Jones Beach Air Show

moose135 · May 27, 2014

We had the annual air show down at Jones Beach on Long Island over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. I spent most of my time at Republic Airport and the American Airpower Museum, where most of the show aircraft flew from.

1 - It was a cloudy, foggy morning when the Blue Angels arrived.

2 - I went down to the beach for Friday's practice. Low clouds cancelled most activities, but I did get to see a V-22 Osprey in person for the first time.

3 - Fat Albert flew over to check conditions for the Blue Angels. Unfortunately, low clouds cancelled their practice demonstration.

4 - B-17 Yankee Lady departs, as seen from the old airport control tower, now part of the museum.

5 - Blue Angels taxi out on Saturday afternoon for the show. And yes, they do call him Elmo.

6 - Skytyper 1 leads the team back to Republic Airport.

7 - Airplane Selfie

8 - P-51 Mustang Quick Silver

9 - The elusive full disk of prop blur!

10 - The crew of Yankee Lady took 10 WWII veterans for a flight on Monday. The gentleman on the right, in the red hat, is one of our museum volunteers, and comes out almost every weekend.

11 - Part of our traditional History Under the Stars photo shoot, courtesy of the American Airpower Museum.

black mamba · May 28, 2014

Terrific work, John. #'s 4 and 11 really stand out to me. Having been an aviation addict most of my life, those two shots wring out some strong emotions....but two entirely different emotion sets. I get one sense and feel from the B-17 shot and a whole different set with the AT-6 shot. Good stuff.

I've been real close to that P-51 ' Quick Silver '. I think it's the most beautiful P-51 I've ever seen.

See you buddy,

Tom

Stumblebum · May 28, 2014

#9 and #3 are primo!!

wtlwdwgn · May 29, 2014

Nice shooting! #1 for me. :cool

Juano · May 29, 2014

Very nice set.

rwells · May 29, 2014

Another great set John!

#11 is my favorite image

moose135 · June 7, 2014

Thanks, folks! I appreciate all the kind words. It's a whirlwind week of early mornings, late nights, and lots of running around in between, but I wouldn't trade it for the world!