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Quonset, Rhode Island, 2015 Airshow


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Great pics! Like the T-33 ind ADC gray. Is that Canadian Hornet in BOB

scheme? I spent 60 of 62 years in New England, loved RI show, in FL

now and haven't seen Blues once, this is second time this year they are

in New England, still going to be in Maine for one more show! I guess

I picked the wrong time to move to FL! Did you get any Snowbird shots at

Westover?---John

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Great pics! Like the T-33 ind ADC gray. Is that Canadian Hornet in BOB

scheme? I spent 60 of 62 years in New England, loved RI show, in FL

now and haven't seen Blues once, this is second time this year they are

in New England, still going to be in Maine for one more show! I guess

I picked the wrong time to move to FL! Did you get any Snowbird shots at

Westover?---John

thanks a lot John. Yes, the CF-18 is Battle of Britain scheme. It was at Westover 2 weeks ago as well.

I got some shots of the Snowbirds at both Westover and Quonset; I have lots to edit still,

Ken

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Astonishingly gorgeous photography. What kind of lens were you using and how close to the flight line were you? I love the S.A.C. emblem on the tail of the T-Bird.

Darwin

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Astonishingly gorgeous photography. What kind of lens were you using and how close to the flight line were you? I love the S.A.C. emblem on the tail of the T-Bird.

Darwin

thanks a lot Darwin. These were shot with a Nikon 300mm f/4 lens and D7100 body. One is really close at Quonset - maybe 200 feet?

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Nice work!

That shot of the Blues solo head on pass is a great reference for building a Blue Angels F/A-18...they don't always look so monochromatic I guess. A great look at the walkways too, that is a detail missed a lot of the time on the Blues F/A-18s...a set of Steel Beach F/A-18 walkway masks would be a great way to paint those on.

Man, if I owned that T-33 it would be painted up in 101st FIS markings in a second.

Wow...what a busy couple of weeks up there in New England on the airshow scene!

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Great shots Ken. Last year was a great show also. I didn't go this year due to the fact that the family and I had to wait for 2 1/2 hours last year to get on the shuttle bus to get back to the parking lot.

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Great shots Ken. Last year was a great show also. I didn't go this year due to the fact that the family and I had to wait for 2 1/2 hours last year to get on the shuttle bus to get back to the parking lot.

thanks! I left Saturday at 5:40PM and got to Route 4 at 6:30PM, and then it was a bit of a traffic jam on 4 onto 95, but then 295 was clear sailing

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great to see the F-16 demo back

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Cheech's CF-18 dirty roll on takeoff

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Fantastic pictures as usual Ken!!! That viper is displaying some impressive mission markings- would also love to see that CF-18 demo near me sometime 😢

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