Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ

[John B.]

Primer is starting to go on the B-52 now:


Boeing B-52D Stratofortress 55-0067 par John Bezosky Jr., on ipernity

[Scott Youmans]

Aircraft by Lockheed - Tip tank design by Captain Nemo

[Scott Youmans]

Unexplained Attraction

[John B.]

Just a couple recent from the museum:


Grumman TBM-3 Avenger 69472 par John Bezosky Jr., on ipernity


Boeing B-52D Stratofortress 55-0067 par John Bezosky Jr., on ipernity

[Scott Youmans]

Cold Warier - EB-47E

[Anna M. Wood]

Cold Warier - EB-47E

Ohh...  Very nice Scott.  Love the stormy wx in the background.

[Scott Youmans]

Thanks Anna!

[John B.]

That is a really wonderful shot, Scott.  Great look!

[Scott Youmans]

Thanks John! By the way it was great seeing you the other day and your instructions got me to the shooting spot successfully. Much appreciated.

[Jeff D. Welker]

Cold Warier - EB-47E

In addition to the wonderful quiet light and dark weather/mountains in the background, I love the framing of this photograph Scott. The pano crop and placement of the EB-47E off-center left is terrific. The angle you've chosen creates an superb "echelon" perspective between the fuselage, port side engines, and fuel tank. Your post processing treatment of the image adds a cool metallic "patina" to the aircraft that fits perfectly (IMO) with the blue tonality created by the weather. The standard PASM canopy paint can sometimes be a distraction for me; especially in daylight photography. But it blends perfectly with the overall tone of this image. Was it raining on you at the time or was the storm staying north of PASM - the B-47 looks wet. Lastly, was this a summer or winter storm? It has a cold winter look to it, but I might be misjudging.

Side note: I've always found the small "bubble-style" canopy on the Stratojet to be a very unique design element for such a large aircraft. Not something I'd expect to find on a strategic bomber. To give Boeing credit, not that they care about my opinion, I think it works aesthetically on the B-47.

[Matt Ottosen]

Cold Warier - EB-47E

Wow, I love this shot, Scott!  Really makes me want to get down there on a moonsooney afternoon.

[Scott Youmans]

Thank you all!  This was taken during a monsoon storm and as I recall it was still raining lightly at that point.  The "cold" look is more the result of the dark clouds and processing than actual temperature at the time although it was relatively cool with the storm.  This was the same storm that yielded the B-36 shot with lightning in the background. I probably didn't use the best judgement staying out there as long as I did with the lightning getting close.  Got kind of creepy at a certain point and I hightailed it out of there!  Taken with a Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 at 170mm at f/3.5.
Jeff, I agree with you about the bubble canopy. It's pretty cool on the B-47.  As you probably know the prototype B-52 also had a bubble canopy but I think the side-by-side cockpit layout was ultimately a better choice for that behemoth.

[Bubak]

B-52-Pima-2 by zbubakaz, on Flickr

[Bubak]

B-52-Pima by zbubakaz, on Flickr

[John B.]

I hadn't posted the A-24 with propeller:


Douglas A-24B 42-54654 par John Bezosky Jr., on ipernity

The Jag is now in the paint booth, so we should see primer and paint soon:


SEPECAT Jaguar GR.3A XZ396 par John Bezosky Jr., on ipernity