I’ve been lookin forward to this since the dates were put on the calendar. I’m with the gang from ISAP and I just think the world of these folks! We started out with a ISAP Pre-Con trip at the Mojave Airport. It’s a really cool piece of history many don’t realize that is still creating history. Heading out any airport to shoot can be a crap shoot, not dissimilar from wildlife photography because you don’t always know what’s going to show up.
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The National Test Pilot School is based at Mojave. In the process of learning their craft, they fly a bunch of funky planes. This is a Dove, a cool old plane that did a lot of flights while we were at the fence.
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There were other cool planes that went out during our 90min stop. Such funky planes like the Impala and then some older, run of the mills ones like this. Since I hadn’t done any aviation clicks in a month and not been with the gang for more than that, it was a great warm up for the rest of the day. Though Richard’s quiet advice of “Shutter speed, shutter speed” when a prop went by didn’t apply for the rest of the day, it’s always good to have a teacher around keep the kids in line!
Photos captured by D3s, 200-400VR on Lexar UDMA digital flim