Wings Over Wahpeton

There was a nice little airshow today in Wahpeton, ND. It was a 3.5 hr drive, but the weather stayed nice enough, and the show was fun. This is only really my 2nd airshow, at least since I was a little kid. All these were shot with my 70-200 2.8 (non-IS) with a Canon 2x TC MKI. I had a 100-400 but had to sell it to get the 70-200 for other stuff, how I miss it! The 70-200 with TC was not horrible, but it's just not as sharp!

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Top shots. Love the Mustangs.

Is #6 the worlds largest control-line aircraft?

DaleP wrote in post #7874365
Is #6 the worlds largest control-line aircraft?

its a B-52 Stratofortress

Nifty plane and still in service since the fifties (as you can read:cool


Love the shots of the mustangs, they are truly fabulous planes!

masterwillems wrote in post #7874412
its a B-52 Stratofortress

Nifty plane and still in service since the fifties (as you can read:cool


Love the shots of the mustangs, they are truly fabulous planes!

The B-52 is #7. I was referring to the inverted plane with 2 guys holding poles (?).

. . . great shots - those Snowbirds are on borrowed time !

In #6 the pilot is cutting a ribbon held on those poles. I have the before and after shot in the sequence as well.

Looks like you have a little sensor dust going on.

Shot 3 is my fave.

#6 and the Mustang shot are great, and I agree the Snowbirds are likely on borrowed time from recent reports.

Miss posted! sorry.

Why are they on borrowed time? I couldn't find anything on Google about them going away.

cicopo wrote in post #7875798
#6 and the Mustang shot are great, and I agree the Snowbirds are likely on borrowed time from recent reports.

Not to sure what you mean borrowed time?

Rivman wrote in post #7874756
. . . great shots - those Snowbirds are on borrowed time !

spitfirejd wrote in post #7877986
Why are they on borrowed time? I couldn't find anything on Google about them going away.

I was wondering about your comment also. They're scheduled to perform here at Miramar in October...

Craig is right - you've got a dust on the sensor problem.

I don't remember whether I heard it on TV or the radio but there has been some talk about the costs to maintain & fly the rather old planes at a time when military spending is very heavy due to our commitment in Afghanistan. There has also been some talk about safety issues but I think cost is the big reason in anything I remember hearing.