Michaels Aviation Photography

2022 Felt Field Neighborhood Day

Once a year in the spring, Felts Field opens its doors and aprons to the general public. This year being no exception, and the first full year Without Covid restrictions, allowing Felts fields most recent large tenant “Historic Flight” to showcase their collection to the general public of Spokane. With great demonstration flights from both of the collections B 25 Grumpy as well as the Pan-American C 47 , the public just loved it! Helicopter rides were to be had along with many great displays, from historic aircraft to hands on displays for all ages.. and great food to boot!! It is always my hometown kickoff to my shooting season, even though Skyfest pre dated the itinerary this year. great fun!

Happy Fourth of July and the day of our Independence, may the flags of our Fathers Fly Forever!

Cheers 🥂 from Michael’s Aviation Photography Michaelsaviationphotography.com

Super season so far with Skyfest, Three UH1 Location Shoots and this past weekend, visiting Felts Field Neighborfest and of course my personal highlight another chance to capture “Historic Flights” Amazing Collection in the Air and up close and personal. Next up as far as scheduled events, Next weekend will be my first time attending Moses Lake Airshow and it looks like they have a spectacular lineup in store for this Fathers day weekends Fans and performers. Following that July 23rd and 24th will see me at Boyington Field to greet Commemorative Air Forces Arizona wing B-25 “Maid in the shade” and B-17 “Sentimental Journey” as well as im sure a good bunch of local warbirds. In between that the plans are in the works of heading to Whitefish Montana to see the Stonehenge Aviation Museums Flying collection, A possible Seattle Seafair Visit for the Blue Angels, and my final on the books tour will be August Running a loop to McMineville Oregon for a second half to their International Air Show, and of course Evergreen Aviation’s Spruce Goose and that outstanding collection, then on to Tillamook to a collection over there, and the Navy Blimp Hangers. Shoot up to Seattle on my return to hit the Museum of Flight.

Now to Make it happen!

Chasing the Light

Michael

This spring has been super busy, slated with multiple shows and events, this being none the less indeed! This past month when the call comes with coordinates, you hop to it to plan for lighting and lensing. The day was set and i was packed and ready,Don was right on time, i had him on flight radar, and arriving at a location for Extended Learning in Spokane Valley, A Parking lot right off one of the main drags, so it was going to draw some attention. I picked my spot just short of the proposed LZ right next to an ornamental tree, i knew that put me in a relatively safe zone to shoot. I was not dissappointed except in hindsite i’d of rather shot both video and stills instead of stills only.Don and the entire crew hooked in for a low pass and then a slow hover forward to eye level and rotation and set, Picture perfect for a play on words and a great day with many services participating in the event.To see the entire shoot make sure you drop by the photo server located on the menu to review the whole event.

Thank you for visiting

Michael

Fairchild AFB as always , rolled out the red carpet for its neighbors in SkyFest 2022, after a long hiatus due to Covid I think the entire city was ready for airshow! And boy did the airshow come to Spokane. The talent lined up this year was outstanding! Of course the Always amazing Thunderbird demonstration team rocked our world all week.. The roster was deep, the navy’s F/18 demonstration was over the top Solid. McChord and Travis bases brought their C17 teams and our base over the mountain McChord Really hung it out there demonstrating its capabilities.

Shot all three days with different missions, i think friday was my favorite, the end of runway shooting arrival and team practices. That being said i was dreaded leading up to it, but i Found that live broadcasting wasn’t so bad and i would indeed be able to speak for 45 minutes without too many pregnant pauses.

Sunday, that was my son Bens day, and his first ever day shooting with his own camera, i handed down my Fuji to him, the eyes of Ben story that came out of the day was priceless, he had his share of tossers but he also shot some very enviable shots!

Well next official stop will be Moses Lake Air show and then back to Felts Field for neighbor days.

fair winds and blue skys (with a few clouds for texture) to you all 🙂

So as the site takes shape I am adding on more and more features as i can,when i can. Air Show season is on! 😉

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