My Webpage Is Up for Photos That I Took at the 2022 Aerospace Valley Air Show!

I'm over three months late, but just thought I'd end January by letting y'all know that I finally created a webpage containing 60 pictures that I took at last October's Aerospace Valley Air Show in Edwards Air Force Base (AFB), CA! Click on the link below to view the images...which I captured using my Google Pixel 4A phone and Nikon D3300 DSLR camera.

It was so cool to see such aircraft as the F-35 Lightning II (all three U.S. variants from the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, that is), F-22 Raptor, SR-71 Blackbird, B-1B Lancer, NASA's now-retired SOFIA flying observatory, and even the full-sized Darkstar movie prop that was used in last year's Oscar nominee for Best Picture (it's so cool typing that), Top Gun: Maverick, in person.

Not sure if I'll drive down to Edwards AFB again this year (especially considering that Google Maps made me take a crappy route on the way home last time, heh), but if I do, I'll be sure to get more pics of F-22s, F-35s and B-1Bs conducting awesome aerial demos above the Mojave Desert! I missed out last year since I was still looking for a parking spot at the Southern California airbase when these aircraft were strutting their stuff in the sky.

It took me about two hours to park my car once I entered Edwards AFB before I got to enjoy the Aerospace Valley Air Show...but oh well. This event was worth it!

LINK: Click here for more photos that I took at the 2022 Aerospace Valley Air Show

Photos of the Day: Snapshots of the MAGTF Demo and Blue Angels at Last Month's Miramar Air Show...

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I'm over two weeks late based on what I mentioned in this Blog entry, but here are images that I took of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) demo and Blue Angels during last month's Miramar Air Show.

I've been taking snapshots of these two exciting exhibitions ever since I went to the Miramar Air Show for the first time back in 2016, but I never get tired of checking out amazing acrobatic maneuvers by the U.S. Navy's elite aerial demonstration team, as well as regular F/A-18 Hornets, F-35B Lightning IIs, an AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter, V-22 Ospreys and other aircraft simulating a major combat operation in the middle of the airfield at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.

With these pics now posted, I will now focus my efforts on editing more images from the Aerospace Valley Air Show that occurred five days ago! Happy Thursday.

LINK: Click here for more photos that I took at the 2022 Miramar Air Show


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Snapshots from the 2022 Aerospace Valley Air Show!

Earlier today, I drove to Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California to attend the Aerospace Valley Air Show...an event that hasn't taken place at the Mojave Desert-based military installation since 2009!

I stated in this previous Blog entry that I'd share more photos from last month's Miramar Air Show, but I didn't want to wait till I finally made that post to talk about today's exhibition.

While it was obviously cool to see the F-22 Raptor perform in San Diego last month, it was just as awesome that I got to see it on the ground today...along with all three variants of the F-35 Lightning II: The Air Force's F-35A, the Marine Corps' F-35B and the Navy's F-35C. As shown below, I only took images of the F-35A and 'C aircraft—since I already have plenty of photos of the F-35B from the three Miramar Air Shows I went to since 2016!

I was also able to see up close NASA's now-retired SOFIA airborne observatory, as well as the full-size Darkstar model used in this year's highest-grossing film, Top Gun: Maverick. So cool!

I'll eventually create a webpage dedicated to the AV Air Show, just like I did with this section that's devoted to last month's Miramar Air Show. Hope you guys are having a great weekend!