This past weekend was the Wings Over Houston Airshow, which was pretty much a wash. Actually that was a pun, it rained many times and a few lesser acts were cut out in order to get the main performers in. One of the coolest things about this show is the NASA display area. There was a C-9 "Vomit Comet", a T-38 trainer, and the Super Guppy. The bad weather kept a few others from coming including a GIII Shuttle Trainer, a U2R, and WB-57.
There were many warbirds at the show but many of the performances were cut short and we only got to see them get airborne for a brief second. F-15, F-16, F-18, T-38's, T-45's, Mig 21's, F-4's, Hellcats, Corsairs, Helldiver, P-51's, Spitfire, B-17, B-24, B-25, A-26, and much more. The Tora show was in town as were the canadian Snowbirds. The Snowbirds aren't so much flash and bang like the Thunderbirds or Blues, but are 9 ships in tight formation! They're also extremely graceful. The Super Rhino demo was also very impressive, coming one way at better than 700mph and back the other at less than 100mph! It was literally flying about like a Cessna 150!
All together it was a good airshow, but the dark skies made for challenging photography, as did the rain. This was my first shooting with my new Nikon 18-200VR. Not a super zoom lense, but what a range and turned some very clear shots. Here's a few from the weekend.
There were many warbirds at the show but many of the performances were cut short and we only got to see them get airborne for a brief second. F-15, F-16, F-18, T-38's, T-45's, Mig 21's, F-4's, Hellcats, Corsairs, Helldiver, P-51's, Spitfire, B-17, B-24, B-25, A-26, and much more. The Tora show was in town as were the canadian Snowbirds. The Snowbirds aren't so much flash and bang like the Thunderbirds or Blues, but are 9 ships in tight formation! They're also extremely graceful. The Super Rhino demo was also very impressive, coming one way at better than 700mph and back the other at less than 100mph! It was literally flying about like a Cessna 150!
All together it was a good airshow, but the dark skies made for challenging photography, as did the rain. This was my first shooting with my new Nikon 18-200VR. Not a super zoom lense, but what a range and turned some very clear shots. Here's a few from the weekend.
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