Here's a fun spotting video from this summer. This video features an IL-2 Shturmovik, B-25D Mitchell, Boeing 777, 787, and 747 LCF! A little bit of something for everyone, all in one afternoon! :-)
http://youtu.be/QfRtsmF83n4
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
Ok, so I'm not so great...
OK, so I'm not so great at the whole blogging thing! Sorry! From time to time I will try to keep this thing updated with projects I'm doing. It's been a very FUN, and BUSY summer and fall and now it's time to start preparing for the next year. I've officially made video my primary medium now, and am actually trying to "crowd-fund" a fancy new camera to help improve the quality of the videos I provide. Being practically unemployed (substitute teaching) there is no way right now that I could afford a brand new professional-quality camera. So far folks have been incredibly generous, and I am encouraged that I can actually meet my goal by next summer!
At any rate, I've been reading, and watching tutorials and trying to learn everything I possibly can about film making. I'm hoping I can start enough projects to keep me busy throughout the summer months.
Anyway, I've added some "widgets" to the blog here so folks can donate to my new-camera fund. If you don't want to donate, you can still help support me buy clicking on all of the ads in my YouTube videos! :-) Also, check out my Photoshelter website. That money also goes toward the new camera, and that way you also get a beautiful photo! Win-win!
Thanks for your time!
Jason
http://www.gofundme.com/Fight2Fly
http://www.facebook.com/Fight2Fly
http://www.youtube.com/user/fight2flyphoto
http://fight2fly.photoshelter.com/
At any rate, I've been reading, and watching tutorials and trying to learn everything I possibly can about film making. I'm hoping I can start enough projects to keep me busy throughout the summer months.
Anyway, I've added some "widgets" to the blog here so folks can donate to my new-camera fund. If you don't want to donate, you can still help support me buy clicking on all of the ads in my YouTube videos! :-) Also, check out my Photoshelter website. That money also goes toward the new camera, and that way you also get a beautiful photo! Win-win!
Thanks for your time!
Jason
http://www.gofundme.com/Fight2Fly
http://www.facebook.com/Fight2Fly
http://www.youtube.com/user/fight2flyphoto
http://fight2fly.photoshelter.com/
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
2012 Flying Season
It's September and the 2012 flying season is already nearing a close. We have had several flying events and I have been able to capture some AMAZING flying displays so far! Flying Heritage Collection has added yet another aircraft to flying status, the A6M3-22 Zero. When FHC moved from Arlington Municipal Airport in Arlington, Washington, to Paine Field in Everett, Washington, they brought along their unfinished Zero and had it on display for about 18 months. At that time it was sent to Wenatchee, Washington, for its final restoration to flying condition. In April of this year it arrived back home all done and ready to fly. As of this posting the aircraft has already flown for two displays.
The much anticipated Il-2 Sturmovik has flown many times for pilot certification and flight tests and is now ready for its public debut on September, 15!
The much anticipated Il-2 Sturmovik has flown many times for pilot certification and flight tests and is now ready for its public debut on September, 15!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
"Black Death" has arrived!
Saturday, February 4th marked the arrival of Flying Heritage Collection's Il-2 Shturmovik, the only one of its kind in flying condition, despite being the most widely produced military aircraft in history. Even though it is so rare, this aircraft will in fact be participating in this summers free fly days.
Here is what Flying Heritage Collection says about the aircraft on their website (www.FlyingHeritage.com)
Place in history: The Il-2 operated close to the ground, attacking enemy tanks, trucks, and troops near the front line. The job was dangerous and though the IL-2 was heavily armored, many of the planes were lost in battle. As Germany threatened western Russia, Soviet factories moved east, to ensure new Shturmoviks arrived to take the place of recent casualties. The enemy called the plane "Black Death" or "Betonvogel" (loosely, the Concrete Bird). Soviet pilots lovingly named the plane "Ilyusha." To the Soviet soldiers, the Il-2 was "the Winged Tank" or, perhaps most endearingly of all, "the Flying Infantryman."
This airplane: The FHC's Il-2 was constructed in Kuybyshev in mid-1943 and was assigned to the 828th Attack Aviation Regiment on the lower Karelian Front. On October 10, 1944, the plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire while attacking an airfield and crashed near the Titovka River. The plane was discovered in a nameless lake by searchers scouting the area with a helicopter in 1991. When the recovery crew raised the Il-2 to the surface, they found it still had its complement of rockets and bombs under its wings. The plane was restored using parts from four wrecks discovered in northwestern regions of the former Soviet Union. Il-2 serial number 305401 makes up a large percentage of the aircraft.
Latest news has them installing the wings this coming Friday, February 10th. Stay tuned for updates!! Until then, enjoy these photographs I shot after its arrival on Saturday
As with the other aircraft in the FHC collection, even the manner in which the paint was applied in 1943 was replicated with this aircraft. When it was originally produced, the manufacturers were in such a hurry to get the aircraft on the front lines, they didn't even apply primer to the airframe, thus, the paint chips and peels very easily! Add to that the long trek from Russia to a port in Germany and this aircraft has already been through a lot!
For those with an eye for detail, there are also a few remaining bullet holes in the fuselage.
Come see this aircraft and many others at Flying Heritage Collection at Paine Field in Everett, Washington!
Here is what Flying Heritage Collection says about the aircraft on their website (www.FlyingHeritage.com)
Place in history: The Il-2 operated close to the ground, attacking enemy tanks, trucks, and troops near the front line. The job was dangerous and though the IL-2 was heavily armored, many of the planes were lost in battle. As Germany threatened western Russia, Soviet factories moved east, to ensure new Shturmoviks arrived to take the place of recent casualties. The enemy called the plane "Black Death" or "Betonvogel" (loosely, the Concrete Bird). Soviet pilots lovingly named the plane "Ilyusha." To the Soviet soldiers, the Il-2 was "the Winged Tank" or, perhaps most endearingly of all, "the Flying Infantryman."
This airplane: The FHC's Il-2 was constructed in Kuybyshev in mid-1943 and was assigned to the 828th Attack Aviation Regiment on the lower Karelian Front. On October 10, 1944, the plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire while attacking an airfield and crashed near the Titovka River. The plane was discovered in a nameless lake by searchers scouting the area with a helicopter in 1991. When the recovery crew raised the Il-2 to the surface, they found it still had its complement of rockets and bombs under its wings. The plane was restored using parts from four wrecks discovered in northwestern regions of the former Soviet Union. Il-2 serial number 305401 makes up a large percentage of the aircraft.
Latest news has them installing the wings this coming Friday, February 10th. Stay tuned for updates!! Until then, enjoy these photographs I shot after its arrival on Saturday
As with the other aircraft in the FHC collection, even the manner in which the paint was applied in 1943 was replicated with this aircraft. When it was originally produced, the manufacturers were in such a hurry to get the aircraft on the front lines, they didn't even apply primer to the airframe, thus, the paint chips and peels very easily! Add to that the long trek from Russia to a port in Germany and this aircraft has already been through a lot!
For those with an eye for detail, there are also a few remaining bullet holes in the fuselage.
Come see this aircraft and many others at Flying Heritage Collection at Paine Field in Everett, Washington!
Thursday, February 2, 2012
IL-2 Arrival - Flying Heritage Collection
This just in! Flying Heritage Collection at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, has just announced that its highly-anticipated IL-2 Shturmovick has arrived via ship at the Port of Tacoma early this (Feb. 2) morning! I have not been able to get a time as to when it may arrive at the museum, however, they said it should be very soon. I will keep you posted with news as it becomes available.
They will be reassembling the aircraft in the hangar so visitors may be able to view its assembly process. This is very exciting as it is the only IL-2 in the world that is in flying condition, out of 35,000 that were built during WWII.
They will be reassembling the aircraft in the hangar so visitors may be able to view its assembly process. This is very exciting as it is the only IL-2 in the world that is in flying condition, out of 35,000 that were built during WWII.
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