The Last of the Reno Air Races, 2023

[dan swiger]

This was the last time of this event as the land, local politics & the money, has sealed its fate.
This was my 4th time as credentialed media with a great group of talented photographers.
As some of you may know, the event ended in tradgedy on the second to last race of the event.
On the cool down lap for the T6 class, the two front runners had a mid-air collision.
Both pilots died. They were friends & competitors. I was out on the course at Pylon 2 about 2 miles away.
All we knew is that the next event didn't start. Word filtered down and we were bussed back.
A very somber end. I've made some great friends at these events.

I probably generated about 10,000 shots over 4 days.
I'm down to about 1000 after culling
With aircraft in flight, panning & 8 fps, there's a lot of redundancy
I do use some sharpening tools on some that needed it.
When it's just prop warbirds, I try to keep at 1/180 for prop blur.

I'll start this off with the warbirds

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[AlanLichty]

Beautiful imagery of these vintage aircraft in flight. Sad way for the races to finish their run as an event.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Dan,

I added #s to your images so it's easier to refer to individual images.

My favorites are #1, 5,7, 8 and 11.

You did such a great job here. Does the Airshow have access to your photos? These are so well done.

 

[dan swiger]

Hey Dan,

I added #s to your images so it's easier to refer to individual images.

My favorites are #1, 5,7, 8 and 11.

You did such a great job here. Does the Airshow have access to your photos? These are so well done.

Usually we get an email asking for submission to a Google drive. They want about 50 images from all classes.
I'll be posting others in a day or so.