28Mar2011

Author

Jason Bong

Category

Arizona Aviation Night Photography at Sky Harbor Airport

A couple of weeks back some members of PHXSpotters met out at Sky Harbor International Airport at Terminal 4 on the top deck. When we arrived we unpacked our tripods and started hitting that shutter button. I have always been afraid of taking night time photos, since I had never experienced doing night time aviation photography. I was not sure how my photos were going to turn out. I was thankful that we have some very talented photographers

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22Mar2011

Author

Jason Bong

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Airshows, Events, Friends, Glendale, Goodyear, Helicopters, Luke, Military, Uncategorized, Warbird

Luke Air Force Base 2011 Airshow & Open House

For three days in March the sky was filled with Military and Civilian aircraft. Also on the list of performers were the United States Army Golden Knights and the Red Bull Skydiving Team. There were spectators from across Arizona and many from across the country that were here to see the show. The event kicked off on Friday for base personnel and their family members. This allowed the base staff to have the day off and take the family to

Author

Jason Bong

Category

Airshows, Military, Museums, Road trips, Uncategorized

Heritage Flight Conference Media Day 2011

Every year In early March the United States Air Force gathers together its best pilots at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson Arizona , making up the seven air combat command demo teams and select civilian warbird pilots to train and coordinate for each years airshow season. During select shows the Air Force will fly a formation with one or more of its ACC demo teams with vintage warbirds from the Air Force’s past. I with a few other

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17Mar2011

Author

Jason Bong

Category

Airshows, Events, Glendale, Goodyear, Luke, Military, PHX

2011 Luke Days Open House “Thunder in the Desert”

Article Provided By: Jodi Jordan 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Logo provided By: Jodi Jordan 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs 3/11/2011 - LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- More than 200,000 people are expected to attend the Luke Days Open House March 19 and 20. The open house is two days of nonstop entertainment, but a few tips can help make the experience more pleasurable for guests. Traffic in the areas surrounding

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23Feb2011

Author

Dave Budd

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Uncategorized

Jason Bong on Airplanegeeks.com

Jason had a nice opportunity to voice his views about aviation photography and spotting in general. He did a interview with the guys over at http://www.thirtythousandfeet.com/ and they had him on Skype and they did a real nice job. Listen to his interview at

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16Feb2011

Author

Jason Bong

Category

Airshows, Events, Friends, Road trips, Uncategorized

Centennial of Naval Aviation Kicks Off in San Diego

The Centennial of Naval Aviation (CONA) Parade of Flight, held on February 12th 2011, will be what I judge all other aviation events against for a very long time. It was the Kickoff event of the year-long celebration of 100 years of naval aviation. The Parade of Flight featured more than 170 aircraft in the air and close to 75 more on the ground at NAS North Island. It was largest fly-over of San Diego since the end of World War II,

Author

Jason Bong

Category

Airshows, Antique, Casa Grande, Uncategorized

Cactus Fly-In 2011

The Cactus Fly-In, hosted by the Arizona Antique Aircraft Association, Inc. (AAAA) with the cooperation of the City of Casa Grande, is the season's premier aviation event. It is considered a "not to be missed" opener to the years' up-coming fly-in events. With emphasis placed on the aircraft of yesteryear, the Cactus Fly-In is certainly in a class of its own. Antiques, Classics, Warbirds, Replicas, and Homebuilt aircraft will be on display

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05Feb2011

Author

Jason Bong

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Uncategorized

Phxspotters visit KLAS

Jason Bong and Joe Kates left Phoenix in route to KLAS for the Red Flag 11-2 and decided that it would be a great opportunity to visit KLAS for some great Aviation Photography. We both met our good friend and Website Operations Director Dave Budd out at the spotting location. Prior to the trip Joe had decided that we were going to take his truck, since it was equipped with a spotters platform. I was able to meet a couple of other

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03Feb2011

Author

Dave Budd

Category

Friends, Road trips

Visiting KLAS in Wintertime!

Joe and Jason came to Las Vegas for a fun filled four days last week. They were here for the Red Flag Exercise out at Nellis AFB. On the Sunday preceding the Tuesday media day we all met out at KLAS for an afternoon of civilian airliner spotting. Joe lent me the Canon 50D with the 300mm f/4 and I managed to get some good images with it. This is a quick preview of an Alaska 737 about to flair over 25L. This is a long shot and I'm amazed at

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27Jan2011

Author

Jason Bong

Category

Military, Road trips

Rookie at Red Flag

Red Flag is a Advanced Aerial Combat Training excercise hosted at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Since 1975, air crew from the United States Air Force and other Us Military branches and US Allies take part in the two week excercise. I have been involved with Phxspotters for just over a year. And I have covered a couple Aviation events and nothing can compare to what I was about to witness. When I received the conformation phone call from

Author

Jason Bong

Category

Friends, Uncategorized

Photographer Spotlight – Chris Pasley

We here at Phxspotters are happy to announce our first Spotter Spotlight. We are happy to announce that Chris Pasley has been picked for our first monthly spotter spotlight. Chris Pasley was just a small child when he picked up his first Aviation Book of “Air War in Vietnam” and he could not get enough. He attended his first Air show in 1996 “El Toro”. Chris uses the Canon XS and a 300mm lens. Chris is cutting image of what a spotter

Author

Jason Bong

Category

PHX

Golden Hour at KPHX

We here at Phxspotters would like to thank Vance Lessard for providing us with some outstanding photos of the Golden Hour here at KPHX. This is just another reason that KPHX is a photogenic Airport. Vance used his new Nikon D300s with Sigma 150-500mm lens. Photos were provided by Vance

Author

Jason Bong

Category

PHX, Uncategorized

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Phxspotters Welcomes Josh Akbar

Phxspotters is happy to announce that Josh Akbar has joined the ranks of Phxspotters. Josh, a lifetime aviation enthusiast, became fascinated with airplanes when he was just a toddler in Massapequa, New York and his parents would take him outside to watch the Concorde fly over his house on its way to JFK. Three decades later, Josh still automatically turns his head toward the sky whenever he hears the sound of engines overhead. Josh

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16Jan2011

Author

Jason Bong

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Uncategorized

Phxspotters wants you.

When did you know you had a love for aviation? We all know that we didnt just come into this world and start chasing those planes. Everyone has a story of when they knew they cought the spotting bug. And here is my story. My story starts when I was just 8 yrs old and me and my mom were flying out of Sky Harbor International Airport (KPHX) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (KJFK). We were standing at the gate prior to boarding and I