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Originally Posted by capnhowdy
Ensign John Gay, photo officer for Fighter Squadron Two (VF 2), took this amazing photo of a F/A-18 Hornet
as it broke the sound barrier. The jet was assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Five One (VFA-151) and John was standing on the 0-10 level weather deck of the USS Constellation (CV 64). He used a Nikon N-90s, Nikon 70-300 ED zoom lens and Kodacolor 200 negative film. The camera was set for manual exposure of F/5.6 at 1/1000 sec. John, the lucky and talented dog, caught this masterpiece with a single shot by
prefocusing at approximately 200-300 yards off the port side of the ship and then panning left to right as
the aircraft flew by. This image has appeared in many publications worldwide and I hope made John
some $ because damn, what a shot.
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My daughter bought a poster of that pic at a Scholastic book fair, so they must have printed quite a few just for that. I hope he got royalty payments.