Photos from Aviation Nation 11/12 - 11/13/2011

[Greg_NY]

Here are some photos I took at Aviation Nation 2011 at Nellis AFB. It turned out to be a great show with a couple of firsts for me. Namely, the use of flares during the Close Air Support Mission Demonstration and the presence of a B-2 on static display. (We also had a B-2 flyover which technically meant there were two at the show... hehehe)

Also good to see a C-17 demo again and it was great to see the B-1B burner pass, although more than one pass would have been nice.

With the B-2 being backlit I decided to try an HDR:



Flares:


B1-B recovering:


A-10 low pass:


Mitsubishi Zero:


F-15E with what appears to be a fuel leak:


Departing for Close Air Support Demo:


Mig 15 and F-86 after their dogfight demo:


Low pass by one of the Patriot L-39s:


C-17 - "Spirit of Ronald Reagan"


Heritage Flight:


A new aggressor paint scheme:


Always enjoy seeing a Phantom:


B-52 departing:


Hind helicopter on display:


Thanks for looking

Isaac

[moose135]

These are terrific, Isaac! Really nice work! Did you run into any of the AAM contingent out there?

[Greg_NY]

Thanks John, I appreciate it. I don't know anyone from the AAM all that well so I didn't run into any of them...

[seahawks7757]

Nice Shots Isaac! Mine are in the photo gallery!

[Greg_NY]

Thanks Brandon,
I saw them, they are excellent. I wish I remembered you were going, I would have came by to say hi...

[seahawks7757]

Me 2. I kinda was running around both days like a chicken with my head cut off lol.

[chrisparypa]

Looks like I picked wrong year to see Nellis show... last year show was worst than terrible. It was a joke.... this year looks like a not bad air show with some good stuf in the air. After such a bad experience from Nellis I decided to go to Florida to see BAs Homecoming :)

Great A-10 shot and B1 Touch Down !

[seahawks7757]

This may be the last year for Nellis, talks is with budget cuts it may go to every other year now. Personally I would rather see them cut another show's funding to fund Aviation Nation as it is the Thunderbirds homecoming.

[cancidas]

where'd the hind come from?

[fk6065]

Issac...........AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

[Greg_NY]

Thanks Fred and Chris...

Cancidas, Sorry I have no idea where the Hind came from.

[lijk604]

Nicely done HDR on #2 B-2 Isaac. Also loving the BUFF and the Mig-15 / F-86 combo platter.

[Matt Molnar]

Awesome shots!

[Matt Molnar]

where'd the hind come from?

I don't know for sure on this one, but the Army owns a few for adversary training.

[steve1840]

Nice shots Isaac! I passed up going to Nellis because I figured the shots would be baclklit like crazy, but you got great shots! Definitely concidering the show in 2012 now!