11th Annual Symposium .. International Society for Aviation Photography (ISAP)

[Jay Beckman]

Field trips for 2012 included NAS Oceana as the guests of VFA-31 "Tomcatters" and two trips to Jerry Yagan's Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach.  Unfortunately, wind on Friday and rain on Sunday kept nearly everything grounded at the MAM.

There were still good photo ops to be had though and I'll share some here as I work through what I shot.

Stand Down Lads...

This pretty much sums up our Sunday...

[Jeff D. Welker]

Lemonade from Lemons - nicely done Jay.

Looking forward to your posts from ISAP XI.

[Jay Beckman]

Good evening Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea...

Reenactor in the guise of a military photojournalist from our rainy Sunday at Jerry Yagan's Military Aviation Museum.

You'll see more of this wonderfully cooperative gentleman as time goes by.

[Jay Beckman]

Whoop Ass And Can Openers...

Aggressors and Non-Aggressors holding short at NAS Oceana

For want of an LSO shack...

[Jay Beckman]

Hornet Handler

Ground crew on duty at NAS Oceana

[Jay Beckman]

First Time For Everything...

Ensign about to go for her first tactical jet ride in a Super Bug

Wish we could have stayed for the "Bag Display Ceremony"

Hard to see but her O2 mask says "Spare 1"

[Jay Beckman]

Die letzte Aktualisierung hinunter kauft die Bratwurst!

(Last one down buys the bratwurst!)

These guys were an awesome reenacting crew!

[Jay Beckman]

Lemonade from Lemons - nicely done Jay.

Looking forward to your posts from ISAP XI.

Thanks Jeff...

Meant to mention that 2013 is slated for Seattle.  This was originally the 2008 destination shelved due to the economy.

[Scott Youmans]

Beautiful images Jay. True art.

[Jay Beckman]

You're very kind Scott.  Thank You...

[Jay Beckman]

Telling Tails

Amazing variety of squadrons at NAS Oceana!

And to think they warned us that it was a "slow day"

[scottcolbath]

Great stuff Jay.

S.C.

[Jay Beckman]

Thanks Scott...

Boeing B-17G "Chuckie" at the Military Aviation Museum

Not a big fan of the Dumbo paint scheme but hey, it's a B-17!

[Jay Beckman]

For those looking through this gallery who may be interested in joining ISAP, you can contact them for more information at http://aviationphoto.org/

[Jay Beckman]

de Havilland Dragon Rapide

1930's Biplane Classic

Originally covered in hand-stitched cotton, this restoration now uses Dacron sail cloth and zippers

Really wanted to see this beauty fly!