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"Merville-Franceville-Plage: (Avenue de la batterie de Merville) DC-3 43-15073/Yug.AF 71248 PRES USAF, Yugoslavian AF, FAF Which FAF serial has it? In Yugoslavia now a cafe for French soldiers or not?" Previous French s/n (4)15073. This very plane was used in multiple WWII airborne operat...

C-17 30603 AFRC/445AW Wright Patterson visually confirmed 15-6-2017.

Problem: On a sunny day at ISO 100 (as low as it gets) I can't get into low enough shutter speeds to my liking. Sounds odd, does it not? I know, it's all fancy glass these days in quest for light & speed, getting crisp pics at 1:6400 if possible. However these short shutter times tend to freeze ...

static: 1 Spad replica pres N524NA/524 OV-10A NASA N501NA/501 Cirrus SR22 NASA N504NA/504 Ce206H NASA N529NA/529 Be200 NASA 91-347/SW F-16C USAF/77 FS 91-356/SW F-16C USAF/77 FS 67-939 T-38C nm 08-162/FF F-22A USAF/1 FW 04-082/FF 192 FW F-22A USAF/1 FW 21434 C-130J-30 RI ANG/143 AS 33125 C-17A USAF/...

flightline near vehicle parking area: 160452/TV-01 UH-1N USMC/HMLA 167 160453/TV-05 UH-1N USMC/HMLA 167 158289/TV-07 UH-1N USMC/HMLA 167 165331/TV-27 AH-1W USMC/HMLA 167 165272/TV-29 AH-1W USMC/HMLA 167 162001/EN-48 CH-53E USMC/HMH 464 162010/EN-49 CH-53E USMC/HMH 464 162522/EN-54 CH-53E USMC/HMH 46...

flightline 157692/03 HH-46E USMC/VMR 1 165437/GX-T1 MV-22B USMC/VMMT 204 165438/GX-T2 MV-22B USMC/VMMT 204 166385/GX-13 MV-22B USMC/VMMT 204 166483/GX-20 MV-22B USMC/VMMT 204 166387/GX-28 MV-22B USMC/VMMT 204 nn/AD-215 F/A-18E/F USN/VFA 106 165004/CG-02 AV-8B USMC/VMA 231 165356/CG-09 AV-8B USMC/VMA...

gate guards: 152398/CJ-26 CH-53A USMC 157773/HF-40 AH-1F USMC/HMLA 269 153402/YS-02 CH-46E USMC/HMM 162 160448/TV-00 UH-1N USMC/HMLA 167 nn/29 CH-34 USMC static: 163169/VE-203 F/A-18A++ USMC/VMFA 115 163046/CB-05 EA-6B USMC/VMAQ 1 166485/GX-00 MV-22B USMC/VMMT 204 166490/GX-27 MV-22B USMC/VMMT 204 1...

Let's kick-off with the static display: (updated with Arjen's comments) 165064/F-604 T-45C USN/CTW 6 163656/2-TW-200 T-45C USMC s/c 165598/1-TW-101 T-45C USN/CTW 1 s/c 160846/G-446 T-44A USN 165992/F-992 T-6A USN/TAW 6 165963/F-963 T-6A USN/TAW 6 166064/E-064 T-6A USN/TAW 5 s/c 164169/E T-34C USCG/T...

Canon (en waarschijnlijk ook Nikon) hebben een "picture style" setting, waar je sharpness, contrast, saturation en color tone kan instellen. Heeft het nog zin om die instellingen te gebruiken, of wordt dat overruled door RAW?

"Security was more tight and tense than yesterday at New Orleans. Also the military personnel kept telling that it was not allowed to take pictures of the row of B-52's parked alongside the parkinglot." Security at New Orleans was tight, but traffic logistics even worse... The seemingly od...

Spent vacation in Costa Rica 20 April - 2 May 2011. Flew in & out Liberia Daniel Oduber International Airport. There appears to be a more or less permanent US detachment here. On multiple days I saw a US Homeland Security P-3AEW (s/n not read) and a USCG HC-130H (s/n 1711 Clearwater). But if you...

Your usual US air show recommendations: Expect traffic jams, bus transportation on base, thorough security, long lines @ the entrance and a hassle with your camera hardcase or backpack. Come early for static pics; static a/c are habitually not fenced in and serve as sun shelter for the cooler-crowd....