Warbirds Galore: Wings Over Houston 2013

[NickPeterman]

Hey Guys,

Time for another installment from Texas. This weekend took me to Houston, and in particular, Ellington Field for the annual Wings Over Houston airshow. What a day! Awesome lineup of warbirds, and I honestly didn't miss the lack of fast jet teams or military statics whatsoever. As always, the light in the morning is beyond atrocious, but it improves steadily as the day goes on. That's enough chatter from me, time for photos:

These Apaches were sitting on the Army National Guard Ramp adjacent to the Warbird Hot ramp

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As was this nice medevac helo

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CGAS Houston is co-located at Ellington as well, so this flight came in early before the flying started as well

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Sadly the light wasn't optimal when the Red Tail P-51 went up

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I believe this is the character from the Disney movie...

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The Tora Tora Tora performance was great as usual

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They put tons of trainers up in the air

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And then several theme-based waves of warbirds

Naval aviation

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Check Six! (And yes, that is a real Zero, not the T-6 wannabe)

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Then up went the bombers

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And the CAF's flagship, Fifi

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There was a MiG-17 too!

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And I will end on the show's biggest "Holy Crap" moment, as Fifi's pilot made her do things I didn't think a B-29 could do

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Hope you enjoyed!

Nick

[nssd70]

Awesome really like the last shot of Fifi.

Doug

[CO777ER]

Great shot of FIFI, Nick.

I wasn't able to stay for the show, but did make it for the Sunrise Tour:
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[AA757]

Fantastic shots.... What a collection of Warbirds


Rich B

[Kiffy]

Great shots! The bomber photo-passes look awesome. Looks like one of the rare American airshows with decent lighting for a change. :wink:

[PhilDernerJr]

Nick, you're banned. those photos were painfully great and it is bad for my heart. I knew clicking on this thread was going to be a mistake.

Great work :)

[moose135]

Great work, Nick! And those sunrise shots are sweet as well! Nicely done all around, guys!

[Derf]

Simply WOW!

[NickPeterman]

Thanks guys!

Phil, I guess being banned I wont post the IAH shots, or anything I take in Dallas this weekend :wink: