3, 2, 1, break! by velocicrapper
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::: Part 25 of a series of Warbird Photos :::
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SPECIAL
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On March 6th, 2004 I had the special honor of going up in a World War 2 North American SNJ Texan trainer over Chino, California (from the Planes of Fame Museum) and meet up with a North American P-51D Mustang (my favorite plane of all time) and take my first ever Air-To-Air photos!!! :) What a way to get a start into that. It was actually my first ever small plane right, and aside from a commercial plane to Oahu and back, my second ever time in a airplane! Wow was it amazing and so much fun. (I even got to fly the Texan for a little while!!)
Taken in a North American SNJ Texan
This aircraft is a North American P-51D Mustang named 'Spam Can'. It is painted in the colors of a P-51 squadron in the Pacific on Iwo Jima. She was just polished a few weeks earlier, thus the beautiful shine on her. Here the pilot in the SNJ Texan radioed to the P-51 Mustang to Break '3, 2, 1, BREAK!' so I could some shots as she banked away from us. This was the start of the bank, and let me tell you one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. :) It will be a day long remembered for the rest of my life. I will post more photos from this session in the next few days.
Camera is a digital Minolta Dimage 7hi (5 MP). This image has been shrunk down to 33% of the original full size. Manual Focus, custom White Balance, and custom contrast/exposure value settings to help in the harsh reflections from the shiney aluminum.
Comments (13)
0m3g4
ah, good old P-51...
adm5050
This is a totally awesome image, as well as a totally awesome bird. Grew up reading about the Flying Tigers in China. This airframe has a fascinating history.
RedundantlyAbundant
Wow! Very impressive. Glad you got to go up there! I look foreward to seeing more.
vkoontz
Excellent shot!
Davrosdalek
I saw three of them plus a p-38 flying in formation over tucson today, quite a site indeed.
lejimi
TR tr belle photo. Give us more !!!
Michelle A.
That is a fine shot! Beautifully sharp!
Meddlesom
Beautiful picture
weesel
Sounds like someone had an exciting day, he says with a touch of envy. Nice POV; thanks for sharing. ;-)
FitArtistSF
Nice. This plane is one of my favorites as well. My maternal grandfather worked at North American Aviation during WWII, and was on the design team that created the Mustang. I remember him showing me some of the original engineers drawings for the plane when I was a kid...I hope you can post more photos from this shoot, well done!
WiserAngel
Amazing photo. You are so close to the other plane! You would love to visit Tucson, Arizona (where I live) - we have the "bone yards" here where thousands upon thousands of plane are stored. It's an amazing site and one I bet you would appreciate.
ChrisNz
I always wanted to have a color shot of this in my gallery, but all the pictures I took were of a model that I made and of such low quality. This and the others you have of this are really great.
meowmeow717
Excellent. You need to start putting together a book of your work.