Hi All,
I just got back from the 2025 Roswell Air Races, and what an event. I hope to see BITOG members next year as I plan to make this a yearly event. I was able to meet and interview a number of people over the week. Unfortunately Saturday started out cloudy, which enabled one or two races, but by 10am the skies let loose with a torrential downpour. There were a lot of events that were interwoven with the pylon racing every day. I have a few articles published from this event as well. RARA CEO/COO Interview
P-63 King Cobra Pilot Interview
STOL Carbon Cub
I was able to get a crash course in photography during the event as photojournalists outnumbered reporters. One older guy that I sat next to on the bus that takes you out to the pylons told me that he'd been involved with aviation photography since the late 60's so I'm guessing he has to be in his 70's to 80's. He said camera settings are like fishing lures, everybody has a favorite one you have to experiment. Another guy was on the Media Ops team and was working for an engineering firm from what he told me. They were tasked with designing, and building the exhaust system for the B-2. He said that they were given a list of parameters but weren't told what it was to be used for. He told me he and others had a hunch it was something really big but Northrop wouldn't tell them anything.
I just got back from the 2025 Roswell Air Races, and what an event. I hope to see BITOG members next year as I plan to make this a yearly event. I was able to meet and interview a number of people over the week. Unfortunately Saturday started out cloudy, which enabled one or two races, but by 10am the skies let loose with a torrential downpour. There were a lot of events that were interwoven with the pylon racing every day. I have a few articles published from this event as well. RARA CEO/COO Interview
P-63 King Cobra Pilot Interview
STOL Carbon Cub
I was able to get a crash course in photography during the event as photojournalists outnumbered reporters. One older guy that I sat next to on the bus that takes you out to the pylons told me that he'd been involved with aviation photography since the late 60's so I'm guessing he has to be in his 70's to 80's. He said camera settings are like fishing lures, everybody has a favorite one you have to experiment. Another guy was on the Media Ops team and was working for an engineering firm from what he told me. They were tasked with designing, and building the exhaust system for the B-2. He said that they were given a list of parameters but weren't told what it was to be used for. He told me he and others had a hunch it was something really big but Northrop wouldn't tell them anything.
