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This year I was busy and didn't go to San Francisco air show. However, at the last minute I decided to hike up a small hill close to my home and shoot it from a distance. From approx 28 miles as crow flies. There was good amount of atmospheric haze that's why I didn't expect the view to be beautiful. I had to heavily process the pictures to get some contrast and color.

 

At the end I liked what I got. I could see the entire flight path for the aerobatic maneuvers and city gave a good reference to the scale. This would not have been possible if I shot from close to the location.

Nex6 + Telyt 180 APO 3.4. Only the first pic is using X2 APO. 

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BTW, I calculated the height of the loop using known angle of view (vertical) for my lens on this sensor and horizontal distance to the city. It came to 1.7 miles (9,000ft = 2,700 meters). This was approximately right since Blue Angels' aerobatics maneuvering ceiling is 10,000 ft.

 

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And the last one. The "Delta Break Out".

If you are interested. Here is the doc for the Blue Angels maneuvers.

 

https://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/airshow/military/media/BlueAngels_Maneuvers_Manual.pdf

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