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[Carbonman]

My wife and I are photographing a world premiere of a new Opera about women in aviation and their plane, the Beechcraft Staggerwing. The Opera will be performed this weekend and we will be there. We have been to the rehearsals and have seen the set which will be used and have seen the Staggerwing which is at the Air Museum where the Opera will be performed. Here is the Beechcraft/Goodyear Staggerwing and a few of its cousins from days gone by.

This location was once our airport and is next to Spirit Aircraft.

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I've flown in a Beech Staggerwing as a teenager in the 1960s. They were quite luxurious inside.

 

[jhawk1000]

The Opera was a great success and my wife has worked her rear end off for a week taking hundreds of shots. The story was about Louise Thaden who with co-pilot Blanche Noyes, won the Bendix Trophy as the first women winner. They piloted a Beechcraft Staggerwing and the story revolves around Walter and Olive Ann Beech sponsoring this team and the problems it brought between the Beech duo. It was very emotional since Blanche had lost her husband in a plane crash earlier. My wife mimicked the photo of the original Louis Thaden in front of the Staggerwing with her version with the lead of the Opera. The first is the original photo of Louise Thaden, the next is the color photo of the Opera star in the same pose in color and the last is her black and white conversion of thecolor shot. The plane was inside so Linda had to photoshop the old airport where the plane refueled en

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route to the win.

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[jhawk1000]

Duplicates, sorry.

 

[PeeBee]

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[2112]

In front of the Havelock, NC. Police station near MCAS Cherry Point.

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[szczepanl]

A few shots from SOSA Gliding Club and The Toronto Soaring Club taken over the past few weeks.

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[szczepanl]

WestJet Boeing 737-800 in "Walt Disney World - Frozen" Livery arriving at Toronto Pearson International

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[Holoholo55]

Went to Honolulu Airport yesterday (World Photography Day!) morning to try to catch the fighters that are here for Operation Sentry Aloha, a joint training exercise between F-15 fighters from the California Air National Guard and the F-22s from the Hawaii Air National Guard. The morning started out great, but we were enveloped by rain and murk by the time the jets took off. Got some shots anyway. Wasn't gonna leave without them and got thoroughly soaked in the process. Thank you Olympus for weather-sealing. Here's some samples.

Olympus EM1X w/Olympus 100-400. ISO 200, 1/1000th, shutter priority. Testing out Airplane Tracking AF. Seemed to work well except when the rain and mist were really bad.

Early in the morning while the weather was clear. A Kalitta Air Boeing 747 cargo jet heading for the taxiway before takeoff.

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Those big 747s are majestic.

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A Robinson R44 coming in for a landing.

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KC-135 taking off.

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CA Air National Guard F-15 taking off into a light rain.

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A Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 taking off in heavier rain.

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An F-15 with afterburners disappearing into the mist and murk. Yuck.

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More here if you are so inclined. https://www.flickr.com/gp/92624968@N02/S5z6V9

 

[rloewy]

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[Lucky]

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[Barking]

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[Holoholo55]

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That's close.

 

[Barking]

That's close.

Yes, they were coming in very low..

 

[jhawk1000]

From a local air show a few years back.

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[jhawk1000]

This air show was on our USAF base.

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[Barking]

Eye in the sky..

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[AndyCr]

A few sunset shots at Fort Lauderdale a couple of years ago.

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N657NK by Andy Cripps, on Flickr

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N6711M by Andy Cripps, on Flickr

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N672PS by Andy Cripps, on Flickr

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N604PS by Andy Cripps, on Flickr

 

[pdk42]

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Boeing Stearman 75 by Paul Kaye, on Flickr

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De Havilland Rapide - the view from the cockpit by Paul Kaye, on Flickr

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Startup by Paul Kaye, on Flickr

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De Havilland Rapide on Take-off by Paul Kaye, on Flickr

 

[szczepanl]

Looks like Airshow season is here. Some of my shots from Airshow London 2021 (Ontario, Canada)

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Sorry for the image heavy post. If you would like to see more here is a link to my album from the show on flickr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/silentflight/albums/72157719761585582

 

[Mountain_Man_79]

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