Well gang, I had a blast at the 2009 Tuscaloosa Airshow yesterday. This event had a stellar lineup including the Blue Angels, Super Hornet East, A-10 East, Aeroshell, Red Eagles, Golden Knights and more. Believe it or not, I missed most of the demos and shot about 1/3rd the number of photos that I normally would. Why? Not the weather, it was beautiful. Camera problems? nope.

My unusually low photo activity was due to the fact that I was invited to an airport hangar far away from the flightline. At the hangar I was presented with a most unexpected opportunity...the honor of flying on Fat Albert during the performance. I thought about it for just a minute. What about all the shots that I would miss? What if there was a mishap, what would my family do? Then I thought, why am I wasting time asking these questions??...."GET ON BERT" and lets go!

What a ride! can you say "Zero G" anyone!

I will post more shots and additional details later but here are a few of my photos. Sorry for the lack of prop blur for those who find such things undesirable. This was the first time I had seen any of these aircraft and I wanted a few "Keepers" before I tried for proper blurring:

Enjoy!

Chris

Very cool - looking forward to more pics and info on your ride! Congrats!

Hey, the blue angels have no prop blur!

Too funny!

Chris

Ah, one of my favorite aeroplanes, pity about the P&W Wasp and second seat. Great shots ab,thanks for showing them, would like to see the Blues one day, missed them due to sandy places the last time.

Wow, flying on Fat Albert? How did you pull that off?

And more importantly, how was the ride. I can only imagine the KICK on takeoff!

nice shots, looking forward to those ride shots!

that last shot is just about perfect