NAS JRB Fort Worth Carswell TX - 17/11/2011
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NAS JRB Fort Worth Carswell TX - 17/11/2011
After a first stop at Alliance airport up north, I arrived at Carswell around 10:00. Shortly after some local F-18s from VMFA-112 landed (#09, #07, #05). I made some photos sun facing not worth showing so I decided to move to the eastern part of the runways. Then came an UAE F-16 (used as weapon verification testbeds).
Biggest problem to make some good shots are the heatwaves as you can see on this one :
There was a lot of activities on-going with successively C-130
C-9
VFA-143 "Pukin Dogs"
C-12
VFMA-112 "Cowboys"
Then I decided to go back to the western spot when I saw on bunch of F-16 showing up preparing to take off :
457th FS "Spads"
Lockheed Martin Test Viper :
I had to leave around 15:00 to catch my flight back home. It was heartbreaking, there was so much action going on. At some point I heard on the scanner ATC Ground apologizing to some visitors for the delay to take off and mentioning that it was highly unusually busy !! Anyhow I could stay any longer but what a day !
My favourite of the day :
I moved to 4 different places during that day around the airfield, met some local folks too (like MikeK), we even found that we had a "friend" in common (PietL) (en passant thanks Piet for all the tips- it really helped ). Biggest challenge there is to get some good angles without the sun facing and to cope up with the heatwaves (early on the morning would be actually better to fix this one). Beside that great place, lots of action (could be a lucky day too), the Walmart nextdoor to re-fill and the great texan weather.
Biggest problem to make some good shots are the heatwaves as you can see on this one :
There was a lot of activities on-going with successively C-130
C-9
VFA-143 "Pukin Dogs"
C-12
VFMA-112 "Cowboys"
Then I decided to go back to the western spot when I saw on bunch of F-16 showing up preparing to take off :
457th FS "Spads"
Lockheed Martin Test Viper :
I had to leave around 15:00 to catch my flight back home. It was heartbreaking, there was so much action going on. At some point I heard on the scanner ATC Ground apologizing to some visitors for the delay to take off and mentioning that it was highly unusually busy !! Anyhow I could stay any longer but what a day !
My favourite of the day :
I moved to 4 different places during that day around the airfield, met some local folks too (like MikeK), we even found that we had a "friend" in common (PietL) (en passant thanks Piet for all the tips- it really helped ). Biggest challenge there is to get some good angles without the sun facing and to cope up with the heatwaves (early on the morning would be actually better to fix this one). Beside that great place, lots of action (could be a lucky day too), the Walmart nextdoor to re-fill and the great texan weather.
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Re: NAS JRB Fort Worth Carswell TX - 17/11/2011
Hectic days, slow days, it is all there at NFW.
Good shots of this day. Indeed, midday is bad for pictures. But good line-up of visitors and locals.
Glad I was of any help, next summer I will be there again, finally...unfortunately this winter no Dallas flights for me.
Good shots of this day. Indeed, midday is bad for pictures. But good line-up of visitors and locals.
Glad I was of any help, next summer I will be there again, finally...unfortunately this winter no Dallas flights for me.
Greetings,
Piet Luijken
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Re: NAS JRB Fort Worth Carswell TX - 17/11/2011
Love the Color Scheme of the Test Viper...
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Re: NAS JRB Fort Worth Carswell TX - 17/11/2011
Me too, some nice catches!..CoHaBa wrote:Love the Color Scheme of the Test Viper...
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Re: NAS JRB Fort Worth Carswell TX - 17/11/2011
To conclude on the topic (this is the flag hanging high @ Alliance Airport) :
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Hope to be back there soon.
[photo has been removed - flag orientation was not right]
Hope to be back there soon.
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Re: NAS JRB Fort Worth Carswell TX - 17/11/2011
Nicely done, but the Texas flag is the other way around.
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Re: NAS JRB Fort Worth Carswell TX - 17/11/2011
You damn right ! That is what a ten hours flight without sleeping does to the mind. Second try :
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Re: NAS JRB Fort Worth Carswell TX - 17/11/2011
Nice one! I liked the DC-9 as well...You damn right ! That is what a ten hours flight without sleeping does to the mind. Second try :
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Re: NAS JRB Fort Worth Carswell TX - 17/11/2011
Very nice pics! That first Viper take-off shot is definetely a winner!
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Re: NAS JRB Fort Worth Carswell TX - 17/11/2011
Is it me, or do I notice sone heat haze "unsharpness" on the ground shots?
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Re: NAS JRB Fort Worth Carswell TX - 17/11/2011
Awesome take-off shots of those Vipers!
The answer is given by the author himself, even before the first picture:Is it me, or do I notice sone heat haze "unsharpness" on the ground shots?
BasBiggest problem to make some good shots are the heatwaves as you can see on this one :
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Re: NAS JRB Fort Worth Carswell TX - 17/11/2011
Nice to see the Emirati F16