text: These are some shots of the Collings Foundation WWII era aircraft taken at Moffett Field in Mountain View, CA. They consist of a B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, B-25 Mitchell, and a P-51 Mustang. I was situated at times right below their landing approach. It's a real thrill to have them rumbling by no more than 50 ft. directly overhead! Used a Nikon D200 w/ a 70-300mm VR lens. Shot in shutter priority exposure mode (between 1/160 and 1/320sec), with continuous autofocus. The slower the shutter speed, the more the propellers can be blurred (most people like to see a fuzzy disc instead of sharp props). It's a tough balancing act - go too slow, and the rest of the plane gets blurred too! I found around 1/250sec gave a good balance between the two.
  The best time to catch them is on the weekend, when they have lots of flights (when they're in town). Well, I was at Chino airshow the weekend they were here, so had to try to catch them during the week instead. More of a hit and miss kind of thing then, as they're not having as many flights, and I have no idea what their schedule is.
  This is the B-24J Liberator 'Witchcraft'. I think it's a great looking plane!
  The Collings Foundation P-51C has dual controls for 'flight training': $2.2k/half hour, and $3.2k/hr. Maybe if I win the Lotto!