F22 Raptor ISP Arrival...in the rain :(

[lijk604]

It was raining lightly, and the dark clouds made for really challenging conditions, but you wanted Raptor shots, you got 'em.

http://jjcjklos.smugmug.com/photos/299838811_NC6R8-L.jpg

Lots of rain - grrrrrrr!
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Wild looking sky
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A friendly wave
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Resting on Sheltair's ramp, shot from my ramp in better afternoon light.
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[Matt Molnar]

Pretty damn nice despite the rain. Without the clouds you probably wouldn't have caught the burners.

[moose135]

Very nice, John! Love that you caught the burners on those two shots.

[T-Bird76]

John GREAT PICS!! Man really cool to see! I'm not a huge military fan but there is something about the F22 that I just love.

[mirrodie]

very nice shots esp. with the burners aglow! you made great use of the camera today!

[G-BOAD]

Nice shots!! Really like #2 and #4. good job capturing the burners.

[GrummanFan]

Excellent shots, congrats on photographing the first F-22's to land on Long Island!

[Steven Holzinger]

Nice to see a boss bird in the group!

[Mateo]

When the announcer says the demo birds are just regular line aircraft, they're not kidding! Last week at Andrews, 04-4071 was the demo, and 04-4069 was the spare. It's not like the A-10 or F-15 teams, where it's usually the same two jets that show up. Incidentally, can you tell the serial of the 1OG boss bird? It was -4071 at last year's Langley show, but has apparently been repainted into normal markings now. I can tell it's an 03- fiscal, but the posted pic is just too small.

[Gerard]

Just saw "Iron Man" last night (GREAT flick BTW) and the Raptors have a big scene in the movie. Mostly CGI i would guess but still pretty cool.

[Gerard]

Back from the airshow and the Raptor was a BIG hit with the crowd judging from the people around me. WOW!! What an awesome jet!!
And the Flight of Two flyby with the P-51 gave me chills the way they flew so close, the past with the future (present). I hope someone
has a picture or two of that flyby.

[GrummanFan]

Here's my shot of the Heritage flight:

http://dfalk.smugmug.com/photos/300368523_8ZY6g-L.jpg

[Gerard]

Here's my shot of the Heritage flight:

http://dfalk.smugmug.com/photos/300368523_8ZY6g-L.jpg

Ah SWEET thanks.