Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress "Sentimental Journey"

[jslugman]

Very, very nice Matt.

[Matt Ottosen]

Very, very nice Matt.

Thank you James!

[Matt Ottosen]

Departing Falcon Field on another ride during the AZ Wing's A Gathering of Legends held today at the wing's hangar.

[Joe Copalman]

Helloooooo, Gorgeous!

(The plane, not the dude).

[Matt Ottosen]

Helloooooo, Gorgeous!

(The plane, not the dude).

You got that right, SJ is one gorgeous airplane (I might be a bit bias)!

[Joe Copalman]

Another shot of Sentimental Journey landing on Tuesday.  Apparently God didn't get the "no clouds" memo I had put out that morning.

[Joe Copalman]

Belly of the beast:

[Matt Ottosen]

Awesome shot, Joe!

[Stephen Marshall]

She made a visit to Willie today. I was lucky enough to be just getting back to my dorm when she went out on her first touch and go. Did 3 full stops, pulled in for a photo-op at the hill and went on her way.

Would have posed a heads up but it was all happening so fast. 

[Dave S.]

Some shots from visits to FFZ yesterday and today.

[Dave S.]

Did I mention there was a nice little crowd out there today?

That tug is probably too big to clone out, isn't it?

[redsox223]

All of these are great, but my favorite is the closeup of the engine with the smoke.

[Dave S.]

Mitchell,

Thanks.  I've been wanting to get some dramatic type shot of an engine start; some prop blur, smoke and such.  Still haven't nailed the shot that I've been picturing in my head, but still working on it.

Dave

[Dave S.]

Okay, Rob inspired me to mess around for this month's challenge.  Have some things to work on in order to improve my shots, but figured I'd post a few of my initial attempt(s).

[Matt Ottosen]

Departing Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport during a pilot check ride.