Hawker Sea Fury

[Diane_Miller]

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Description

I’ve been doing some work in the aviation archives and came across this one which has always been a favorite. Decided to let it out. Taken at an airshow in 2018. The smoke trails are from a different plane, but this guy would be capable of them. It is a British fighter just before jets came along.

Specific Feedback

All comments welcome! I left more room behind it because I love the curl of the smoke trail in the upper right, where whomever it was had just done some sort of hair-raising maneuver.

Technical Details

It has become detached from the raw file so I’m not sure what I did.

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[Gill_Vanderlip]

I Love it !!! I love Planes. Just Way to Cool.

[Dennis_Plank]

Very nice shot of this plane doing its thing, Diane. I like the hint of blur on the propeller blades and I agree that the wacky smoke trail in the background adds to the image.

[Youssef_Ismail]

Diane,

Very cool. Perfect shutter speed capturing all 5 propeller bladed, nearly still.

[Diane_Miller]

Thanks, @Gill_Vanderlip, @Dennis_Plank and @Youssef_Ismail! There are not many engines with 5-bladed props so I’m happy it shows well.

I hate it when I stop a prop with a fast SS, but this was before today’s IS and I was likely handholding to follow the wild action. At high power, the tip of a prop can approach (or sometimes exceed) the speed of sound!

[Gill_Vanderlip]

I was looking at this image and listening to “Sky King” this morning by Danny Gatton. Always loved planes and guitars since I was a kid. The prop is just fine.