This batch of photos comes from an overcast morning spent wandering around Boeing Field. Outside of the Museum of Flight were a number of antique bi-planes and fighters that had been meticulously restored, all lined up in the parking lot. Most were from the 1930's to the mid-1940's. As I was photographing these, I thought about some of the films taken by the military in the Pacific theatre towards the war's end. They were in color, but with a gold and brown, slightly overexposed tint to them. When I began working with the images, it became clear they were best suited to this style. Very little retouching has been done other than RAW color conversion in Photoshop Lightroom. http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField1/304943700_Lr4ZU-Ti.jpg http://leighf.smugmug.com/gallery/5067610_BUXfK/ 2008-05-31T14:53:04Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com">Leigh</a><br />WWII fighter plane prop and engine. What amazes me about these aircraft, save the fact they are still airworthy, is how simple the design of the engines were.</p><p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/5067610_BUXfK#304943700_Lr4ZU" title="WWII fighter plane prop and engine. What amazes me about these aircraft, save the fact they are still airworthy, is how simple the design of the engines were."><img src="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField1/304943700_Lr4ZU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="WWII fighter plane prop and engine. What amazes me about these aircraft, save the fact they are still airworthy, is how simple the design of the engines were." title="WWII fighter plane prop and engine. What amazes me about these aircraft, save the fact they are still airworthy, is how simple the design of the engines were." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-03T03:04:27Z Leigh http://leighf.smugmug.com http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField1/304943700_Lr4ZU-Th.jpg 2008-05-31 12:10:54 <p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com">Leigh</a><br />Someone did an amazing job maintaining this old bi-plane, and it stood out in a unique gold tone against the grey sky. The prop looked as though it had been polished with the same diligence ...</p><p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/5067610_BUXfK#304943814_hSJHq" title="Someone did an amazing job maintaining this old bi-plane, and it stood out in a unique gold tone against the grey sky. The prop looked as though it had been polished with the same diligence ..."><img src="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField2/304943814_hSJHq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Someone did an amazing job maintaining this old bi-plane, and it stood out in a unique gold tone against the grey sky. The prop looked as though it had been polished with the same diligence ..." title="Someone did an amazing job maintaining this old bi-plane, and it stood out in a unique gold tone against the grey sky. The prop looked as though it had been polished with the same diligence ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-03T03:04:37Z Leigh http://leighf.smugmug.com http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField2/304943814_hSJHq-Th.jpg 2008-05-31 12:11:39 <p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com">Leigh</a><br />Apparently, the spots of rust and corrosion are not enough to keep this bi-plane from flying.</p><p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/5067610_BUXfK#304944340_hjaxo" title="Apparently, the spots of rust and corrosion are not enough to keep this bi-plane from flying."><img src="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField3/304944340_hjaxo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Apparently, the spots of rust and corrosion are not enough to keep this bi-plane from flying." title="Apparently, the spots of rust and corrosion are not enough to keep this bi-plane from flying." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-16T13:18:50Z Leigh http://leighf.smugmug.com http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField3/304944340_hjaxo-Th.jpg 2008-05-31 12:12:38 <p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com">Leigh</a><br />Spark plugs - important - and clean. Exhaust pipes - I guess not so important - rusted and old.</p><p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/5067610_BUXfK#304944919_WFYYH" title="Spark plugs - important - and clean. Exhaust pipes - I guess not so important - rusted and old."><img src="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField4/304944919_WFYYH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Spark plugs - important - and clean. Exhaust pipes - I guess not so important - rusted and old." title="Spark plugs - important - and clean. Exhaust pipes - I guess not so important - rusted and old." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-16T13:18:50Z Leigh http://leighf.smugmug.com http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField4/304944919_WFYYH-Th.jpg 2008-05-31 12:12:50 <p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com">Leigh</a><br />There must be an age old engineering reason behind this, but it was curious to me why the main exhaust pipe faced essentially forward - right in the direction of the opposing airflow.</p><p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/5067610_BUXfK#304945322_R9QGp" title="There must be an age old engineering reason behind this, but it was curious to me why the main exhaust pipe faced essentially forward - right in the direction of the opposing airflow."><img src="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField5/304945322_R9QGp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="There must be an age old engineering reason behind this, but it was curious to me why the main exhaust pipe faced essentially forward - right in the direction of the opposing airflow." title="There must be an age old engineering reason behind this, but it was curious to me why the main exhaust pipe faced essentially forward - right in the direction of the opposing airflow." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-16T13:18:50Z Leigh http://leighf.smugmug.com http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField5/304945322_R9QGp-Th.jpg 2008-05-31 12:13:14 <p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com">Leigh</a><br />Assuming this is a fighter bomber, with two seats in tandem.</p><p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/5067610_BUXfK#304945558_esUeD" title="Assuming this is a fighter bomber, with two seats in tandem."><img src="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField6/304945558_esUeD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Assuming this is a fighter bomber, with two seats in tandem." title="Assuming this is a fighter bomber, with two seats in tandem." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-16T13:18:50Z Leigh http://leighf.smugmug.com http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField6/304945558_esUeD-Th.jpg 2008-05-31 12:13:55 <p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com">Leigh</a><br />Some fill flash helped bring out the detail of the pistons and exhaust system of this bi-plane.</p><p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/5067610_BUXfK#304943961_Emh5h" title="Some fill flash helped bring out the detail of the pistons and exhaust system of this bi-plane."><img src="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField7/304943961_Emh5h-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Some fill flash helped bring out the detail of the pistons and exhaust system of this bi-plane." title="Some fill flash helped bring out the detail of the pistons and exhaust system of this bi-plane." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-16T13:18:50Z Leigh http://leighf.smugmug.com http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField7/304943961_Emh5h-Th.jpg 2008-05-31 12:31:52 <p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com">Leigh</a><br />Cabin section of the WWII fighter. Another example of how much care has gone into maintaining this 60-plus-year-old airplane.</p><p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/5067610_BUXfK#304944149_DRwPU" title="Cabin section of the WWII fighter. Another example of how much care has gone into maintaining this 60-plus-year-old airplane."><img src="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField8/304944149_DRwPU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Cabin section of the WWII fighter. Another example of how much care has gone into maintaining this 60-plus-year-old airplane." title="Cabin section of the WWII fighter. Another example of how much care has gone into maintaining this 60-plus-year-old airplane." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-16T13:18:50Z Leigh http://leighf.smugmug.com http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField8/304944149_DRwPU-Th.jpg 2008-05-31 12:32:37 <p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com">Leigh</a><br />I love the fact that eight simple screws are essentially what keep pilot and aircraft in the air.</p><p><a href="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/5067610_BUXfK#304944540_FLnTC" title="I love the fact that eight simple screws are essentially what keep pilot and aircraft in the air."><img src="http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField9/304944540_FLnTC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="I love the fact that eight simple screws are essentially what keep pilot and aircraft in the air." title="I love the fact that eight simple screws are essentially what keep pilot and aircraft in the air." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-16T13:18:50Z Leigh http://leighf.smugmug.com http://leighf.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Flight/20080531BoeingField9/304944540_FLnTC-Th.jpg 2008-05-31 12:33:19