Grumman Wildcat (All Versions)

[Jay Beckman]

Thanks! 

Any of you boys seen an aircraft carrier around here...?

[Jay Beckman]

Guardian Of The PNW

[Chris V]

These are awesome!

[Jay Beckman]

Thanks Chris...

Wingmen

[Jay Beckman]

Where The Wildcats Are

[Jay Beckman]

High Flight

[Scott Youmans]

Gorgeous Jay as all of these recent posts have been.  What was used as the photo ship?

[Jay Beckman]

Gorgeous Jay as all of these recent posts have been.  What was used as the photo ship?

Thanks Scott...

We were two at a time on Scott Slocum's A36 Bonanza with Scott driving and offering suggestions along the way.  Next year, they want to have two Bonanzas available to put four shooters up on each round.

[Tower Guy]

You're my hero Beckman! 

[Scott Youmans]

Thanks!  Any of you boys seen an aircraft carrier around here...?

One of several things I like about this shot is that the Wildcat looks like an operational aircraft. It's dirty enough to look believable.  The complete prop arc is impressive.  How slow did you have to shoot?  Well done!

[Jay Beckman]

IIRC 1/60 got full disc.  We kept to a pretty good cruise speed.  It wasn't quite slow enough for full disc on a four-bladed Corsair though.

The close up shot earlier was at 1/45.

[azspyder]

Beautiful stuff Jay.

[Jay Beckman]

TYVM...

Another "Dawn Patrol" Wildcat

[Jay Beckman]

Alone Against The World

[Tower Guy]

I don't believe any jet aircraft would look as good in this shot as the Wildcat does. This is a part of aviation history that I hope never goes away, a spinning prop is where it all started. You certainly do these aircraft justice, thank you Jay.