Any Midwest members remember a youngster named Sam Larson from the original site? When he grew up, he moved from photographing jets to flying them - and now he’s finishing his second year as the F-22 demo team’s display pilot. Here he is making light of things (and lots of noise, plus a bit of vapour) at Abbotsford this past summer.
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That’s amazing! I think Mike went from shooting helos to flying them, right?
I believe so, but @TonyZ would know best?
No. Rotor (Mike) went into the army as a H-60 wrench turner. Dod some time in the sand boxes and got out after a few years. He is currently flying for a helicopter company in the Pacific Northwest. He got married last year (she also flys helicopters for a living.). I was honored to perform the ceremony for them.
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A couple of 95th FS F-22s on TDY to Lakenheath from Tyndall in 2016, the 95th are now resurrected with F-35As.
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What a vapor machine. Beautiful shots Dariusz.
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The elusive bearded Raptor. Blink and you’ll miss him… Here in the typical British over RAF Fairford, back in 2016.
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That looks great. Seems you got some good weather.