SpiritFingers 0 #1 October 4, 2007 So i just spent the last hour watching the Blue Angeles buzz around the city and the bay. I'm on the 39th floor of a highrise at the end of Market St... and WOW. I cant wait for the show tomorrow. Damn they are cool. UGH now back to work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSE 1 #2 October 4, 2007 I can't see them, but I certainly can hear them! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #3 October 4, 2007 We don't get the Angels down here (San Diego) this year, we get the Thunderbirds, which I'm hoping will be just as good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpiritFingers 0 #4 October 4, 2007 I've heard the Thunderbirds are great...although i've never seen them. Enjoy! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upndownshop 0 #5 October 4, 2007 QuoteSo i just spent the last hour watching the Blue Angeles buzz around the city and the bay. I'm on the 39th floor of a highrise at the end of Market St... and WOW. I cant wait for the show tomorrow. Damn they are cool. UGH now back to work. Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing them soon. They will be in Muskogee OK. Oct. 27 and 28. So I schedule another meeting with the city to discuss taking the SkyFest Boogie there next year, wanted to see the lay out of the airport during the show. I have'nt seen them in years, should be exciting. So you got it for free! Cool Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 0 #6 October 4, 2007 I take it San Fran lost their fight regarding the Angels flying that airshow. I remember a while back they were trying to keep the blue angels from flying because "it's free advertising for the military." Don't worry about the difficulty, time and effort these guys have put into putting on a good show for the crowd... They just wanna sucker more people into the military.Edited cuz I don't wanna send it to the speaker's corner Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #7 October 4, 2007 Here are some of my shots of the Thunderbirds last weekend including a rare shot of them doing some promo photos from the C-130. Only photo I did anything to but resize was the C-130.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjhdiver 0 #8 October 4, 2007 QuoteI take it San Fran lost their fight regarding the Angels flying that airshow. A common misconception, usually spread by conservative talk radio and the delightful people at Fox News. The facts are these. There are two idiots on the San Francisco board of Supervisors that table a motion every year to ban the Blue Angels. They were this year, as they are every year, told to go pound it. You can read about the attitude towrds the military in San Fransicso here, printed today in the Chronicle funnily enough. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/10/04/MNH0SILMH.DTL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #9 October 4, 2007 More photos. I enjoyed the Aeroshell group as much as the Thunderbirds.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpiritFingers 0 #10 October 4, 2007 I heard that too... however they been flying "Fleet Week" ever since i've been working downtown (8 yrs now). I know they were told not to buzz the buildings as close anymore. We once saw a pilot actually smile at us from what seemed like 50 feet (we were on the 19th floor)... Very NICE. But the cool part is that this year i get to watch them from 20 floors higher. Its so much better. Tomorrows show should be great... i hear the Airbus A380 is supposed to be out, as well as a P-51 Mustang. I'm so excited.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 0 #11 October 4, 2007 Quote Quote I take it San Fran lost their fight regarding the Angels flying that airshow. A common misconception, usually spread by conservative talk radio and the delightful people at Fox News. The facts are these. There are two idiots on the San Francisco board of Supervisors that table a motion every year to ban the Blue Angels. They were this year, as they are every year, told to go pound it. You can read about the attitude towrds the military in San Fransicso here, printed today in the Chronicle funnily enough. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/10/04/MNH0SILMH.DTL There's 2 sides to every story I guess. Typically, the truth lies somewhere in between. That's all I'm going to say on it because, well, this is a happy post and it's not good to say sad things in a happy post.Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalesna 0 #12 October 4, 2007 Quote I heard that too... however they been flying "Fleet Week" ever since i've been working downtown (8 yrs now). I know they were told not to buzz the buildings as close anymore. We once saw a pilot actually smile at us from what seemed like 50 feet (we were on the 19th floor)... Very NICE. But the cool part is that this year i get to watch them from 20 floors higher. Its so much better. Tomorrows show should be great... i hear the Airbus A380 is supposed to be out, as well as a P-51 Mustang. I'm so excited.... I'm not so keen on the A380. Cool idea, but a waste of money. Profit won't outweigh the cost of production and operation in the long run. The P-51 and the HE-111 Heinkel are some of my favorite airplanes! (Let's not forget the AN-2)Some people refrain from beating a dead horse. Personally, I find a myriad of entertainment value when beating it until it becomes a horse-smoothie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #13 October 4, 2007 A P-51... Pffft. Lets play count the P-51's. I've got a dozen others like this with differnt planes in them.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #14 October 4, 2007 Nice photos. What camera do you use? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #15 October 4, 2007 Canon Xti with either the 70-200L f4 or the 100-400L IS F4-5.6. All the Thunderbird photos were at somewhere between 350-400mm. The Canon rep loaned me the 100-400 for them, its on my soon to buy list now. He was shooting with the 400L f4 IS DO and a 1Ds Mark III. My click click click was more of a machine gun going off on his body. I guess thats what you get when you drop $4400 into a body and another $5300 into the lens.Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #16 October 4, 2007 I'm jealous. I don't have a great camera, so we'll see what kind of shots I can get next weekend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #17 October 4, 2007 Awesome shots! Wow. I got jet disease I need a freakin ride. I think i just came in my pants after seeing those shots. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivexxl 0 #18 October 5, 2007 The one idiot is my district supervisor, too... This pic is from Alcatraz a few years back. Blog Clicky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FIREFLYR 0 #19 October 5, 2007 39th floor huh...~J "One flew East,and one flew West..............one flew over the cuckoo's nest" "There's absolutely no excuse for the way I'm about to act" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
