You think I would have known this by the time I planned for the Dover Airshow. With the Charleston Airshow, some of my best shots were from the Friday practice. Did I learn for Dover? No*. With a asterisk.
Travel from Pittsburgh to Dover is 6 to 7 hours - traffic depending. We took our time getting out of Pittsburgh on Friday morning. We easily could have left an hour or two earlier. Vacation life.
We arrived at Dover when the Thunderbirds were about half way through their Friday practice. And I think they stayed up for a while longer for some extra practice in great flying conditions.
We made our way to the AMC museum for some great end of the runway shots. And even better, about 30 minutes after we arrived the museum was closing so we had to move. As it turned out, we found a great location to catch the final landing of the team. We could get the final banking of the aircraft to line up with the runway. Can't get that from the stands.
New Vacation policy. Get there Friday.
Thunderbirds #6 Close High Alpha
NIKON D500 Ver.1.31/Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6
292 mm, 1/1250 sec, f/8, ISO 200 (Auto)
EV 0, Shutter Priority, Size DX
Thunderbird 6 Ship
NIKON D500 Ver.1.31/Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6
232 mm, 1/1250 sec, f/8, ISO 182 (Auto)
EV 0, Shutter Priority, Size DX
Thunderbird #1 Bank to Approach
NIKON D500 Ver.1.31/Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6
600 mm, 1/1250 sec, f/8, ISO 220 (Auto)
EV 0, Shutter Priority, Size DX
Thunderbird #1 Approach
NIKON D500 Ver.1.31/Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6
600 mm, 1/1250 sec, f/8, ISO 220 (Auto)
EV 0, Shutter Priority, Size DX
Thunderbird #5 Approach
NIKON D500 Ver.1.31/Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6
292 mm, 1/1250 sec, f/8, ISO 220 (Auto)
EV 0, Shutter Priority, Size DX
I've always liked the #5 Lead Solo aircraft. I noticed a few years ago that the #5 logo was upside - down. not sure any other demo team can claim that. I'm fairly certain that is not a typo.
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