North American B-25 Mitchell | Tondelayo This 9 x16 HD scale image accentuates the dominance of the B-25’s long curved wings. HD scale also eliminates extra ground and sky; forcing the viewer to look at the shape of the plane. Tondelayo is owned and operated by the Collins Foundation. For the whole story with all images, see North American B-25 Mitchell | a 7 Image Story.
North American B-25 Mitchell | Sunset Good photographers get up at o’dark thirty and retire late with maybe a nap midday. The B-25 certainly make a distinctive silhouette. For the whole story with all images, see North American B-25 Mitchell | a 7 Image Story.
North American B-25 Mitchell | Close Up This close up of Axis Nightmare was captured while it was taxiing for take-off on a rather stormy day. For the whole story with all images, see North American B-25 Mitchell | a 7 Image Story.
North American B-25 Mitchell | Betty’s Dream For strafing missions, Betty’s Dream has 8 additional .50 caliber machine guns mounted in the nose and controlled by the pilot. Betty’s Dream is owned by the Texas Flying Legends Museum in Houston, TX. For the whole story with all images, see North American B-25 Mitchell | a 7 Image Story.
Soft Sepia Aircraft | Night Before Takeoff Look under the wing of a B-25 into the night sky. Just think of how many WWII airmen had a similar view the night before their next mission. Will tomorrow’s mission be a “milk run”? Unfortunately, many missions were not milk runs. For the whole story with all images, see Soft Sepia Aircraft | a 7 Image Story.
Soft Sepia Aircraft | a 7 Image Story Some airplanes look really nice in B&W Sepia, some don’t. Weather and background also make a big difference whether a B&W will work for a given airplane at a particular location. My preferences tend to be sharp contrasts and a larger depth of field. Generally, I capture the images in color and convert to B&W in post; even if I know the finished image will be B&W.
Just like color aircraft images; bald skies are the pits. The bald sky tends to end up almost black. A few clouds make a big difference, particularly on flying aircraft.
Each image will be posted individually this week under category Soft Sepia Aircraft.
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Doolittle Raiders Reunion | Reunion Day Reenactor Meet Mark; as a living historian, Mark portrays a WWII Pilot at the 70th Doolittle Raiders Reunion at the Air Force Museum. This photo could have been taken in 1942 in New Guinea just before a mission. Yes, they were that young. To learn more about Doolittle Raiders Reunion, see Doolittle Raiders Reunion | a 7 Image Story.
Doolittle Raiders Reunion | Call to Action Take-off Miss Mitchell takes off from Grimes Field headed to the Air Force Museum Airfield to attend the 70th Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid. The B-25J “Miss Mitchell” served in the 310th Bomb Group, 57th Bomb Wing of the 12th Air Force in North Africa and Italy completing over 130 missions with no crew fatalities. After a 12 year restoration by the Commemorative Air Force Minnesota Wing, Miss Mitchell took her first flight on April 18, 1992 ~ exactly 50 years to the day of the Doolittle raid. Visit the Commemorative Air Force Minnesota Wing site to learn more about Miss Mitchell. To learn more about Doolittle Raiders Reunion, see Doolittle Raiders Reunion | a 7 Image Story.
