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Bird, Deer and Turkey

Jonathan — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:09:31 +0000

It was a busy morning before work today. I left the house early to catch a 747 (N820SA) take off from Pease for Dover AFB in Delaware. Then, on my way back into the office I spotted a couple of deer and some turkeys!

When I arrived at the air base/wildlife refuge the light was was still pretty poor. I HDR’ed the first two pictures of the 747 to make them a little more interesting.

The deer crossed the road in front of me and posed for a few seconds before hurriedly hopping off into the woods…. it is hunting season after all.

These turkeys were in a much larger group but again, they had moved away too quickly to get a shot of them all.

More Foliage at Pease

Jonathan — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:05:09 +0000

The foliage at Pease is looking pretty good still. These trees were all yellow a few days ago but are now orange turning to brown. The overcast skies naturally saturated the colors and made for some nice photos. It was peaceful taking pictures in the light rain, except for the occasional C-5 overhead doing touch and go’s!

Yellow Foliage at Pease

Jonathan — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:34:39 +0000

The foliage around the airport is currently looking very yellow! I stopped at the side of the road and walked into the woods to do some leaf peeping and take some shots with my failing 17-85mm lens. It has been playing up so much recently that I consider myself very lucky to have got these photos.

Lots of Activity at KPSM

Jonathan — Thu, 26 May 2011 19:15:13 +0000

At lunch today I parked up at Pease and saw plenty of activity, probably due to the fact I sent my EOS 7D back for repair and was carrying my old camera instead!

A Piper made an emergency landing en-route to Portland due to a faulty alternator. Thanks to my scanner I heard it come in early and had plenty of time to get a picture of aircraft landing and emergency services responding:

A C-5 was doing practise approaches the whole time I was there.

Three KC-135′s lined up and took off one after another.

Pease at Night

Jonathan — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:27:26 +0000

Last night was probably one of the warmest nights of the year so far. We picked up a couple of salads and had them at the air base as the light started to fade. 4 KC-135′s were doing circuits which gave me plenty of opportunity to try out some long exposure shots.

This first shot is actually a combination of two exposures of 30 seconds each. This was taken during the best light of the evening.

This second shot was a 102 second exposure which was actually not nearly enough time to let the right amount of light in. I had to do some work in the RAW converter to get this looking brighter.

As the evenings get warmer I intend to try some more long exposure shots.

Thunderbirds Coming to NH

Jonathan — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 03:24:02 +0000

The USAF Thunderbirds paid a visit to NH today ahead of the the Portsmouth International Air Show this summer. One of the Thunderbirds arrived at Portsmouth just before 2pm and did a flyby before coming back around for a high speed pass. It then landed to hold a promotional press conference.

I parked up at the start of Rwy 34 at the entrance to the golf club. It was bitterly cold but my knuckles held out long enough to get some good photos.

A couple of KC-135 were doing some crosswind landings ahead of the Thunderbirds visit.

After the KC-135′s landed the F-16 appeared…

Can’t wait for this years’ air show! August 13th and 14th 2011.

Boston-Portsmouth Air Show Weekend

Jonathan — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:39:34 +0000

This weekend David and Christopher came out to visit and go to the air show at Pease. The weather was perfect and we all had a great weekend.

On Thursday night I picked them up from the train station at Exeter, NH and went to the Olive Garden for dinner. Delicious!

I took a day’s vacation on Friday and we went to the Hampton Airfield Café for breakfast and then watched the aircraft take off and land. After breakfast we headed over to Pease to see if we could catch a glimpse of some aircraft arriving for the weekends air show. We were able to watch for around 5 minutes before the police started moving people on.

In the afternoon we drove up to York to see York Beach and the Nubble Light. We stayed around York for most of the afternoon before returning home for a BBQ.

On Saturday and Sunday we went to the Airshow at Pease. The weather was great and we saw a great deal of aircraft both on the ground and in the air. I was lucky enough to sit in the pilot seat of a Delta Airlines 757 as well as a KC-135, an aircraft I have seen a lot at Pease over the last couple of years. We also toured a KC-10. The air display included an F-16, F-15, F/A-18 as well as the Blue Angels and the Brazilian Air force Smoke Squadron.

Here are some pictures from the air show, with captions where possible:

F-16 Fighting Falcon

U.S. Navy Blue Angels

U.S. Navy Blue Angels flying past the tail of a Boeing 757

U.S. Navy Blue Angels

U.S. Navy Blue Angel

Air show crowds taking shelter from the sun underneath an A-10.

Taken onboard a KC-135 looking back towards a KC-10.

Flight controls inside a KC-135.

Looking out of the KC-135 towards F-15′s and F-16′s

F/A-18 Hornet

F-15 Strike Eagle

C-5 Galaxy at Pease

Jonathan — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:23:06 +0000

A C-5 was doing some low fly by’s and touch and go’s at Pease today. I went down at lunch time and shot some video of it from both ends of the airport.

My Photos on NH Chronicle – Spring Edition

Jonathan — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:10:19 +0000

WMUR broadcast the Spring Edition of their NH Chronicle show on Monday night. The show contained a collection of images submitted by NH residents of the spring season.

Here are the pictures featured and a video clip of an excerpt from the show:

Sunset at Pease

Jonathan — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:01:34 +0000

Last night we went to Pease to watch the aircraft land. A KC-135 was doing some touch and go’s so I took some pictures and video from both ends of the runway.