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

[Scott Youmans]

Jeff,  Nice three pack.  Next time I'll bring my ladder!  Better to have it and not need it...

[Chris V]

[Chris V]

[Paul Dumm]

[Paul Dumm]

Yea, I cut the tail off, but I was working more on post then crop.

[Jeff D. Welker]

Tanker 55 headed to the Sierra Vista fire...

[Joe Copalman]

Jeff, this shot rocks.  I caught Tanker 55 on her next flight out of Willie, and could not be more upset about it.  I had switched to manual focus to scope the USFS ramp to make sure the props were spinning, then got a phonecall while I was doing that.  Did the "I gotta go, bye" thing as the P-2 started rolling, and fired what was in my mind the most solidly-panned series of shots I have ever taken in my life.  When I chimped my shots afterward, they were all blurry, to a completely unsalvageable degree.  I never gave myself the chance to turn my autofocus back on, blowing every single shot in the series. 

[Scott Youmans]

Nice!  Haven't seen that one fly yet.  Was that taken today? (5/21/12)

[Jeff D. Welker]

Jeff, this shot rocks.  I caught Tanker 55 on her next flight out of Willie, and could not be more upset about it.  I had switched to manual focus to scope the USFS ramp to make sure the props were spinning, then got a phonecall while I was doing that.  Did the "I gotta go, bye" thing as the P-2 started rolling, and fired what was in my mind the most solidly-panned series of shots I have ever taken in my life.  When I chimped my shots afterward, they were all blurry, to a completely unsalvageable degree.  I never gave myself the chance to turn my autofocus back on, blowing every single shot in the series.  

We've all been there my brother. We get that look on our faces of complete unbelief when our chimping reveals the unexpected error. In those moments, I channel Colonel Walter E. Kurtz and quietly whisper; "The Horror, the horror...."

Nice!  Haven't seen that one fly yet.  Was that taken today? (5/21/12)

Taken shortly before 4:00 PM this afternoon.

[Jeff D. Welker]

Monochrome Neptune

[Joe Copalman]

DEATH RATTLER

Departing Willie after some work on the nose gear.

[Scott Youmans]

P2V-5 Neptune - Fourty-Four

[Scott Youmans]

Neptunes - Taking the day off.

[Scott Youmans]

Neptune - "05"

[Jeff D. Welker]

Great images Scott. I'm also jealous of the access; you clearly know the right folks. It would be nice to take some photos at Willie without standing on a ladder.