I got it!!!

[Victor Archer]

I always wanted to see this happen and I got my chance to capture it too!

[MustangFan]

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VERY nice Victor! I assume this was at Miramar as well? Looks like there was a LOT of moisture in the air that day...the Hornet looks like it's breaking through a fog wall..

[AirDOGGe]

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Good catch! I use to see F-14s/18s do that a lot at Moffett Field on humid days (Moffett is near sea level and right next to the bay, so moisture was plentiful), but they always caught me off guard.

[Sammy]

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Sweet shot Victor. I love the gray on gray
-Gordon

[kiwiracefan]

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Great shots victor, ive enjoyed looking at your work for a while.
I got this image at this years Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow at easter here in NZ, this is a Royal Australian Air Force F-111 doing its display on easter friday. The airfield that the show is held at is 1100 ft ASL and has a river running past about 1/2 mile from the show line, here he is approching 90 degrees to the show line. To see this airshow performance is awesome, the Aussies really know how to display such a big aircraft. The highlight of the display has to be the Dump and Burn where Fuel is dumped and the burners lit, the flame is about 70-100ft long and impressive as hell.
Here are a couple of images that i took during the show, they are nowhere as good as yours, but i manage with my EOS 300D and Tokina 80-400 ATX

http://public.fotki.com/fotosportz/airshow/img_1218.html

http://public.fotki.com/fotosportz/airshow/img_1218.html

[Race 29]

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Vic,
Awesome! Thanks for sharing! It's really great to see that from something other than an F-14. Unreal work as usual!!

Race 29

[Air Race Addict]

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I always wanted to see this happen and I got my chance to capture it too!

Um, Victor? Any chance you could upload it here. I am back at work in GEG and they block your regular website. If it's too big of a hassle, I guess I'll wait until I get home, sigh............

Never mind........ Guess I didn't wait long enough for it to upload. I had the little box with the red x in it. Anyways, someday, SOMEDAY, I will get to see this again. Last time I saw it was at NAS Key West with an RA-5C Vigilante back in the late 70's. To freakin cool. He was going SS too.

[speeddemon]

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[QUOTE=Air Race AddictLast time I saw it was at NAS Key West with an RA-5C Vigilante back in the late 70's. [/QUOTE]

Dude....I know you're old....but now you're REALLY dating yourself.

The Vigilante...that was the follow-on to the Wright Flyer, right?

[Victor Archer]

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Um, Victor? Any chance you could upload it here.

Let me see if this works.....

[jarrodeu]

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My gosh that is really neat!

Jarrod

[Air Race Addict]

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Let me see if this works.....

Thank you Victor. Works well with others

[AirDOGGe]

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Never mind........ Guess I didn't wait long enough for it to upload. I had the little box with the red x in it. Anyways, someday, SOMEDAY, I will get to see this again. Last time I saw it was at NAS Key West with an RA-5C Vigilante back in the late 70's. To freakin cool. He was going SS too.

I doubt the jet in this pic was going supersonic. None of the aircraft I've seen produce this visual effect were going that fast. More like 600-650 mph according to the air show announcers. At Moffett it was performed by F-14's or F-18's .

[Air Race Addict]

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I doubt the jet in this pic was going supersonic. None of the aircraft I've seen produce this visual effect were going that fast. More like 600-650 mph according to the air show announcers. At Moffett it was performed by F-14's or F-18's .

Dude! The Vigilante was going SS Maybe I didn't make myself clear as to whom was SS. I know the F-18 wasn't. It's a pretty common phenomena from what I know, and have seen. Just look at the threadfrom the Blue Angels in SF. I see all kinds of weird atmospheric effects with 757, 737, etc, Q-400, etc that are on final approach in PDX, SEA, and GEG when the air is supersaturated. Wingtip vortex, prop corkscrew, clouds over the tops of wings.......... Sorry if I gave the wrong impression.