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The air show came to Tallahassee and I was lucky enough to get an invite to do some vintage shots with a few local models. It isn't often that one has the opportunity to shoot with WWI and WWII era warplanes as a background, so I jumped at the chance.

When I was a kid I always loved the P-51 Mustang, so it was a treat to see one in real life.



You can see a passenger in the back seat. The cost to take a 20 minute ride in the plane was $950. Yup, that's right. $950. Heck, why not make it an even $1,000? I guess that $50 difference makes it sound cheaper.

Also from the WWII era we had a bomber, that was rather monsterous. In this black & white shot, Jessi was standing underneath it:



And up front the plane had a wee bit of fire power:



While I was shooting with Jessi, the hairdresser was giving Victory Curles to Christen and Lauren. I've never even heard of a victory curl. Well, I learned what they are when I saw the girls!

I shot with both of them in front of some WWI era bi-planes. The first one had just collected $950 and was about to take off with another passenger. Damn, we've got some folks in Tallahassee with money to burn!





Christen let down her hair and as we walked past a military helicopter, one of the pilots brought us a flight suit and Christen suited up.