Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA, KIWA, IWA) "Willie"

[redsox223]

2. 'the hell?  Thought this might be spray gear, but it looks like a bunch of tiny little lights.  Any ideas?

While researching i stumbled upon this picture and thought Id share, it was taken a while back in Singapore.

[Dave S.]

Hard to tell in the post, but could you tell if the text is generated by an array of lights hung below the aircraft (similar to the plane that was seen at Willie) or were they dedicated lights mounted on the bottom of the wing?

[redsox223]

The book says,  "Strut Braced underwing neon lighting"

[Dave S.]

Interesting...

[redsox223]

Also dated to the 1950s. Its always nice to be researching and find something completely irrelevant to that, but linked to something else.

[Joe Copalman]

I caught Sentimental Journey shooting a few touch-and-goes at Willie morning.  Good to see her flying again:

[redsox223]

I caught Sentimental Journey shooting a few touch-and-goes at Willie morning.  Good to see her flying again:

Nice job with the prop blur.

[Joe Copalman]

Ha!  I was playing it safe a 1/250th.  I always seem to get carried away and try to catch her in the 1/100th to 1/160th range and I'm never satisfied with the results.  For as much as I've been told that it's impossible to take a bad photo of SJ, I've taken far more bad ones than good ones.

And thanks!

[Stephen Marshall]

Wow, I really need to start getting up before noon,  Surprised I didn't wake up to the roar of a B-17 this morning!

Fantastic shot!

[Stephen Marshall]

Gorgeous day out over at Willie. So I thought I would pop by and see if I could meet anyone from AzAP before I went to Tucson for the weekend. Unfortunately I didn't really introduce myself to anyone (I was the one wearing an Air Force shirt today) however there were tons of kids playing and just seemed like a lot of family activity. Which is good since there was a lot of Military. Had 4(?) T-38's, 4 Harriers (2 twin seaters) and a T-45. Good day for a family trip to the airport 


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Not sure what I think of the last one really, but it was interesting so I've posted it.

[Chris V]

[Ned Harris]

Chris: Those are two superb images. Well done.

[Chris V]

Chris: Those are two superb images. Well done.

Thanks Ned.

[David Loera]

[Matt Ottosen]

Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA(AW)-121) "Green Knights"