One of the most popular events of the summer here in Rhode Island is the Air Show in Quonset. It’s held along with the Rhode Island National Guard Open house and is great family fun with proceeds benefitting the Hasbro Children’s Hospital.
It’s also a great place to take pictures of planes and people. I’ll be sharing my Strangers series soon – in the meantime, here are some flying beauties…
Starting with the Army Black Daggers jumpers
Sean D. Tucker took our breath away with his bright red Oracle plane
John Klatt thrilled us
The Jelly Belly plane brought color and made us laugh
And more…
I’m a little biased in favor of the helicopters – my dad was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam (thanks, Dad!). There was only one this time, the Black Hawk. I texted my dad during the show and he said he never flew one, but he supervised putting the first one together at Ft. Eustis!
The Geico Skytypers were pretty amazing
And, the grand finale… The Thunderbirds!!!!
As you can see, it was a beautiful day. I was shooting with my Canon 55-250mm IS – it seemed to like the Thunderbirds most of all. Probably not the ideal lens for an air show (I may have been a little jealous of my friend’s 500mm), but it was fairly light to hold all day and got the job done.