Rocky Mountain Airshow - LOTS of Photos

[Colorado CJ]

I rode down to Broomfield today to watch a local airshow.

This year's show was much smaller than the one I went to a few years ago. Mostly older planes and no real military craft demonstrations (though there were a few military aircraft on display).

Anyway, I brought my cameras along for some photography. The smoky skies made for some interesting pictures, especially when the weather moved in.

Here are a few of the photos I took today.


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https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1775/29983273588_6b565d8968_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MFw7CU)_DSC3633-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/MFw7CU) by Andrew Marjama (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55229792@N03/), on Flickr


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[Colorado CJ]

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https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1771/43804585862_051c83dbf8_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/29JRXfo)_DSC3640-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/29JRXfo) by Andrew Marjama (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55229792@N03/), on Flickr


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[Colorado CJ]

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https://farm1.staticflickr.com/857/43804585462_2b7e0e4fd5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/29JRX8u)_DSC3673-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/29JRX8u) by Andrew Marjama (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55229792@N03/), on Flickr


https://farm1.staticflickr.com/932/29983271298_7b7c9c49ee_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/MFw6Xq)_DSC3683-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/MFw6Xq) by Andrew Marjama (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55229792@N03/), on Flickr


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[Colorado CJ]

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https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1837/28916292267_553806be1e_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/L4eyge)_DSC3724-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/L4eyge) by Andrew Marjama (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55229792@N03/), on Flickr


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[Colorado CJ]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/852/28916291767_0128c29a16_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/L4ey7B)_DSC3744-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/L4ey7B) by Andrew Marjama (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55229792@N03/), on Flickr


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[Colorado CJ]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1836/43804584182_d570cf79d1_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/29JRWKq)_DSC3766-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/29JRWKq) by Andrew Marjama (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55229792@N03/), on Flickr


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[Chauncey Walden]

Well done!

[MultiFormat Shooter]

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Nice shot! I have always liked the T-33, it's one of my favorite early jets.

[Juniper]

I think Rocky mountain Festival is a great friendly and family event. I would say your shared pictures are really nice, amazing and wonderful. These pictures are very informative about Rocky mountain Airshow, I am very happy to see these pictures. I just seen these as a picture but now feeling like it's a reality. I never seen this festival but now I want to see soon as soon when possible.

[Peter Lewin]

How did you get the images of planes in the air, where your point of view appears to be at roughly the same altitude as your subject?

[goamules]

Great shots. I too love the T-33 and P-80. And flew in a SNJ/Texan for my 50th.

[Bob Salomon]

Great shots. I too love the T-33 and P-80. And flew in a SNJ/Texan for my 50th.

When we were selling NASA Rollei 6008 cameras for the Space Shuttle they had two astronauts fly up to Newark Airport for some training and I met them outside the old terminal. Since they flew up themselves they were in NASA jump suits.

After we were through for the day I drove them back to EWR and went into the terminal with them. On the runway was a beautiful NASA T38 with both cockpits open. As they got into the plane it started to rain but Newark couldn’t find a starter cart for the engines. This ticked off the full bird pilot! While they sat on the runway, with the cockpits open it kept on raining and the Colonel was getting more and more aggravated! Finally the airport staff found a starter cart they could borrow and got the plane started, but this was more then an hour on the tarmac and with the pilot yelling.

It was interesting to listen to as they had the audio on all this time inside the FOB where we were watching.

He finally got takeoff clearance from the tower and, after a short taxi that T38 took off almost vertically and disappeared from site while the tower were yelling and swearing at him for the stunt! Great fun to watch, not a very safe procedure though,