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Roaring into the air to begin the evening display and tearing up the air with a massive afterburner flame.
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EAA AirVenture 2025 Air Show
This may be my most interesting photo of an aircraft I have ever taken.
Condensation trails, or contrails, generally form in two main ways.
The first occurs when hot exhaust gases from jet engines rapidly cool as they mix with the cold upper-atmosphere air. If the temperature drops below the dew point, water vapor in the exhaust condenses into visible ice crystals—this is the familiar type of contrail we often see trailing behind aircraft at high altitudes.
The second form of condensation occurs around the aircraft itself, particularly over the wings. As air flows over the wing surfaces, it accelerates and experiences a drop in pressure, which leads to adiabatic cooling. This cooling can also cause moisture in the air to condense, forming visible trails. In the case of supersonic jets, frictional heating can raise the air temperature significantly along the aircraft's surface. However, as this heated air rapidly mixes with cooler ambient air, it can cool just as quickly, again leading to condensation. These effects become especially pronounced when supersonic jets ascend steeply or fly vertically, intensifying both pressure-related cooling and mixing dynamics.
In this photograph the entire jet is engulfed in condensation as it accelerates vertically very rapidly in super saturated air.
I shot this last week at the EAA AirVenture air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The show attracted more than 700,000 people during the week.
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F/A-18 of the Swiss Air Force in Tiger livery climbing up to the KP during the Axalp 2018 shooting demo
One of the two F16Cs from he 157th Fighter Squadron (Nickname Swamp Fox) of the 169th Fighter Wing of the South Carolina National Guard is going home. Airshow London 2024.
This year, I attended four airshows, and the Viper Demo appeared at three of them. Naturally, I took many photos of the aircraft. Now, however, I’m facing a challenge: I need to sort through all these photos and identify the ones that are different from the ones I posted before.
Taxiing in front of the crowd after landing at Kecskemet Airshow 2010. This is the replacement of the MiG-29 in HuAF service.
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Saab - JAS-39 Gripen - Hungarian Air Force - Kecskemet 2010
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Real Thaw 18 Exercise FAP BA Nº5 Monte Real Spotters Day
One of the two F16Cs from he 157th Fighter Squadron (Nickname Swamp Fox) of the 169th Fighter Wing of the South Carolina National Guard is going home. Airshow London 2024.
The plane that I was most excited to see fly at the airshow this year! A restored Mikoyan Mig-17 Fresco flying during the 2025 Abbotsford International Airshow. It was unique to see this Cold War era jet. The Mig-17 was actually the most feared fighter plane for a time. No NATO fighters were able to beat it until the F4 Phantom II entered service in the 1960s. It was still cool to see and just as intimidating as it was back in it's prime.
Taking a Drink
Blue Angel #4, taking on some fuel, with #6 on deck.
They were headed home from Duluth, after an airshow.
This is a MiG-17 F jet fighter performing at the McConnell AFB Open House/Air Show in Wichita on September 9, 2018. This classic is owned by FighterJets Inc., and is flown by pilot Randy Ball. The MiG-17 was the most deadly enemy fighter in the Vietnam War. Until the F-16 came along, this jet was the tightest turning fighter in the world. It could climb 30,000 ft. in 3 minutes, had a ceiling of 53,000 ft., and a top speed of 715 mph. Randy Ball is an airline captain with over 14,000 hours total flying time. He has 26 years of airshow experience, and his over 1,000 airshow performances are the most of any US Jet Demo Pilot.