Chino Airshow………

Cheers for that advise, I’ll head for the B-17… 😀

Hope my 100-400 L will be long enough?

The 100-400 is plenty long enough. This is one American show where the aircraft pass close and actually bank! Unfortunately I heard that the Skyraider might only be doing formation flights, that guy really knows how to throw it around. Here he is at last year’s Chino and again at this year’s Gillespie airshow.

Still you’ll get to see that genuine Zero, which is worth a trip in itself.

Richard.

John,

Chino is the best warbirds show I’ve been to in the US, though the Yankee Air Museum show is catching up fast. Here’s my review of last year’s Chino show:

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Chino2004/index.html

It’s a tricky show for photography because the sun’s not at your back, but you can get a lot of excellent banking shots because of the layout of the field.

Best spot is at the very south-west corner of the crowd area, near the static B-17. Say “hi” to all of the Fence Check forumites for me, I’ll be at the Selfridge show in Detroit!

Richard.
Flying Kiwi

Cheers for that advise, I’ll head for the B-17… 😀

Hope my 100-400 L will be long enough?

The wife is worried that ‘female facilities’ will be few and far between.
I’m trying to assure her……..this is America, not a small dark wet field somewhere in Bedfordshire….. 😎

John,

Chino is the best warbirds show I’ve been to in the US, though the Yankee Air Museum show is catching up fast. Here’s my review of last year’s Chino show:

http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Chino2004/index.html

It’s a tricky show for photography because the sun’s not at your back, but you can get a lot of excellent banking shots because of the layout of the field.

Best spot is at the very south-west corner of the crowd area, near the static B-17. Say “hi” to all of the Fence Check forumites for me, I’ll be at the Selfridge show in Detroit!

Richard.
Flying Kiwi