The aviation photos continue. Saturday, September 20th was opening day for the Millville, New Jersey Airshow. This year, the crowd was sequestered at the new race track adjacent to the airport. The flight line was farther away than at the Dover airbase which made photography challenging. The lens choice was the same I used for the six mile distance to the space shuttle-- the 100-400 zoom with a 2X converter giving it a top range of 800mm. With the full-frame sensor on the Mark II, it brings in the aircraft but disables auto-focus. Out of about 600 images, only about 20 were usable and even a few of those are soft. Anyway, it was great weather and there were plenty of warbirds. I did miss the 17. It did not participate this year. I'm posting this photo now for a gentleman I met at the show who's friend Chris Shipe's Uncle flew the Avenger. Mr. Art Shipe, now 88 years young, flew the Avenger off of the carrier USS Bunker Hill and in 1944, Life Magazine photographer W. Eugene Smith did a photo essay on the war from Mr. Shipe's plane. I'm fortunate to hear of, and to meet through this acquaintance, another of our country's great heroes. More photos to be posted soon of the P-51, PBY, and one of the B-24's.
| The SNJ-6 performing a loop with smoke. |  |
 | The PBY flying off into history. |
| Another shot of the SNJ-6 |  |
