AC Airshow pics (lots of pics) - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

79CamaroDiva · 08-20-2008, 11:11 PM

We went down to the Atlantic City air show today, and I brought a long lens, that I wish was longer after today

Some of the pics look dirty, between the sand getting on the UV filter and the fact that i think I need to get my mirror cleaned it was unavoidable, but other than that, enjoy!

sweetbmxrider · 08-20-2008, 11:18 PM

damn that looked like fun. airplanes are sick. never went to an air show but i wanna now

79CamaroDiva · 08-20-2008, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider

damn that looked like fun. airplanes are sick. never went to an air show but i wanna now

yeah, this was my first one, he's been trying to get me to go for 2 years now. We're gonna probably try to go to another one in VA Beach next month. This one in AC is every year on a Wed apparently, and is free. cant beat free

There were probably over 500,000 people there, but all spread out down the beach so it wasn't terrible.

SteveR · 08-20-2008, 11:31 PM

It was a great time! There were a lot of military and civilian performers. There were a lot of highlights, including the Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet coming very close to breaking the sound barrier. Someone posted a pic of it up online;

edit: The one pic got moved so I found another

sweetbmxrider · 08-20-2008, 11:35 PM

that is an awesome pic! being on the beach is an awesome idea. and free is good!!!

79CamaroDiva · 08-20-2008, 11:35 PM

I wish i could have taken that pic. I was too busy picking my jaw up off the sand dune.

SteveR · 08-20-2008, 11:44 PM

Another story was one that the announcer told during a very cool ParaRescue demonstration. What they did was six ParaRescue jumpers jumped out of a C-130 at only about 3000' above the water at most, then opened their chutes, and landed IN THE OCEAN, got out of their chutes, and an HH-60G helo came around and picked them up out of the water. Here's a pic of one of the jumpers right after jumping out of the plane;

What the announcer said was that, if you remember the movie A Perfect Storm, it was based on a true story about a fishing ship that was stranded at sea in a violent storm. The Coast Guard was looking for them, and after a while, a ParaRescue helicopter went out to look for them. If you remember, the ParaRescue helicopter tried to refuel in air but couldn't, and they had to jump out and ditch the helicopter in the ocean and try and survive, alone, at night, in the middle of a violent storm, by treading water. Four of the five PJs were rescued, and one of the six that jumped out of the C-130 today, was one of those four survivors. Here they are before landing in the water;

And here's their HH-60G helo coming to pick them up

That was a very impressive moment.

79CamaroDiva · 08-20-2008, 11:49 PM

yeah, they also did a refueling demonstration. I think I got a pic of that somewhere too

WayFast84 · 08-21-2008, 01:01 AM

Holy crap, thats so cool!

Its really not helping me stick with what MOS i was going to choose!

LS1Hawk · 08-21-2008, 06:12 AM

I haven't been to an air show in a looooong time. Great pics. Thanks for posting!

jin1481 · 08-21-2008, 07:40 AM

i wanted to go so bad, hopefully i'll be able to make it to Millville's wing and wheels

slugger27nj · 08-21-2008, 07:51 AM

Awesome pics! Airshows are definitely FTW.

I grew up in Jackson about 5 miles from Lakehurst Naval Air Station, and used to have the Blue Angels flying over my house for a week every summer. I would hang out at the farm next door and see everything perfectly from their fields.

alamantia · 08-21-2008, 08:00 AM

i love mustangs

Stevoone · 08-21-2008, 08:54 AM

Nice pictures, I like the third and fourth from the bottom. Time for a new desktop wallpaper.

I just got a flier in the mail for the Millville thing next month. I'm gonna try and make it down there, don't remember the last time I went to an air show.

Y2TA · 08-21-2008, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva

yeah, this was my first one, he's been trying to get me to go for 2 years now. We're gonna probably try to go to another one in VA Beach next month. This one in AC is every year on a Wed apparently, and is free. cant beat free

There were probably over 500,000 people there, but all spread out down the beach so it wasn't terrible.

Theres one at VA Beach next month? Damn, they don't tell us anything. lol. If I'm in port, I'll probably head to that. the one at langly was pretty sick, and VA beach is WAY closer than langly is.

Can't wait for family and friends day. They're probably gonna do an airpower demonstration for it, too. Break teh sound barrier, drop a couple of 2000 pound bombs in the water, etc. should be a fun day.

SteveR · 08-21-2008, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Y2TA

Theres one at VA Beach next month? Damn, they don't tell us anything. lol. If I'm in port, I'll probably head to that. the one at langly was pretty sick, and VA beach is WAY closer than langly is.

Can't wait for family and friends day. They're probably gonna do an airpower demonstration for it, too. Break teh sound barrier, drop a couple of 2000 pound bombs in the water, etc. should be a fun day.

Yup, September 19 - 21st at NAS Oceana. Here's the website

www.oceanaairshow.com

alamantia · 08-21-2008, 10:25 AM

how fast is that camera that it gets the rotors to be that clear?

79CamaroDiva · 08-21-2008, 10:38 AM

on the helicopters I couldn't slow it down enough to get a blur! (and i was trying, thats the best i got)

the plane rotors were stopped at 1/8000 and 1/4000, the helicopters i got to barely blur around 1/80th but it was very difficult go shoot that slow on such a bright day.

alamantia · 08-21-2008, 10:46 AM

it looks cooler with them stopped

Anti_Rice_Guy · 08-21-2008, 04:44 PM

Very cool shots, and that's some serious zoom!

ar0ck · 08-21-2008, 04:52 PM

Pics look good, I would have loved to go see the Thunderbirds and all those other awesome jets!

SteveR · 08-21-2008, 07:52 PM

Here's a cool pic the pilot of one of the P-51D Mustangs posted online. This is him flying behind the boardwalk during the show, taking a pic of the airshow from above and behind. The white trails in the air are the smoke trails of the planes that were performing.

79CamaroDiva · 08-21-2008, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveR

Here's a cool pic the pilot of one of the P-51D Mustangs posted online. This is him flying behind the boardwalk during the show, taking a pic of the airshow from above and behind. The white trails in the air are the smoke trails of the planes that were performing.

its hard to get an idea how crowded it was, but all those little dots on the beach arne't heads, they're beach umbrellas with a bunch of heads underneath

SteveR · 08-21-2008, 07:58 PM

and here's where we were

edpontiac91 · 08-21-2008, 07:58 PM

THUNDERBIRDS RULE! Very professional pictures. AWESOME job

, thanks for the shots.