Jones Beach Airshow May 28, 2011....beach not included...SUPER IMAGE HEAVY

[cowens727]

I decided to leave the beach to the gulls & crabs this year for the airshow and spent my day at the American Airpower Museum at KFRG. Had a great time spotting there, as well as on the hill near Dave & Busters. Enjoy the pics!

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Hope you all enjoyed, catch all the rest of my shots here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cowens727/sets/72157626730852967/with/5784050168/

[Gerard]

I decided to leave the beach to the gulls & crabs this year for the airshow and spent my day at the American Airpower Museum at KFRG. Had a great time spotting there, as well as on the hill near Dave & Busters. Enjoy the pics!

With them using One Nine for the departures and arrivals that was THE location to be. And great Flybys all day (Sunday I was there). I ran down to One Four a few times to catch FiFi coming in as they were using that (then Three Two on Monday) for their departures. Its funny there still were a lot of people hanging out by One Four on the hill by Home Depot on Sunday when it was obvious (I guess :tongue:) all the action was either One Nine or even on Rt 109 by Runway 1 to catch them departing. Oh well.
BTW the green covering on the fence by One Nine/Dave & Busters took quite a beating this weekend!!! :eek:

[megatop412]

awesome shots!

[ANITIX87]

cowens727, great shots! Were you there Sunday?

Gerard, where on the hill were you? I was on the D&B hill from 12:30 to 3PM on Sunday. We couldn't have been standing too far apart (I was North of the threshold of 19).

TIS

[Gerard]

Gerard, where on the hill were you? I was on the D&B hill from 12:30 to 3PM on Sunday. We couldn't have been standing too far apart (I was North of the threshold of 19).TIS

LOL probably standing right next to you. There was a nice crowd there also. I left once to see the A-10 and F-18 depart over by Runway 1 in the back lot of Atlantic. Almost got my ears
blown off when the 1st Hornet left. Didnt know the 2nd Hornet was going up :mad: and was in the bathroom at the Terminal when the walls shook. And it wasnt cos of anything I was doing!! :tongue:

[ANITIX87]

Well now I wish I knew what you look like, haha.

[cowens727]

Thanks guys! I was there on saturday, and only spent my last hour at the D&B hill (which was just in time to catch the Hornet and Corsair fly-bys...). Between there and the ramp at the AAM I had dope views all day....

BTW, anyone know who was up in the old tower on saturday? 'Twas quite jealous of them....

[Derf]

BTW, anyone know who was up in the old tower on saturday? 'Twas quite jealous of them....

I took Ken and John Klos up

[cowens727]

Nice, that looked like the spot to be at on Saturday....

[Derf]

Sunday was better

[moose135]

Sunday was better
Yes it was...

[Derf]

Nice, that looked like the spot to be at on Saturday....

Here is a shot from Saturday
http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-znKcBVj/0/L/i-znKcBVj-L.jpg

[Gerard]

Well now I wish I knew what you look like, haha.

LOL tall and good looking!!! :cool:

[moose135]

Sunday was better
Definitely... :wink:

http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Air-Shows/Jones-Beach-Air-Show-2011/i-rvfpZqC/0/L/JM20110529A-1080-0194003-L.jpg

[Derf]

Definitely... :wink:

http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Air-Shows/Jones-Beach-Air-Show-2011/i-rvfpZqC/0/L/JM20110529A-1080-0194003-L.jpg

It needed more smoke
http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-FcLCqww/0/L/i-FcLCqww-L.jpg
(second landing on Sunday)

and here was the first landing from sunday
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[mirrodie]

Loving those A10 shots!

[Gerard]

Hey Cowens where did you shoot the pic of the H-34 from? I have the same shot from Sunday which I got through the fence (one advantage of my Canon PowerShot :smile:). Didnt
realize they went home at night. I've been hoping to get a shot of that Warbird helo for a long time and was very excited to see them prepping to leave when I took a walk over to the
"Green" fence.

[cowens727]

Hey Cowens where did you shoot the pic of the H-34 from? I have the same shot from Sunday which I got through the fence (one advantage of my Canon PowerShot :smile:). Didnt
realize they went home at night. I've been hoping to get a shot of that Warbird helo for a long time and was very excited to see them prepping to leave when I took a walk over to the
"Green" fence.


I was taking a smoke break in the AAM parking lot and swung around and snapped off about 8 shots...almost missed it...

[cowens727]

Loving those A10 shots!


And yeah, those A-10 shots are killer!

[lijk604]

A few we haven't seen in this thread yet...

John Klatt & his shadow
http://www.jklosphotography.com/Airplanes/Memorial-Day-Weekend-2011/i-gGHM2MR/0/L/N330JKFRG052811-2-L.jpg

"Miss Hap" - banana pass
http://www.jklosphotography.com/Airplanes/Memorial-Day-Weekend-2011/i-5bzKs8r/0/L/NL2825BFRG052811-3-L.jpg

You want smoke? I'll give ya smoke!
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http://www.jklosphotography.com/Airplanes/Memorial-Day-Weekend-2011/i-8ctbSNg/0/L/66-0222FRG052811-3-L.jpg

Who dropped the fuel cap into the tank?
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Wounded Warrior L-39 sunset
http://www.jklosphotography.com/Airplanes/Memorial-Day-Weekend-2011/i-vGm6qSX/0/L/N55107FRG052711-HDR-L.jpg

History...B-29, B-17, B-25
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[gonzalu]

John John John, that last shot! man... I am soooo jealous ... LOL

This is the best I could do is a heavy crop from Conklin St (about 1000 meters) with a 6MP camera :tongue: I am starting to save up my bribe money for next year. Which one of you is the easiest to bribe?

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[Derf]

This is the best I could do is a heavy crop from Conklin St (about 1000 meters) with a 6MP camera :tongue: I am starting to save up my bribe money for next year. Which one of you is the easiest to bribe?

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The AAM may take your bribe, it cost me 5 years of bribing to get up there! I can get up there when ever I need to but can not take any visitors up during Airshow and labor day weekend. Klos and Moose earned the spots by donating over time and Kenny just got lucky when I told his mom I would keep him out of trouble. Last year he spent Airshow in the hospital with his family when his aunt got hit by a car 10 minutes before the Blue Angels arrived, he has been learning every chance anyone with a camera and knows how to use it will talk to him. We spend about 4 hours a week most weeks talking on the phone about philosophy of photography. He got kid brother treatment this week. It was nice not having any tours due to the ramp being so active on this side of the airport so late in the day. The downside is walking around with the key all day as it is on a big wood plank like a grammar school bathroom key ant it constantly banged into my sunburns when popping flashes at night.

[Big Tim #70]

Kenny just got lucky when I told his mom I would keep him out of trouble. Last year he spent Airshow in the hospital with his family when his aunt got hit by a car 10 minutes before the Blue Angels arrived, he has been learning every chance anyone with a camera and knows how to use it will talk to him. We spend about 4 hours a week most weeks talking on the phone about philosophy of photography. He got kid brother treatment this week.



Not to mention all the Pro-bono work Kenny does for the Airshow, (Website, twitter updates, etc). We were actually hanging out with a couple of guys from Airshow Review on Friday & they told me that they got all their information from Kenny's website & twitter feed. Talk about an endorsement, guys who travel all over the world covering airshows go to Ken's website to get the info, very cool! This is not a rare occurance either, it happens all the time! The way I see it, the American Airpower & Bethpage FCU Airshow got THOUSANDS worth of promotion for nothing because of Kenny's hard work.

Great work buddy. You're a great guy who worked your tail off & you've earned your seat in the tower!

[Fighting_falcon_51]

I really appreciate having the opportunity to be able to go up in the tower this year for the airshow. It was amazing being able to have that perspective and it is something I will never forget. And in case anyone is wondering I'm STILL going through my airshow shots and they are slowly but surely coming along. I'll probably end up posting those shots in the FRG thread.

Tim- Thanks! I was shocked when I heard the guys from Airshow Review got the information from my site. I TRY my best to keep it updated and have it there so people can enjoy the airshow.

[Cary]

There are about 27 different threads with Airshow/HUTS photos, so I decided to post mine to a random one. Here are three that were just added to A.net. Thanks again to Fred and everyone at the American Airpower Museum for making it happen.

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[Cary]

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[lijk604]

Had to throw one last one up here...just wish I could have gotten prop blur.
http://www.jklosphotography.com/Airplanes/Memorial-Day-Weekend-2011/i-mTkJN5c/1/L/NX1345BFRG052811-sunset-L.jpg