A day at the air show (Spirit of St. Louis Airport)

Bob in St. Louis · « **on:** 15 May 2016, 11:53 pm »

Wife and I had a great day (away from the kids) at the air show.
Got a sunburn, shot 913 photos, got teary eyed with the aircraft.
Overall, it was a great afternoon.

Highlights are: The Blue Angels, The Canadian Snow Birds, an F-22, and an assortment of wonderful vintage WWII aircraft, and a bird... A real one. Oh, and a kite.

Here's the images.
Please pardon my lack of post processing skills.... It annoys me too.

richidoo · « **Reply #1 on:** 16 May 2016, 12:18 am »

That's AWESOME!! Great shots!

The B29 looks like a model airplane hanging form a string, except so real!!

The F22/mustang shot is cool. It's always hard for me to believe the size difference and the evolution of aircraft that were designed for similar purpose.

PS - put some coconut oil on that sunburn. Stops the pain and prevents peeling.

Scott F. · « **Reply #2 on:** 16 May 2016, 12:45 am »

Awesome shots Bob!

Big Red Machine · « **Reply #3 on:** 16 May 2016, 12:59 am »

Superb Bob.

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #4 on:** 16 May 2016, 01:07 am »

Quote from: Bob in St. Louis on 15 May 2016, 11:53 pm

That is alot of photos, that B25 is a very attractive bird.

PeteG · « **Reply #5 on:** 16 May 2016, 01:09 am »

Great shots Bob, a lot going on with that air show.

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #6 on:** 16 May 2016, 01:42 pm »

Thanks for the complements guys!

Yea... If I could master the camera, my photos would have some "prop blur", and wouldn't look so much like model airplanes.

richidoo · « **Reply #7 on:** 16 May 2016, 03:45 pm »

Hey, if the sun is out I shoot everything on sports mode, 1/2000.

thunderbrick · « **Reply #8 on:** 16 May 2016, 06:02 pm »

Quote from: Bob in St. Louis on 16 May 2016, 01:42 pm

Thanks for the complements guys!

Yea... If I could master the camera, my photos would have some "prop blur", and wouldn't look so much like model airplanes.

All ya gotta do, Bro, is ask!

Tell you what. At the next air show I'll join you up on Wild Horse Road. That ridge is clearly the place to be!

Zero · « **Reply #9 on:** 16 May 2016, 07:01 pm »

Those are some wonderful shots! Thanks for sharing! I <3 airshows.

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #10 on:** 16 May 2016, 07:17 pm »

Quote from: thunderbrick on 16 May 2016, 06:02 pm

All ya gotta do, Bro, is ask!

Tell you what. At the next air show I'll join you up on Wild Horse Road. That ridge is clearly the place to be!

Bob, I'll take you up on that. That ridge is better that "air show center".
All those shots are taken from "Harvest Bible Chapel". They charge $10 a car to park there, and the grassy area in their back yard is about the size of two football fields. They sell a great $2 hotdog. I'll buy, of course.

ArthurDent · « **Reply #11 on:** 16 May 2016, 11:01 pm »

Great pics Bob.

Looks like the weather was about as perfect as you could ask for.

Scott F. · « **Reply #12 on:** 17 May 2016, 01:56 am »

Hey BISL,

Some fun facts about several of the planes at the show; The F18's are pure St Louis, designed, built and tested at Boeing; the B25's were assembled and tested over in KC in the early 1940's and; the B29 Super Fortress was assembled over in Wichita KS, again in the early 1940's.

Gotta say of all the planes, the P51 Mustang has always been my fav

For its time, it was one bad ass plane.

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #13 on:** 17 May 2016, 12:25 pm »

I knew about the F-18, but didn't know the rest of that. Neat!
Hey....does anybody know about the yellow/orange plane? Who is is, who it represents?

Scott F. · « **Reply #14 on:** 17 May 2016, 07:28 pm »

Can't say for sure but that is an RAF roundel on the plane. I would assume Great Brittan was represented at the show too.

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #15 on:** 17 May 2016, 07:55 pm »

Scott, I was checking out the aircraft and saw a marking "BCATP".
Turns out, it's The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) a joint venture between United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, during the Second World War. This is the 75th anniversary paint sceme.

Scott F. · « **Reply #16 on:** 18 May 2016, 12:04 am »

Cool.

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SteveFord · « **Reply #17 on:** 18 May 2016, 12:23 am »

That looks like you had a really fun day out!

Odal3 · « **Reply #18 on:** 18 May 2016, 12:39 am »

Looks like a great day. Nice shots!

Bob2 · « **Reply #19 on:** 18 May 2016, 12:50 am »