Luke Air Force Base (LUF, KLUF)

[Tower Guy]

Being patient in the EOR. by Tower Guy, on Flickr

[Jeff D. Welker]

Very, very nice Harvey. Works wonderfully with the wide pano crop. I especially like the row of white lights along the bottom of the fuselage. The reflection and back lighting in the canopy is absolutely killer. How'd you get that pilot to hold his/her head still?

Terrific image sir.

[Anna M. Wood]

I agree with Jeff....  Very nice image Harvey.

[Tower Guy]

Jeff and Anna, thank you very much for your nice comments.

Jeff, I'm going to share a little secret with you on how to get a pilot to sit still long enough for a timed exposure. I always carry a pocket full of shiny new nickels, when the shot is set up you just throw a nickel out in front of the aircraft and it temporarily mesmerizes him long enough to get the shot.    Please don't share this or I'll lose my edge with this technique. 

[Scott Youmans]

Quite a shot Harvey! Amazing the degree to which the canopy bends the light. As Jeff mentioned, that row of lights really adds a lot. Very cool.

[Tower Guy]

Thank you very much Scott.

[Tower Guy]

A weekend visitor by Tower Guy, on Flickr

[Jeff D. Welker]

Tack sharp, terrific resolution, wonderful color balance, spot-on exposure, and to top it off its an A-10. There is nothing to not like about this image Harvey; well done.

[Tower Guy]

Thank you very much Jeff, It helped that it was very clean.

[Tower Guy]

Pilots under glass. by Tower Guy, on Flickr

[Scott Youmans]

Impressive Harvey.  Great angle for the F-15. Wish they'd build a few hundred more of those.

[Tower Guy]

Thanks Scott, when I got to Luke in 1983 we had about 120 of these on the ramp, very impressive sight. We had 3 F-16s on the ramp and we had 2 Wings, the 58th and the 56th. The German F-104s were in the process of ending their tenure here. Now the F-35s are doing just what the F-16s did to the F-15 training, time marches on.

[Jeff D. Welker]

BUBBLE BOY

[Tower Guy]

Beauty Jeff, you caught the best view of an F16 in my opinion. That head-on shot looks like a space vehicle as much as a fighter aircraft.

[Jeff D. Welker]

Beauty Jeff, you caught the best view of an F16 in my opinion. That head-on shot looks like a space vehicle as much as a fighter aircraft.

Thanks Harvey. Like you, I really like this angle on the Viper.