A few recent aviation shots

Disgusting weather, but caught this beast greasing 8R at IAH....

NIKON D70    ---    155mm    f/5.6    1/640s    ISO 200

...then again rolling out...

NIKON D70    ---    200mm    f/9.0    1/250s    ISO 200

...and departing with the Houston skyline in the distance.

NIKON D70    ---    340mm    f/4.8    1/640s    ISO 200

"Gorilla In The Mist" - World Airways MD-11 N803DE (ex-DAL bird) painted in the retro "Operation Babylift" commemorative scheme. "Babylift" was the effort to get South Vietnamese children out before the fall of Saigon.

NIKON D70    ---    185mm    f/6.3    1/30s    ISO 200

Volga-Dnepr AN-124 'Ruslan' lumbering off 33R

NIKON D70    ---    340mm    f/10.0    1/500s    ISO 200

NIKON D70    ---    340mm    f/10.0    1/500s    ISO 200

NIKON D70    ---    280mm    f/10.0    1/500s    ISO 200

NIKON D70    ---    175mm    f/10.0    1/500s    ISO 200

NIKON D70    ---    150mm    f/10.0    1/400s    ISO 200

NIKON D70    ---    260mm    f/10.0    1/640s    ISO 200

 

Thanks all...

Wade, I guess we're spoiled down here. We get all three of the commercial AN124 operators here: Volga-Dnepr, Polet and Antonov Design Bureau. Wouldn't mind seeing the Libyan bird, but I think that's unlikely. Caught the AN225 here once, too.