F/A-18 Knife-Edge Pass
Image captured during the Open House at the Navy Dare Bombing Range near Wanchese, NC. The entire day was simply incredible, the best birthday I ever had. The F/A-18 pilots where bombing targets near a mock Iraqi City. Since they had an Open House, the tower would request that if the pilots had a little fuel to spare, if they wouldn’t mind to do a couple of extra passes for the spectators. Some of them literally put on a private airshow for us. It was awesome! Added little bonus in this shot is the commercial aircraft at high altitude visible near the 3 sensors (right side of the image).
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Andy Mueller
karen Bradshaw
wow wow wow what a shot love it well done
Von McKnelly
If you we’re flying that bird wouldn’t you put on a show for the spectators?
Awesome shot and happy b-day a little late!
aphoto4you
interesting moment and composition
igotmeacanon
nice shot, i love the detail in the nozzles with the flame
Colin Hollywood
Great shot Andy – not sure what the blue stuff is behind the aircraft though – ours is usually grey :-)
Angel Perry
SWWWEEEEETTTT shot! Lucky you! Right place, right time. Excellent!!!! I would have probably just gotten sky and a gimpse of a wing….well done.
Michael Bermi...
Great Balls of Fire!!!
Awesome all round.
Andy Mueller replied
Dang it, that would have been a great title for this shot ….....
Jonicool
Awesome capture!
Marvin Collins
Great shot Andy!!
velveteagle
Fantastic capture point.. Looks great..
nancie
i can almost feel it movin!!!
great photo Andy!!!
savosave
great capture!
WayoftheWarrior
Holy cow thats a sweet angle on that!
Jenifer
WOW AWESOME CAPTURE ANDY, YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY REALY AMAZES ME.
Charl045
Andy you are so amazing! I love this perspective!
Andy Mueller replied
Those pilots are truly amazing. What they did to show off a bit was simply incredible ….. They must just love their jobs (although being deployed on an aircraft carrier is pobably not that much fun ..)
Charl045
Pobably not..LOL Sorry couldn’t resist. I’m so grateful that they do love their jobs though! ; )
Mark Weaver
very nice shot andy. awesome clarity
David Iori
Awesome capture!
Kelly J
How the hell do you do that!!!!!!!!!!!! Jeepers… I might give up zooming!!! Fantastic shot Andy!
Andy Mueller replied
Easy Kelly, when you take 1200 pictures in just a 7 hour period, you are bound to have some keepers. Now granted, it’s good to know a few things about panning, shutterspeeds, etc, but sometimes it’s just sheer luck. And I got really lucky with this one …..
Leslie Wood
Incredible!! These guys fly right over my house every day….and most nights!! They may be F15’s but I think they are mainly F18’s with a few choppers thrown in sometimes!
George P
An outstanding shot! And enjoyed reading about it and being able to put it in some sort of context. Well done!
Rajdev D
Top shot Top Gun, very nicely done mate.
Steven Sandner
Brilliant work! lovely composition, stunning mood in this piece! great work!