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Beautiful Warbirds brought back to life with HDR. If you love warbirds, check out my Sun N Fun gallery too. Check back often as I am continually adding more photos. Gotta fly~
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USAF Thunderbirds

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  • "Precious Metal"<br /> <br /> Ask any pilot what the sexiest airplane is and undoubtedly you'll get the P-51 Mustang. It's an incredibly sexy flying machine and made history as one of -- if not -- the most significant warbirds in history. There are only about 150 still flying today. I can count myself fortunate as a pilot and photographer who has had the pleasure of flying in a P-51 dual control trainer. The sound of the engine....the power....the experience is UNFORGETTABLE! <br /> <br /> "Precious Metal" stands alone in the field of those few Mustangs still flying. She is truly one of a kind. She is the only P-51D that has a Rolls Royce Griffon engine with contra-rotating props. This machine is modified--fast--dangerous and memorable. Do you remember the Breitling watch ads, with John Travolta and this plane? <br /> <br /> Her future is fast. Her past is dangerous. Thom Richard will fly her this year at the 2011 Reno Air Races where he will put her 3000+ hp to the test reaching speeds in excess of 500 mph at a mere 50 to 100 feet off of the deck. God Speed and God be with him and "Precious Metal".<br /> <br /> If you want the chance of a lifetime to see such an incredible working piece of history and art: visit Warbird Adventures in Kissimmee, Florida.<br /> <br /> That's part of the story. The photos is my compilation of HDR and vision, merged with passion. Let me know what you think....did I succeed to pique your fancy as well?
  • The Hangar<br /> ~Texan 6~<br /> <br /> Military Trainer<br /> This Beautiful T-6 can be seen and flown at Warbird Adventures, Kissimmee, Florida<br /> <br /> Famed Photographer, author or over 40 books, Publisher and Editor, instructor, lecturer, and my biggest Photography Guru: Scott Kelby, recently said about this photo:<br /> "This shot! This shot is a badazz photo! Great composition! Tone mapping is on the money! I wish I had taken this photo! It's that good."<br /> <br /> Copyright Barb Cochran 2010 VA 1-746-637. All rights reserved.
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  • Sea Fury
  • `Tondelayo~
  • ~Precious Metal~<br /> <br /> Preparing for the Journey
  • Ford Tri-Motor, 5-AT-B<br /> ~Tin Goose~
  • ~Skyraider~
  • ~Navy T-28 Trojan~<br /> <br /> This is probably the second most beautiful site to a pilot (and if you're Navy, that's 'aviator'): sunrise over the flight line. First of course, watching anywhere from 100 to 30,000 feet above the ground, through your windscreen.
  • ~Watchin the Air Show~<br /> Curtis P-40 parked, "As If" watching the aerobatics performance overhead.<br /> <br /> Sun N Fun 2011
  • ~Pacific Princess~<br /> <br /> TBM Avenger
  • ~Pacific Princess~
  • "Houston....." Discovery
  • ~Pole Dancer~<br /> TS-11 ISKRA<br /> Watch #3, Pole Dancer at the Reno Air Races<br /> Owned by Neubert Aero Corp and Flown by Thom Richard
  • T-6<br /> Warbird Adventures, where your adventures take wing in vintage aircraft. <br /> Warbird Adentures, Kissimmee, Florida
  • The beautiful B25, 'Tondelayo' on the move
  • ~Pacific Princess~
  • USAF Thunderbirds

  • sharkbayte

    on March 9, 2011

    awesome capture!

  • fotoeffects

    on March 8, 2011

    Great shot!

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