Air Shows Galleries

MCAS Miramar 2009 : Like every October in San Diego it is a gamble when you pick only one day to go to the MCAS Miramar Airshow.  It is the same every year, three days and only one will give you nice skys and lighting to shoot.  We went on Friday and it wasn't the best of skies.   None the less shooting or not the Miramar Airshow is great fun.

MCAS Miramar 2009

Like every October in San Diego it is a gamble when you pick only one ...

Updated: Oct 28, 2009 6:18am PST

Wings Over Gillespie 2009 : Good to see "Wings over Gillespie" is back on after taking a year off.  Gillespie is a fun little Airshow with a hometown feel to it.  The folks that put it on and those in attendance are some of the friendliest people you will meet. 

This year's theme: "Salute to D-DAY", celebrating the 65th Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion at Normandy.

Wings Over Gillespie 2009

Good to see "Wings over Gillespie" is back on after taking a year off. ...

Updated: Jun 09, 2009 6:15am PST

MCAS Miramar 2008 : MCAS Miramar 2008 - Friday Matinee

Another lovely day at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego California.  Started out a bit hazy as usual but burnt of rather quickly this year.  I can really really kick myself this year as the Super Hornet demo was insane, he popped off about four or five dougnuts, but for some reason I failed to check my shutter and shot that demo and the f-16 with the slow shutter I was using for the prop planes... doh!

MCAS Miramar 2008

MCAS Miramar 2008 - Friday Matinee Another lovely day at Marine Cor ...

Updated: May 09, 2009 12:01pm PST

MCAS Miramar 2007 (redo) : 2007 MCAS Miramar Airshow, San Diego California.  (Friday)  My first Airshow with the Canon EF 100-400mm L glass, what a nice lens it is. Typical Weather for the Airshow in October, with overcast/fog up until about 10:30AM then the skies became blue (on one end of the tarmac at least).

MCAS Miramar 2007 (redo)

2007 MCAS Miramar Airshow, San Diego California. (Friday) My first A ...

Updated: May 07, 2009 8:43pm PST

MCAS Miramar Airshow 06 : Friday Showing, another fine day in San Diego, another wonderful showing from all the participants.  The #4 and #5 Blue Angel planes were having a bit of technical difficulties so you may note there are two #7's in a few of the shots.

MCAS Miramar Airshow 06

Friday Showing, another fine day in San Diego, another wonderful showi ...

Updated: May 02, 2007 7:27am PST

MCAS Miramar Airshow 05 :

MCAS Miramar Airshow 05

Updated: May 01, 2007 8:00am PST

Wings over Gillespie 06 : 2006 Wings over Gillespie - theme "Wings of the Silver Screen". Gillespie Field El Cajon (San Diego) California. It was quite the gray day for us out on the field but it never did rain.

Wings over Gillespie 06

2006 Wings over Gillespie - theme "Wings of the Silver Screen". Gilles ...

Updated: May 05, 2007 10:32am PST

Ramona Props and Rod 06 :

Ramona Props and Rod 06

Updated: Jul 04, 2009 8:13am PST

Wings over Gillespie 05 : Wings over Gillespie '05, was my first airshow with the 20D and first shoot with 70-200mm 4L.  Lot's of fun but I ended up with a lot of similar shots at this one.

Wings over Gillespie 05

Wings over Gillespie '05, was my first airshow with the 20D and first ...

Updated: May 09, 2007 10:26pm PST

Redbull San Diego 08 : I ended up going both Qual and Race days so it is going to take me a few to get em up.  It is Fleet week in San Dag so we had a lot of Military presence explaining the fly-bys of the military aircraft.

Redbull San Diego 08

I ended up going both Qual and Race days so it is going to take me a f ...

Updated: May 06, 2008 7:05am PST

Red Bull (cruise) San Diego 07 : They're coming... it will take a day or two to get through em.  

Well this is more of a (red bull promo) cruise gallery then shots of the actual races.  Hornblower mentioned that they did not have a spot on the water when we signed up (ended up being the furthest from the pylons), but what they failed to mention was the fact that Red Bull invited six different colleges as a promo to be on this boat.

Red Bull (cruise) San Diego 07

They're coming... it will take a day or two to get through em. We ...

Updated: Sep 24, 2007 6:48am PST

2007 MCAS Miramar Airshow : 2007 MCAS Miramar Airshow, San Diego California.  (Friday)  My first Airshow with the Canon EF 100-400mm L glass, what a nice lens it is.  Handheld, IS mode 1, stayed between 1/250-1/320sec for prop motion.  Weather behaved as normal, with overcast/fog up until about 10:30AM then the skies became blue.

2007 MCAS Miramar Airshow

2007 MCAS Miramar Airshow, San Diego California. (Friday) My first A ...

Updated: Oct 18, 2007 6:50am PST

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