streak shot" shows the first stage booster streak, a brief gap when MECO happens, followed by the second stage burn to orbit. The orange streak near the horizon is the first stage booster executing the "entry burn" to slow the first stage, thus preventing burning up as it reenters the thickest part of the atmosphere. That burn appears low, but is actually tens of thousands of feet up, but since it is over a hundred miles downrange, we see it close to our visible horizon.
For those in the area, SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon Heavy (Three boosters strapped together) this Sunday at 7PM or so, from Pad 39A. The two side boosters will boost back and return to land side by side at Cape Canaveral Pad 13 / LZ-1 and 2. I believe the center booster will continue and do a recovery landing to their landing barge at sea. This will be the first time they recover all three of the boosters from a "Heavy" launch . . . but wait, there's more! Four hours later they will launch a Falcon 9 from Pad 40 (just like tonight's launch profile). This will be a two-fer! If the schedule holds (which admittedly is an iffy thing in the rocket business), this will be quite a show!
Cygnus
Member
KD_Reno
Gold Member
Some Blue Angels shots.
Blue Angels Echelon Parade by Ken Drozd, on Flickr
Knife Edge Pass by Ken Drozd, on Flickr
Blue Angels Delta Breakout by Ken Drozd, on Flickr
Blue Angels Echelon Parade by Ken Drozd, on FlickrKnife Edge Pass by Ken Drozd, on FlickrBlue Angels Delta Breakout by Ken Drozd, on Flickr
superb!Some Blue Angels shots.
KD_Reno
Gold Member
Thanks!
Cygnus
Member
Saudi Hawks
