Flirting With Mach

[rogerb]

Here's a shot of an F18A with the throttles open.

The sun was at about our 11 o'clock and behind the aircraft which backlit the vapor patterns but caused most of the aircraft to be shaded, causing very high contrast. Try as I may, I couldn't do much for the underside.

I hope the visual impact of the image makes up for some of its technical shortcomings

Roger

1/2000s f/7.1 at 185.0mm iso400

[Colin Southern]

Here's a shot of an F18A with the throttles open.

The sun was at about our 11 o'clock and behind the aircraft which backlit the vapor patterns but caused most of the aircraft to be shaded, causing very high contrast.

Nah - if it's one of my beloved F/A-18's with the throttles wide open then it'll be traveling faster than light - so it's just that the sun hasn't caught up with the front end yet!

Nice shot by the way

[rogerb]

Nah - if it's one of my beloved F/A-18's with the throttles wide open then it'll be traveling faster than light - so it's just that the sun hasn't caught up with the front end yet!

I hadn't thought of that.... That explains it all!

[risingwolf]

Dr. Science was asked once. If you are traveling faster than the speed of light and turn on your headlights will you see them in your rear view mirror? Must be the same for the F/A18. Beautiful picture.

Seems that you would be too busy to take pictures. How do you manage that?

[rogerb]

Seems that you would be too busy to take pictures. How do you manage that?

I was on terra firma!
Thanks for the comment.
Roger

[Colin Southern]

Once you've flown a Hornet, you'll be a "mached" man for life!