Aerial Photos of Yosemite from a Fighter Plane

[Chris_McNamara]

Got the cool opportunity to fly in my friend John French's Czech fighter jet on May 13. We started in Sacramento then flew to tahoe then Lover's Leap then Yosemite and back. It was crazy. i got to do a roll and we got up to 550mph and 4G's. Here are some photos:

 

here i am posing in front of the plane:

 

in the cockpit getting ready to fly

 

A shot of Half Dome and the High Country:

 

A shot of Half Dome showing snow conditions on the descent:

 

Yosemite Falls:

 

Another shot of Half Dome and the Valley:

 

El Cap:

 

El Cap:

[Squid]

Nice pics! Thanks for posting them up here!

[chucK]

[Dr_Flash_Amazing]

 

Looks like a sweet potential line up the prominent nose-like feature on this formation!