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Bounce It Down and Do It Again
Since the Growler crews were training as if they were on the deck at sea, they don’t flare their landings at all. They hit the runway hard and the tire smoke that results is substantial. Normal landing procedure on a … Continue reading
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Growler Overhead
The approach to the runway at Coupeville brings the jets right over one of the local roads. This meant I had the opportunity to go for some head on type shots of the jets. As they came right over the … Continue reading
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FCLP Training for the Growlers
Naval aviators have to practice the art of landing on a carrier a lot. Before they ever go to the boat, they undertake a lot of field carrier landing practice. This involves flying the carrier pattern to a runway as … Continue reading
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Pegasus Testing with the Hornet (and it’s not raining)
My luck with KC-46s and bad weather broke recently with a Pegasus launching out of Boeing Field on a glorious day. It was carrying out trials work with a US Navy Hornet. This jet was the subject of its own … Continue reading
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Salty Dog Hornet Goes Tanking
The never-ending test program for the KC-46 Pegasus involves testing with a variety of receiver aircraft. Recently, the Navy has deployed jets to Boeing Field to work with the tankers. While I was there, it was a Boeing F/A-18D Hornet … Continue reading
P-8 Heads Out on Test
Every once in a while, you just get lucky. I happened to be at Boeing Field on a sunny day with operations in a southerly direction and a bunch of cool traffic. Most of the traffic shows up on Flightaware … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, Boeing, Boeing Field, jet, KBFI, king county, maritime patrol, military, p-8, photo, Poseidon, seattle, washington
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Forgotten F-22 Pass
There are a lot of air shows that I have been to over the years. You think you remember them well and then something shows up in your archive of images that you have completely forgotten about. I am a … Continue reading
Sure, Wait for the Storm
When the weather starts to turn, you can assume that whatever you are waiting for is likely to show up just after it gets bad. In this case, a KC-46 Pegasus was on its way back to Boeing Field and … Continue reading
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Finally, We Get What We Came For
As my day at the canyon continued (you can read about the beginnings here), I got a bit more luck. The Navy came to the rescue with some Hornets and Super Hornets making their way through the canyon. One came … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, Boeing, california, death valley, F/A-18, fighter, Hornet, jet, low level, military, Navy, photo, Rainbow canyon, super hornet, USN
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My First Trip to the Canyon
Photographing low flying jets in their environment is a popular challenge. The Loop in Wales is a great hunting ground. I have driven through there a few times and flown through there once but I have never been on a … Continue reading
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