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NickPeterman
2015-03-22, 02:58 PM
Hello guys.

After 3 months without touching my camera, I finally felt compelled to pick it up for a couple of unique movements that occurred during the later part of my Spring Break. Sadly mother nature had been a little too inspired by recent cinema, and treated me to a multitude of shades of grey, with no sun to be had. Not the best way to ease back into things, but I did wind up at Adison airport for the first time, which was interesting.

Day one was at NAS JRB Fort Worth

Local C-40 as some exposure practice for what was not too far behind it...

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7632/16710538169_aa483ce1cc_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rsDSP4)IMG_6474 (https://flic.kr/p/rsDSP4) by Nicholas Peterman (https://www.flickr.com/people/53263228@N04/), on Flickr


Somehow the clouds got even worse (if possible) for our local CAG Hornet

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8689/16276706943_ca6e7fa531_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qNjnUk)IMG_6503 (https://flic.kr/p/qNjnUk) by Nicholas Peterman (https://www.flickr.com/people/53263228@N04/), on Flickr


And the main course for the day, the Lockheed Martin CATB(ird)

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8731/16896698465_37d34d3bc5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rK6ZMk)IMG_6555 (https://flic.kr/p/rK6ZMk) by Nicholas Peterman (https://www.flickr.com/people/53263228@N04/), on Flickr


A quick visit to Alliance netted this nice looking 429, which I hadn't seen before

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7593/16709279960_323b080abf_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rsxqMN)IMG_6563 (https://flic.kr/p/rsxqMN) by Nicholas Peterman (https://www.flickr.com/people/53263228@N04/), on Flickr



A double-header at KADS the next day.

Round one was this nice Sabreliner, which I reckon have to be getting rare these days.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8706/16895471722_7d432468fc_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rJZH7A)IMG_6614 (https://flic.kr/p/rJZH7A) by Nicholas Peterman (https://www.flickr.com/people/53263228@N04/), on Flickr



And this DC-9-15 from Ameristar

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8713/16274320304_7f9040780e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qN79ro)IMG_6588 (https://flic.kr/p/qN79ro) by Nicholas Peterman (https://www.flickr.com/people/53263228@N04/), on Flickr



We then dropped into Cavanaugh's museum only to find their P-51 doing the first engine runs of a newly installed Merlin, having been in maintenance since 2013. What a gloriously loud surprise.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8740/16276709153_c99f56e58d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qNjoyr)IMG_6629 (https://flic.kr/p/qNjoyr) by Nicholas Peterman (https://www.flickr.com/people/53263228@N04/), on Flickr


https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8735/16689358817_38b66f8639_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rqMjVP)IMG_6638 (https://flic.kr/p/rqMjVP) by Nicholas Peterman (https://www.flickr.com/people/53263228@N04/), on Flickr



Cheers!

Nick

moose135
2015-03-22, 10:43 PM
Very cool! Great catch on the CATB.

NickPeterman
2015-03-28, 02:51 PM
Thanks, Moose! Glad to finally check that one off the to-do list

jerslice
2015-03-28, 07:18 PM
I see neither cats, nor dogs.

Landing Lights
2015-03-28, 09:31 PM
Stunning shots as always, Nick!

NickPeterman
2015-03-28, 11:43 PM
CAT(Birds) and (Mad)Dogs :wink:

Zee71
2015-04-01, 07:47 PM
Nice stuff ... I hope it rains cats and dogs here like it did there.

Fly
2015-04-18, 09:59 PM
Those are awesome! Thanks for sharing.

gonzalu
2015-04-19, 09:48 AM
Great catch on the CATB and sorry about the poor WX. It always gets in the way seemingly!

megatop412
2015-04-19, 01:29 PM
Interesting catches there Nick, despite the weather