B-17G Flying Fortress Bomber “Texas Raiders” at Pikes Peak Airshow
Here you will find photos of the B-17G Flying Fortress Bomber “Texas Raiders” at the Pikes Peak Airshow. These in-flight photographs were taken at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow in Colorado Springs. The Commemorative Air Force *Gulf Coast Wing’s B-17G Flying Fortress “Texas Raiders” is one of the most recognized and famous Flying Fortresses currently on the airshow circuit. It was delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps on July 12, 1945. It was the first B-17 to be purchased and operated solely for the purpose of preservation in 1967. Its last major restoration occurred in 1993 and it became airworthy on October 14, 2009. These photos of the B-17 Bomber were taken on September 21, 2019 during the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
B-17G Flying Fortress Bomber “Texas Raiders” Photo Gallery
Video of a B-17 Flying Fortress
This B-17 video is courtesy of the Wings Channel on YouTube. Please visit their channel for more amazing Historic Aviation footage.
Photographs of North American B-25 Mitchell
The following camera gear was used in the Aviation Photography of the North American B-25 Mitchell at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow in Colorado Springs, Colorado:
- a Nikon D850 with the Nikon MB-D18 Multi Battery Power Pack,
- F-Stop Gear Aloe Green Tilopa 50L Back Pack (with large Pro ICU),
- a Really Right Stuff TVC 34L tripod,
- the Movo GH800 Carbon Fiber Professional Gimbal Tripod Head with Arca-Swiss Quick-Release Plate,
- with a Really Right Stuff BH-50 LR Ballhead,
- and an AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens with a Really Right Stuff Tripod foot.
These in-flight photos were all taken with a Gimbal and tripod set up using the 200-500mm lens. The D850 exposures for the images average between 1/80 and 1/640 of a second at f/7.1 and f/8.0. The native ISO of settings of 64 was used on the Nikon D850 and all images captured as RAW files. We also used Adobe Lightroom Classic CC to process all of these images.
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