Airventure 2013

[Crimea_River]

I'd rather have Russell's 109. Same price.

 

[Catch22]

I heard 14 at one point, but I could be wrong.

Awesome photos guys, maybe next year I'll make the trek.

 

[Wayne Little]

fantastic Pics...love to get up close to the Zero! then again.....wouldn't mind getting up close to all of 'em.

 

[Micdrow]

Thanks guys!! Day 5 I am taking a break from but I did get to sneak out this morning to the local airport and snap these few pictures. They have been flying over Airventure all week giving rides and not landing so I decided to land near them LOL. Best I can do through an airport fence.

 

[Airframes]

Great stuff !

 

[cco23i]

Boy that PV-2D is a sweet looking bird!

 

[Gnomey]

Excellent shots Paul!

I think I'd spied a shot of Eric in there somewhere as well...

 

[Micdrow]

Excellent shots Paul!

I think I'd spied a shot of Eric in there somewhere as well...

Thanks guys and Yep, good eye he is in there hoping to see some more of his shots

 

[Lucky13]

Absolutely fantastic pics!
Need to find a way to steal a Catalina....

 

[evangilder]

I got home yesterday afternoon after an exhausting week. We were working 18 hour days to get photos, video and stories covering Oshkosh, which is no small feat with a crew our size (about a dozen of us). I have probably walked about 15-20 miles in the last week, took over 11,000 photos (50 GB worth) and seen some absolutely incredible things. Photos have been transferred to the Mac now. Sorting and edits are next.

I finally found my formula for opposing pass shots. I caught more opposing pass shots this week than I have in the last 8 years. Here are some random samples for now.

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Micdrow]

I am glad you made it home safe and sound Eric, Yeah I don't think people realize what a strain on the body this airshow can do or exactly how big it is. It truly is the largest airshow in the world with over 10,000 aircraft on the grounds.

I was worried without modern day military aircraft how it would do but at least in my book EAA pulled it off and even surprised me in certain aspects.

 

[Airframes]

Love that night shot Erich. A similar 'act' was put on, by a glider, at the Cosford show two weeks. It was an incredible sight, with the fuselage illuminated in a striking, neon blue, and extremely skillful, in a glider, at night - and I left my cameras back at the tent!!

 

[Gnomey]

Great shots Eric!

 

[evangilder]

Yeah, Terry, the night show is pretty spectacular. It was about 2.5 hours long and they had lots of different aircraft lit up with LEDs and lights, pyrotechnics and fireworks, wall of fire and even a night skydiving act. Awesome, but really difficult to shoot with an f/6.3, non stabilized. If I do it again next year, I will be using a different strategy.

 

[evangilder]

I have spent the last 12 hours just getting the photos in some sense of organization to begin edits. This is going to take some time, so I will try and post a few as I go through them.

 

[Micdrow]

Great shots Eric, Shockwave looks great at night as well

 

[Crimea_River]

Marvelous shots Eric.

 

[evangilder]

Cheers guys. Shockwave is wild at night!

 

[Gnomey]

Great shots Eric!