Photos of The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Juggernaut WWII Warbird

Photos of The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Juggernaut WWII Warbird. These photographs were taken at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow in Colorado Springs. The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was the real workhorse of the Allied victory. Nicknamed the “Jug” (short for “Juggernaut”) the P-47 was a heavyweight warbird and packed a devastating punch. More than 15,600 Thunderbolts were manufactured between 1941 and 1945 and they served in every theatre of the war performing a variety of missions from bomber escort to close air support. These photos of the 1944 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt (NX47DF) were taken on September 21, 2019.

The P-47 a Big Fighter Aircraft

The P-47 was a big plane. It was three feet wider than the P-51 and four feet longer. And at more than 10,000 pounds empty, it was about 50 percent heavier than the Mustang and nearly twice the weight of of the British Spitfire. In fact, along with the three-seat Grumman Avenger, the P-47 was among the heaviest single-engine aircraft of World War Two.

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Photographs of Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Juggernaut WWII Warbird

The following camera gear was used in the Aviation Photography of the  Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Juggernaut WWII Aircraft at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow in Colorado Springs, Colorado:

• a Nikon D850 with the Nikon MB-D18 Multi Battery Power Pack,
• F-Stop Gear Aloe Green Tilopa 50L Back Pack (with large Pro ICU),
• a Really Right Stuff TVC 34L tripod,
• the Movo GH800 Carbon Fiber Professional Gimbal Tripod Head with Arca-Swiss Quick-Release Plate,
• with a Really Right Stuff BH-50 LR Ballhead,
• a Nikkor AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4.0 lens,
• and an AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens with a Really Right Stuff Tripod foot.

The static display photos shown here were all taken with the AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4.0 lens. The in-flight photos were all taken with a Gimbal and tripod set up using the 200-500mm lens. The D850 exposures for the images average between 1/80 and 1/640 of a second at f/7.1 and f/8.0. The native ISO of settings of 64 was used on the Nikon D850 and all images captured as RAW files. We also used Adobe Lightroom Classic CC to process all of these images. Since this was a sunny blue sky day with very few clouds, we used Adobe Photoshop’s new new sky replacement feature to add clouds in most of these images.

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