El Centro Aviation Pictures

TakeFlightTakeFlight Registered Users Posts: 28 Big grins
edited March 10, 2007 in Holy Macro
My squadron was out in El Centro, CA for a Weapons detachment. Here are some of the pics that I took. Thoughts?? The black & white one was a buddies shot. I think that one is definitely a winner. Check out the rest at www.takeflightphotography.com. I appreciate any comments, critiques, etc.

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  • RhuarcRhuarc Registered Users Posts: 1,464 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2007
    Are those the Blue Angels? Really nice shots, especially like #2 with the moon in the background!
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2007
    TakeFlight wrote:
    My squadron was out in El Centro, CA for a Weapons detachment. Here are some of the pics that I took. Thoughts?? The black & white one was a buddies shot. I think that one is definitely a winner. Check out the rest at www.takeflightphotography.com. I appreciate any comments, critiques, etc.

    I like your buddies shot too, B&W can come across more powerful than colour sometimes :D .... Skippy
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  • nikosnikos Registered Users Posts: 216 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2007
    All great shots -- especially the 2nd one with the partial moon in view.
  • TakeFlightTakeFlight Registered Users Posts: 28 Big grins
    edited March 6, 2007
    Yes, those are the Blue Angels. El Centro is their winter practice home. We got a free show every Thursday and Saturday. It was quite the treat. All that and we got to go flying around southern California:)
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  • Frog LadyFrog Lady Registered Users Posts: 1,091 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2007
    TakeFlight wrote:
    Yes, those are the Blue Angels. El Centro is their winter practice home. We got a free show every Thursday and Saturday. It was quite the treat. All that and we got to go flying around southern California:)

    how far north do they go when they practice? I've been seeing some odd con trails lately - 90 degree angles and such (I'm up in the San Bernardino area) - more likely it was flights out of Edwards or something.

    I remember watching the Blue Angels out of El Centro when I was a kid. My dad/grandfather farmed down there and dad was also retired from the air force, so of course we went to see themclap.gif

    thanks for posting.

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  • TakeFlightTakeFlight Registered Users Posts: 28 Big grins
    edited March 10, 2007
    Yeah, anything with 90 degree con trails is not likely the blues or anything the Navy flies. F22's have thrust vectoring which could look like a 90 degree shift in a con trail, but that I am not sure of.
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2007
    loved them loved 1st and 2nd
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,941 moderator
    edited March 10, 2007
    The second is a great shot with the moon. I bet watching the Blues on such a
    regular basis never gets boring thumb.gif

    That first is a classic too.
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