F-84E Thunderjet

F-84E Thunderjet

I remember having a solid gray molded plastic model of this aircraft as a boy.  It maybe had a three inch wingspan.  In my mind the straight wings with the tip tanks is distinctive.  Later versions of this aircraft had swept wings.

It was the first tactical nuclear bomber of the USAF.

F-84E Thunderjet

This F-84E is beautifully restored and is marked to represent the F-84G flown by Col. Joseph Davis Jr., commander of the 58th Fighter-Bomber Wing in 1953.  

F-84E Thunderjet

Please not the pitot tube in the air intake.

F-84E Thunderjet

It had six 50 cal machine guns plus it could carry rockets or bombs.  I was used to escort B-29's on raids into North Korea.

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F-86A Sabre

F-86A Sabre

This aircraft went up against the Mig 15 in the Korean War.  It had success in that role.  The swept wing proved to be a good thing.  

F-86A Sabre

It would go supersonic in a dive but had trouble in the transition.  It would start to go out of control.  The problem was with the horizontal control surfaces on the tail.  The supersonic air would not cling to the control surface as it did during subsonic flight and therefore the surface could not control the aircraft.  The answer became to make the entire horizontal move.  I think that some of the later versions employed this upgrade.

F-86A Sabre

  The pilots liked the visibility from the canopy.

F-86A Sabre

The fighter had six 50 Cal machine guns.  The Mig 15 had heavier armament but the US pilots had a kill ratio of 8 to 1 by the end of the war.

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Eulalia Grass

These heads are still beautiful.  I found a better angle, I think.  I had to shoot through a scrub tree and hold the limbs out of the way but it was worth it.  

I have recently been walking some different trails and the same trails the other way.  I think it stimulates my seeing.  I have located at least two other incidences of the plant.  I have not yet had a chance to photography them.

Eulalia Grass

I have been thinking about shots like this lately.  I am using a new paper it is Simply Elegant Metallic Chrome Gloss.  I think these types of images pop on that paper.

This shot was made with flash on the right.  I walked a half mile back to the truck for a stand to hold the flash.  I backed ec down to -2 and fec up to +2 for this result.  I kind of wish that I had tried ec -1 and fec + 1 also.  Maybe I will get another chance.  I must continue to carry that extra tripod.  There is not a day with nothing to photograph!

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Larry and Kathy Schuh and the B-52

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

I visited the Museum of the US Air Force recently.  The B-52 is enormous.  It is a difficult aircraft to photograph because it is so dark.  It is such a well known aircraft having served in South East Asia.  It is still in service and will be for years to come as I understand it.

It made me think of some friends of my bicycling days, Larry and Kathy Schuh.  They have a son, Willy, who now flies in B-52's.  I played Whiz Ring with him during GOBA back in the day. 

Larry And Kathy

I first met them in 1991 at the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure.  We rode together for several years.

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

I used my Sigma 10 - 20 mm lens for most of these shots.  

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

 Thankfully the museum display enables a shot like this for a wide lens.  They had the bomb bays open for viewing.  My shot of them was inconsequential.   The aircraft is sitting on risers so that one can walk under it without stooping. 

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Beautiful Light, Beautiful House

Tif and Steve's House

I was on my way home from somewhere in the evening the other day.  Maybe it was Mt. Vernon.  I had been admiring the light.  It was evening and we had just enough wispy clouds for diffusion.  I found myself thinking that if I were not so tired, I should take advantage of the light.  I then remembered that I had intended to photograph this house from the air but mistakenly directed the pilot down the wrong street.

Tif and Steve's House

 You can see the kind of clouds in this shot.  It was close to Christmas and as you can see no snow was on the ground.  They decorated very nicely for the season.  Maybe we will still get snow for them.

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