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2008 Chico Air Fest


Renamed the Air Fest, the 2008 Air Show actually featured some real air show talent! The Canadian Air Force Snow Birds were there, a USAF C-17, A-10 and a CDF C-130 all showed up. As did the usual crop of biplanes and a Mustang. Sadly, that was about it, which is why I spent no time on the ramp. Maybe next year.

Also, I only shot Friday evening during the shorter "demo" show. I got there a bit late and so missed the biplanes. My spot was the same as the last two years except we were pushed back about 40 feet and a new fence had been erected in front of us - you can see it as some blur in a few shots.

Really, I'm unhappy about the quality of my shooting for this event and the subject matter. I just wasn't willing to bear the heat of the next day and I'd hoped the evening show would be cooler (it wasn't) and decent enough to get some good shooting (it wasn't). Like I said...maybe next year.

I'll be putting some more pics up soon and taking down some of these as the white balance seems to be badly off on a few. Sometimes moving from aRGB to the web produces unexpected results.

All of these were shot with the 40D and 100-400/4.5-5.6 L IS. Any blur is caused by my stupidity - I left it on one-shot AF. Sigh.
C-17 On Approach
C-17 On Approach		 C-17 in slow turn
C-17 in slow turn		 C-17 Into the Blue
C-17 "Into the Blue"		 C-17 Close In
C-17 Close In		 C-17 Fly-By
C-17 Fly-By
Snow Birds
Snow Birds		 Snow Birds
Snow Birds		 Snow Birds - Going Up!
Snow Birds - Going Up!		 Snow Birds - All Together Now
Snow Birds - All Together Now		 More Snow Birds Aerobatics
More Snow Birds Aerobatics
Over the top
Over the top		 StarBurst
StarBurst		 High-speed Fly By
High-speed Fly By		 Bottom of the Loop
Bottom of the Loop		 Snow Birds
Snow Birds
Canadian Air Force Snow Birds Demo Team
Canadian Air Force Snow Birds Demo Team		 4 feet from wingtip to wingtip
4 feet from wingtip to wingtip		 In Formation
In Formation		 Lookin' down on us
Lookin' down on us		 Snow Bird Solo
Snow Bird Solo
Just missed!
Just missed!		 Two-Two Up Down
Two-Two Up Down		 Here's Lookin' At Ya!
Here's Lookin' At Ya!		 In Formation
In Formation		 Out of the loop
Out of the loop
C-17
C-17		 C-17
C-17		 C-17
C-17

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