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An F/A-18D from VMFAT-101 arriving just before sunset at Boeing Field

Blackhawk helicopter lifting off at the Atlanta Warbirds Weekend. I shot this from atop the ATC tower and at a very slow shutter speed (1/60th @ 350mm) to give it a sense of dynamism.

Birds of (a different) feather - admiring Lancaster "Vera"

Green is good. Matching vintage car and airplane.

The Traveling Historian: On a long flight in a B-17, one cannot help but think on the crews who flew these planes in WWII. Historian Greg Kyle pays silent tribute as he watches the plane's distinctive

Lest we forget - Heritage Flight of P51D Mustang and F22 Raptor

The CAF's B-17G Sentimental Journey lifting off at the Atlanta Warbirds Weekend. I shot this from atop an ATC tower using a 400mm lens at 1/60th to get a sense of motion.

A USAF Combat Rescue HH-60G PaveHawk "Pedro" launches on a scramble alert CASEVAC rescue mission in southern Afghanistan.

Full tilt - F22 Raptor comes in hot

Crewmen from VMA-311 preparing an AV-8B Harrier II+ for departure.

An Avro Lancaster, deHavilland Mosquito and Hawker Hurricane formate tightly during the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's air show. I shot this looking down the runway into a gray sky, and felt the

A USAF HH-60G PaveHawk "Pedro" sits on alert having just returned from a predawn combat rescue mission.

Hot metal - Collings Foundation North American P51C Mustang "Betty Jane"

C-130 Gunship Panorama - Air Force Armament Museum

Future USAF pilots fly a three ship TH-1H Huey formation on a pilot training cross country training sortie.

Final launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis

Cessna 560XL corporate jet takes off at PDK in Chamblee, Georgia. I was shooting from the ATC tower with a slow shutter speed 1/60th at 400mm to create a sense of dynamism from an unusual perspective.

C-130 Gunship - Air Force Armament Museum

Rare metal - Collings Foundation North American P51C Mustang "Betty Jane"

Two "Pedro" USAF Combat Rescue HH-60G PaveHawks launch amid a dust storm on an urgent CASEVAC rescue mission over Afghanistan.

This July the largest airplane in the world, the Antonov AN-225, made a rare stop at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Hundreds of people turned out to see it. Here a few watch as it depar

Cessna 560XL corporate jet takes off at PDK in Chamblee, Georgia. I was shooting from the ATC tower with a slow shutter speed 1/60th at 400mm to create a sense of dynamism from an unusual perspective.

Kevin Russo in SNJ New Market Air Field

2nd Annual Air & Space Photo Contest

A USAF HH-60G PaveHawk "Pedro" sits on alert having just returned from a predawn combat rescue mission.

A USAF HH-60G PaveHawk "Pedro" sits on alert having just returned from a predawn combat rescue mission.

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© Colin McDonald.
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08.2013

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Sept. 30, 2014, 10:24 p.m.

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NIKON D80

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50mm

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ISO200

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