Vintage Aircraft

[ASA 32]

1937 USMC Grumman F3F-2 fighter, over the Gulf of Mexico, Galveston, TX, May 1994.

Kodachrome 64 1/60 f16, Canon FD 85 1.2L, F-1

Real airplanes have propellers--and two wings. You can see the DNA that led to the later Grumman 'cats fighters. Beautiful shot!

 

[briansilcox]

Grumman (GM built) FM-2 Wildcat, near Houston, TX, November, 2003

Kodachrome 64 1/250 f5.6 Canon EF 135 2.0L, EOS 1v

 

[ASA 32]

Love that Wildcat...

 

[briansilcox]

Another cat... Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat, May 1994, Galveston, TX, with FM-2 Wildcat wingman

Kodachrome 64, 1/250 f8, Canon FD 85 1.2L, F-1

 

[ASA 32]

Lovely, now all we need is a Bearcat—talking piston engines only, please!

(Confession, I did look at the stirringly beautiful photos on your website. It's a tribute to the men who flew those WWII aircraft in combat that some of those planes are still flying. Your photos help keep those memories alive.)

 

[Dektol Dan]

Piston Engines Only?

Piston Engines Only?

In a way I can see your point, I have never considered any Japanese motorcycle a vintage or 'classic', but a car 20 years old is a classic to some.

It's odd that I don't remember seeing any gliders or balloons here except my balloon post. Balloons are truly vintage methinks.

 

[briansilcox]

Keeping our cats in numerical order: Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat, over Galveston Bay, October, 1992

Kodachrome 64, 1/250 f6~, Canon FD 85 1.2L, F-1

 

[David Hughes]

In a way I can see your point, I have never considered any Japanese motorcycle a vintage or 'classic', but a car 20 years old is a classic to some.

It's odd that I don't remember seeing any gliders or balloons here except my balloon post. Balloons are truly vintage methinks.

Hi,

Gliders? Try page 14 and my post (No 531) for a photo and post 535 for a link to a video of it in action.

Regards, David

 

[Dektol Dan]

David:

Got it, thanks!

 

[Dektol Dan]

Not a Cat, but Piston-ed

Not a Cat, but Piston-ed

Lockeheed PV1 Ventura:

 

[Dektol Dan]

Luke Airshow

Luke Airshow

Canon 40D, Sigma 17-70:

B-17:

Avenger:

 

[briansilcox]

Last of my "Cats," Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat, October 2002, Midland, TX

Kodachrome 64, 1/250 f6+, Canon FD 85 1.2L, F-1

 

[briansilcox]

Blue Angel One, Commander "Butch Voris" Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat (1946 team), Brazzoria County, TX, November, 2003

Kodachrome 64, 1/250/f8, Canon EF 50 f1.4, EOS1-V

 

[ASA 32]

Thanks for the "Cats" series. I didn't know the Tigercat preceded the Bearcat. Good to know.

 

[ASA 32]

Cessna UC-78B "Bobcat."
Canon F-1, FD 85mm f/1.2L, Fujichrome Provia 100
Freedom Flight America, McGuire AFB, New Jersey, August, 1995.

"Out of the clear blue of the Western sky comes Sky King."


Cessna Bobcat UC-78B. by
ASA 32, on Flickr

 

[briansilcox]

Avro 504K, Old Warden Aerodrome, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, UK, September, 1988. Angus McVitie, pilot, Shuttleworth Collection.

Kodachrome 64, 1/250 f3.5, Canon FD 200mm 2.8, Canon F-1N

 

[briansilcox]

ASA... Provia became my last resort film before switching to digital, very natural colors. I love the "classic" depth of field look in the clouds, reminiscent of period 12 ASA film.

 

[briansilcox]

Lockheed 12A "Electra Junior," near Troy, Alabama, April, 2005

Kodachrome 64, 1/100 f11, Canon EF 50 1.4, EOS1-V

 

[Ronald_H]

Newark air museum by Ronald Hogenboom, on Flickr

 

[briansilcox]

Republic F-105D Thunderchief, NASM Udvar Hazy facility, Chantilly, VA

Canon EF 15mm f2.8 1/250 f13, EOS 1Ds II