Super Hornet 5

As the Super Hornet makes its fast pass, it hits transonic speeds, evidenced by the shock waves forming on the leading edges of the wings, engine intakes, and other parts of the fuselage. Awesome!

Update: (Briefly, it seems) made the Explore page for 6/30/2009. Thanks for all of your comments and faves!

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r.AI (-) says:

WOW! Spectacular Shot! You made it look easy...

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ep_jhu says:

Great shot!
1-2-3
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

SBA73 says:

Spectacular

3-2-1
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Baking is my Zen LLC says:

Awesome...indeed!!!!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

jamesbooth_london says:

Well done for capturing this. What lens did you use?
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

driko says:

Thanks for the nice comments, everyone!

@jamesbooth_london: I used a 75-300mm f/4-5.6 IS lens.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Milusa says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Medios de transporte - Means of transport (post 1 - comment 3), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

pheanix300 says:

Super fine shot!
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SivamDesign says:

Awesome indeed, splendid capture!
I saw this photo in the interestingness archives.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

FotoBloke says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Machines.. (Post 1 - Award 2), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

Going Vertical Aviation Photography says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Mach .90+, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

MonkeysMama says:

Holy cow!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

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Taken in Andrews Air Force Base, MD (map)
Taken with a Canon EOS 40D.
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