Afterburners

[JerBoyd]

Use them to stop or to go. I guess the Navy has an answer for everything.

This time it was during the stopping with one huge wire to make sure they weren't going for a swim.

Taken from the USS Kittyhawk

Canon 1D with 1/400 sec and f5.6

http://Boyd.zenfolio.com/p144952940/?photo=667058432

Jeremy
www.boyd.zenfolio.com

 

[hazelwestphoto]

Cool reminds me of Top Gun.

 

[JerBoyd]

Yea - I have the song in my head now.

 

[emogirl]

WOW...i assume you were flying to get those shots...wow!

 

[Ab$olut]

awsome shots :thumbup::mrgreen:

 

[JerBoyd]

Yes for some of them I had the autopilot flying the jet

Thanks for the comments.

Jeremy

 

[Sw1tchFX]

Where do you find the opporitunity to photography all these militart aircraft?

 

[lostprophet]

Cooooooooool shot!!

I spent a bit of time chatting to Lt Sarah Rhoads "Diamond" at Farnborough back in the summer, and she told me its one hell of a buzz being catapulted from carriers. Can't remember if its on take off or landing but she's not allowed to touch the controls, she has to hold onto a couple of handles in the cockpit to stop the g-force from braking her arms!
The only thing she said that was a bit scary was landing onto a carrier at night.

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Lt Sarah Rhoads "Diamond" with her FA-18F Super Hornet
She has been flying for 6 and a half years, of which 5 have been with the plane behind her !! So in other words 1 and a half years playing with a prop plane then she gets a $60,000,000 plane to play with.

 

[John_05]

excellent pics! id love to be able to shoot planes like some of the others on your page, but not without a parachute! im not afraid to fly, but looking out of a huge "hole" in an airplane would make me too nervous to stand still, much less get a decent shot.

 

[JerBoyd]

lostprophet - nich shot.

Being in the Air Force has its perks over the Navy that is for sure. Although, hats off to landing on a Carrier at night. That would be tough.

Jeremy