Star Wars Canyon - 30-NOV-2016 - Epic Day of 84 Passes

[jasonowatson]

Greetings all,

I've shared this elsewhere but this is my first post here so please forgive me if I've missed any formatting.

Here's a set from last Wednesday at Star Wars Canyon, where we experienced an unheard of 84 passes by F-15C Eagles out of the 144th Fighter Wing, CA ANG; a Draken A-4K Skyhawk and then dozens and dozens of passes by 2 RNLAF F-35As and a US Navy VX-9 Vampires F-35C (high passes), making for my best day ever at the Canyon. Thanks to the COAP/Bluelife folks who arranged the show (I was there randomly celebrating my birthday and was pleasantly surprised).

The complete set of images from this trip and others this year are available on my websites: http://archives.jasonowatson.com/galler ... Vw0Ct_w5ew and http://www.jeditransition.com/

Cheers!

Jason

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[BOLLO]

Absolutely stunning chap.

[GUNHOG]

Wow absolutely fantastic

[captain scarlet]

Phwooaaarrgghhhhhh!!!!!

[Freeman Lowell]

#21 is quite nice
Freeman

[Lowfly11]

Totally amazing set of shots ...no need for the locals to worry about aircraft with afterburners lit and the noise looks like no inhabitants for miles around.Regards Tim

[Blue Diamond]

Superb!

[downes0106]

WOW, what a stunning set of images.

[Axle2uk]

Now that's a set, well done that man. Love em all
thanks for sharing

Tony

[jasonowatson]

Thanks everyone for the very kind words!

Jason

[slogen51]

Awesome as locals might say.

I don't get shots that sharp of stationary aircraft

[Richard E]

A very special set, don't think I can pick out a favourite.

Thanks for sharing them.

[eagle driver]

Wow awesome set ,thank you for posting.

[Blackcat1]

Stunning!!! I've never been a fan of the F35 but she does look good at low level!! Thanks for sharing.

[Knife 04]

Now they are abit special - number 14, 21 and 23 are fantastic

Thanks for posting up

Darren

[uk-heliman]

Fantastic set, especially like no.25 with the effect the canopy has on the distant terrain.

[markranger]

Well these are a bit special.

[Sparts99]

Hard to pick a favourite, loving the Skyhawks, but #12, what's the optical distortion telling us?

[Nighthawk237]

What a great collection of shots. Were you aware beforehand that the day was going to have a lot of passes, or did you just hit the jackpot by chance?

[powerslave]

What a great collection of shots. Were you aware beforehand that the day was going to have a lot of passes, or did you just hit the jackpot by chance?

I have a feeling they knew there was going to be a lot of passes by the Dutch F-35's,I don't think that's the norm there.
There was a one or two well known Dutch photographers there who I've seen their shots on the net as well.
Superb shots all round.

Ian