United States - Nevada - Aviation Nation 2008 - Nellis AFB, North Las Vegas - 11/08/08

[Sparkvark]

Ok, one more from Saturday.

[Galaxy5007]

the obligatory C-5 tail

Right on! 

Great shots everyone, especially the rainbow ones.  The Bone looks awesome in that one shot!

[AirshowDave]

Two more from the Saturday show.

[Mickey]

I am surprized no one has posted photos of this SUV Monster Truck yet:

Maybe because we are an aviation photography site ?

Mickey

[BigRedDogATL]

Maybe because we are an aviation photography site?

Mickey

Yeah and that explains why there is a whole message thread on full sized Trains on this aviation photography site.

Anyway, at least the monster truck is an Air Force truck, parked in front of the Thunderbirds hanger and during an Aviation air show. I think the driver had the call sign of Escalade-1.

[curtc]

Here's the scoop on the tail beacon and the unkempt state of Kidd's tail:

The vertical stab is dirty because it is in direct line (for most of the show) with Charger's exhaust. Back in the F-4 days of the team, they used to paint the tail of the slot pilot's jet black, because it was constantly being cooked and made dirty by Boss' exhaust. The team decided this year to not clean the tail of Kidd's plane, as a tribute to that particular era. As for the absence of the light, the team actually has a waiver from the FAA that allows the #4 jet to fly without its beacon, because the housing cannot withstand constant exposure to the extreme heat of the other jet's exhaust. So the slot pilot has a cap in place where the beacon used to be.

 

i would have never guessed that.. totally looks like an exploded beacon to me ;p

[gdedward99s]

Yay! I didn't think I got the moon, but I surprised myself and did     

[acemaker]

Just catching a few rays at the end of the day.

  Sparkvark,  May I use this image on our web site?  Of course photo will be courtsy of your name.  Thank you, 
Greg   (pilot of the "ace maker"

[BigRedDogATL]

So we were getting ready to take some press photos of Major Moga on Saturday and Max went through a little routine, captured in the photos below.

The only thing I could think of was See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, and Know No Evil. Maybe someone else has a little better insight into his routine.





Here is a photo of myself with Major Moga. Why doesn't someone ever tell me to fix my hair before these photos are shot?

[mm505]

That's what hats are for!   

[skippyscage]

then there would be two hats and everything would be equal.

being "media" and wondering about something, are you not supposed to ask the question??

[gdedward99s]

[aerophoto]

Old and new

[JT]

then there would be two hats and everything would be equal.

being "media" and wondering about something, are you not supposed to ask the question??

  Thats a good one

[AirshowDave]

Thanks much!