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Warbirds

2008.01.16





I was lucky there were some clouds that day.



Suzy Q :)

I might have a slight thing for pilots... ;)





Grumman F7F Tigercat 80425

I wish I'd caught better photos of this in the air!

But at least I was able to get a clear shot of it on the runway after it landed.

Clay Lacy


Tired after a long day...

Cable Air Show Part 4 - The Warbirds

Photos 15-19 are of Clay Lacy's Tigercat. There are only a half dozen Tigercats that are air worthy and 3 of those are in museums. There was great excitement in the crowd when he came in and everyone rushed over to see him. You may not know him but I'm sure you've seen some of his work. "With his Astro-vision-equipped Lear 25, Lacy has captured some of the most famous air-to-air sequences ever seen on film—movies like Top Gun, Flight of the Intruder, The Great Santini, The Right Stuff (which features Lacy’s friend General Chuck Yeager), and Stealth."

Also from the privateairdaily.com: "...Lacy is the highest-time active pilot in the world. He has spent a total of 55,000-plus hours—the equivalent of 2,292 days—at the controls of an aircraft. Put another way, Clay Lacy has spent almost 6.5 years in flight. And while there might be a handful of other pilots with similar total times, he has logged more jet time than anyone else on the planet. "
30 Comments
aknor These are really fun - I love the colors!! I like the way you shot #!. Great series!
aknor · 2008-01-15: 22:05
nasser very nice set!
nasser · 2008-01-15: 22:18
Lindyart wow amazing shot .. I don't even have words ... some of these should be frontpage ..:) lovely and great set Lisa :)
Lindyart · 2008-01-15: 22:51
SheriJ WOW I thought Spike was in #1!! ha ha ha very cool air show shots!! The colors are fantastic and great in flight shots too!! #9 is a way kool plane!!
SheriJ · 2008-01-15: 22:57
MHJphotos These are AWESOME again! I've thoroughly enjoyed your entire airshow series over the past few days, and I agree with Lindy ... these should be on the FP!

#5 & #10 are awesome (and a really funny commentary to go along with #10! ). And the info about Chuck Lacy was fascinating too!

Congrats, and well done!
MHJphotos · 2008-01-15: 23:58
Jannie Lisa these are incredible! Before I read your text I was thinking Clay reminded me of Chuck. What an impressive talent he is! This whole set belongs on the front page! I love PorchDog!
Jannie · 2008-01-16: 00:00
slowpete wow any boy... ok man's dream come true
Great set
slowpete · 2008-01-16: 00:47
angeldevil1980 absolutely fantastic - I love the color and the B&W - great!!
angeldevil1980 · 2008-01-16: 01:51
davidcardona Excellent takes! Nice serie. Thanks for sharing!
davidcardona · 2008-01-16: 02:25
mariovirga What beautiful set!! The colours are fantastic!! I could like to be there. Brava Lisa!
mariovirga · 2008-01-16: 02:29
rolpa Lot of good shots here! Must have been great to see all these.
rolpa · 2008-01-16: 02:52
nadoune Beautiful set!!!!
nadoune · 2008-01-16: 05:17
eljapa Another great set, i have worked for the airforce for 5 years long time ago (with the airtraffic controle) so for me its great to watch planes. Still love it....
eljapa · 2008-01-16: 05:32
jet28 Fantastic series. What a fabulous air show this must have been :-)
jet28 · 2008-01-16: 05:46
emmetan no 6 is awesome! nice photos overall!
emmetan · 2008-01-16: 07:40
lexlevans these are just too cool - i've really enjoyed your series over the last few days. the one with teeth is great! and i love the pilot portraits!
lexlevans · 2008-01-16: 10:01
dkelly excellent set !
dkelly · 2008-01-16: 10:43
maharba Wow...that was exciting. Thanks.
maharba · 2008-01-16: 11:03
jwideman wow!! these pictures are fantastic! chance would absloutely love this post. thanks for sharing all of these with us.
jwideman · 2008-01-16: 12:21
fionarobinson great set, i must admit i prefer the B+W ones best, the lack of color adds more depth and atmosphere
fionarobinson · 2008-01-16: 13:40
kangshung Wonderful set of such a variety of planes - great images!
kangshung · 2008-01-16: 14:33
gasparmorales compi y gual que la anteriores son uma cecuensia buonisima
gasparmorales · 2008-01-16: 15:23
photopoet I know nothing about aircraft save that I board one to fly somewhere and am always accepting on faith that we stay up in the air. I love this series. You've captured these planes with stunning backdrops.
photopoet · 2008-01-16: 16:56
bolder love #16!
bolder · 2008-01-16: 19:57
flemspar WOW
flemspar · 2008-01-17: 04:50
Janiee ahhhhhh these are too wonderful.....
I wish I be able to capture these too!!!
I really love this set of yours,
Great captured!!
Janiee · 2008-01-17: 08:49
soldotnamanda So good!:)
soldotnamanda · 2008-01-17: 12:35
jendayee Interesting about Lacy ! what a face !
beautiful shots !
jendayee · 2008-01-18: 15:28
chipotle i've never heard of a tigercat before. what a beautiful plane.

the photo of clay lacy is wonderfully done.
chipotle · 2008-01-20: 14:59
Sheldon I've never heard of Clay Lacy - sounds like there might be more than a few stories under that canopy!

Like the from under shots like #3 - looks like you were pretty close to the action!
Sheldon · 2008-01-22: 22:47
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