Falcon Field (MSC, KFFZ, FFZ)

[Chris Kennedy]

I think the B-17 toward the left side might be Sentimental Journey. This is what it looked like back then. There's a B-25 near the left side center of the photo too. Also, there are at least five Connies visible.

[Jay Beckman]

@ Chris: We do have "Time Machines" .. They're called Cameras! 

What I also find interesting: There are actually six aircraft in the photo engaged in fllying!
- Three in the runup area
- One Landing
- One just off the active
- One taxiing to the runup area

[Joe Copalman]

Local pattern-beater that I caught while waiting for an old T-34A to show up.  Wish my shots of the T-34 came out this good.

[Jay Beckman]

Nice Katana...

So, where are the T-34 shots?   

[Joe Copalman]

Right here.  First one too early, second one too late.  The in-betweenies were all motion-blurry.  The aircraft flew behind a tree on approach and I was a bit wobbly when I reacquired it.  

Edit: Actually, I like the first one quite a bit now that I look at it.  Any why the hell does the halo from "shadows/highlights" not show up as prominently in Photoshop as it does in the finished & posted image?

[Jay Beckman]

I might almost say "Too Late" / "Too Early"   

Little sooner (and maybe a hair tighter) on 1 and you'd see the pilot .. Little later on 2 and you'd see the pilot and have a nice rear 3/4 shot...

[Joe Copalman]

The first one feels a bit off-balance due to the left wing sticking out into space, but it is what it is.  I would have loved a more solid head-on shot, but even at 500mm, I just didn't have the reach to take a credible stab at it.  Rear-quarter shots have to be extra-special to float my boat, and this one is a bit ho-hum. 

[David Loera]

[Joe Copalman]

Please pardon the minimal prop blur.

[Jay Beckman]

Looks like the Instructor in the Katana is trying to keep the student from seeing (worrying about?) the Vans...

[Joe Copalman]

If I had one of these, I would never fly it without these three items - a tuxedo, a vodka martini, and a silenced Walther PPK.  Bonus if the passenger is an impossibly-beautiful woman who is actually an assassin hired to kill me.  Actually, that's pretty close to how my wife and I met.

[Chris Kennedy]

If you like strange looking gyrocopters, take a look at this one in England. It looks like a flying motor scooter.

http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/519033.html

[Joe Copalman]

Truly Nolen's mousy Turbo Commander arriving at KFFZ this afternoon.  (Apologies for the jaggies, just couldn't seem to get rid of them).

[jslugman]

Fine looking aircraft despite the cheesy paint scheme. ;-)

[Warbird Keith]

Has anyone been able to catch Jens Meyerhoffs F8F-1 Bearcat? I hear that he's been flying it quite often.