The Official AirVenture Oshkosh 2011 Photo Thread

[JBrawner]

i have some up as well on my facebook but nothing like others sooooo ill let people see them if they want

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 412&type=1

[Myles]

I can't believe how crystal clear the shots are. Great shooting guys.
Jim

[Tim Adams]

Don't take pics of everything. Some of us have to work and won't arrive until Thursday!!

[spookythecat]

After waiting out some rain/wind/storm action tonight I got to get a little night shooting practice in. Hopefully they'll get better as the week progresses.









If you look very carefully at the prop on that nearest Texan you can see it has a bullet hole in it.

[Cherrybomber13]

You have some really beautiful photos already. Love the FW & the 5 blade shot. Have a blast. Wish I was there.

[Lightning]

Howdy All

Anyone know if the two Grand Champion contenders have arrived yet ?
Jim Tobul's F4U-4 and the Tri-State Warbird Musuem's P-40M !

Lightning

[Lynn Allen]

Well done Al as always, I like the lighting in the back ground of the Spit the back light of the FW-190.... Well done

[JohnTerrell]

Excellent photos, Al! I'm very excited to get out there!

What's the story behind the bullet hole in the prop of the Texan?

Besides those talked about recently, I am also looking forward to seeing Ron Fagen's "Twilight Tear" - I wish I could be making it early enough to watch the artwork of the name being applied, but I won't be able to get out there until the end of the week. It should be another of those definite Grand Champion "contenders"!

[Matt Gunsch]

if the interrupter gear for the nose mounted machine skipped, it would cause the gun to fire when there was a prop blade in front of the muzzle. If the resulting hole was in such a place it would not affect the performance of the prop, a matching hole was drilled into the other blade for balance.

[The Inspector]

And how loud of a whistling noise does the prop make? When I was in A&P school, our F4F-4 had a shortened prop as some student previously had drilled holes in the end of one blade for balance, and running it up over about 900 RPM gave off a shreeking whistle like noise that made neighborhood dogs queezy. 'ya didn't have to call the tower, we heard ya comin' for the last 30 minutes'

[Dan K]

Sunday afternoon: F7F, FJ, and more...

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 8041582421

[Matt Sharkey]

@ spookythecat

My some loved your photos so much, he asked me to print them so he could carry them around with him. Nice shots.

Matt

[garbs]

Nice shots, Al and company. We closed up at about 160 registered yesterday - need 100 more by the end of today to match Monday's tally from 2010. Unfortunately the blue F2G will NOT be among them, as the engine apparently made a bunch of metal last week.

all for now - need to get back to work.

[Jerry O'Neill]

Al, great shots! keep them coming, please!
Are you using available light or are you able to add some light source for your photos?
Jerry

[spookythecat]

Al, great shots! keep them coming, please!
Are you using available light or are you able to add some light source for your photos?
Jerry

It's a bit ambient light and a bit of flashlight painting using a long exposure.

Glad you all are enjoying the shots.

It's getting to be that time where my shots posted will slow down as i'm out there from about 10am - 1am and it doesn't leave me with much time to work on pics. I'll put up anything that stands out if I can.

Bummer to hear no F2G.

And Twilight Tear is a real beauty. Interesting tanks on it.