Warbirds (R/C) Over the Rockies (pics)

Chicoartist · **Posted:** Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:56 pm

Hi guys,

I flew into Denver last weekend to see the annual Warbirds Over the Rockies R/C show at Chatfield State Part in Littleton (south Denver area). Wow - I was most impressed. Not only were the models simply stunning examples of the craft, but the pilots were obviously very experienced, and flew these beauties very "scale" like.

I would like to mention that I was quite blown over by the welcoming reception I got. I was but one 'sponsor' (donated some prints for their auction), but I was treated as an old friend by the event organizers, getting full access to the facilities and airfield. As you'll see by these pictures, I took full advantage of my VIP pass. I shot over 900 images, and over 8 or 9 posts in this thread, I hope to show my favorites.

For the shutterbugs among us, I used a Canon EOS 20D with a 17-85mm IS (IS *off*) lens. For the flying shots, I set the AF point to center spot only. Aperture Priority (usually 1/800-1000 sec) was set. ISO at 200. Drive was set to Burst. For the ground shots, the camera's AutoProgram was used.

Let's get started (in no particular order):

Wade

Chicoartist · **Posted:** Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:26 pm

10 more ...

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11330

Chicoartist wrote:

I flew into Denver last weekend to see the annual Warbirds Over the Rockies R/C show at Chatfield State Part in Littleton (south Denver area).

Wade

That Fury really gets around! Saw it at Castle AFB a few weeks ago.

Chicoartist · **Posted:** Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:20 pm

'nother 10 ...

Chicoartist · **Posted:** Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:16 am

Chicoartist · **Posted:** Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:35 am

10 more quick ones ...

Ollie · **Posted:** Wed Jun 14, 2006 2:00 pm

Awesome stuff Wade!

TimAPNY · **Posted:** Wed Jun 14, 2006 2:23 pm

Great pictures, but I must also say those are some of the best RC Planes I've seen. :shock:

The Fw-190 is breath taking, as is the F9F.

Any of the Panther Flying?

Tim

Chicoartist · **Posted:** Wed Jun 14, 2006 4:53 pm

The Panther flew very, very nicely a few times, then the gear wouldn't come down. He belly landed it way long and past the runway/grassy area in front of us (I wondered why he didn't just go around and try again, but maybe he was low on fuel) ... it bounced around, but didn't cartwheel (luckily), and the pilot/builder said it would fly again.

Geez, it looks like a lot of fun, but darn you could go broke in a hurry crashing those expensive models ... a MiG-17 flying with the Panther went in and burned ... few thousand $$ up in smoke (literally).

I might have one or two of it landing or taking off - those turbine-powered jets were extremely fast and I gave up trying to track them ... landing and t/o were all I could get.

Wade

Chicoartist · **Posted:** Thu Jun 15, 2006 4:32 pm

PatM · **Posted:** Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:58 pm

Wade,
I like those in-flight shots, especially the P-51 and P-47 in formation. Looks pretty real.

dj51d · **Posted:** Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:48 pm

Great shots Wade. I like the Fw-190 with the actual radial engine!

Chicoartist · **Posted:** Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:43 pm

Steve Pisanos (71 ES & 4 FG) and Russ Kyler (56th FG) attended the flying event and spoke at the Saturday night banquet.

Chicoartist · **Posted:** Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:46 pm

10 more ...

I happened to be looking at that beautiful P-38 (see my engine-run shots of her a few posts above) through the lens as she came in with, I believe, a gear problem. Extremely skillful flying on the pilot's part kept the damage to a 'repairable' minimum. The mishap notwithstanding, she flew superbly throughout her routine. I had a soft spot for this one as she displayed a 435th FS patch on her nose ... I flew with and did some artwork for the *current* 435th FTS (IFF) at Moody AFB, Ga, not too long ago:

Chicoartist · **Posted:** Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:45 pm

Hope you guys enjoyed these ...

In Memoriam - a beautiful Avenger (and HUGE, too!), which met it's end at the event:

Hats off, please:

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