Photos of The Grumman TBM Avenger Navy and Marines Torpedo Bombers
Here you will find photos of The Grumman TBM Avenger Navy and Marines Torpedo Bomber. These in-flight photographs were taken at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow in Colorado Springs. The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and naval aviation services around the world. These photos of the TBM Avenger were taken on September 21, 2019 during the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
TBM Avenger Service
It entered U.S. service in 1942, and first saw action during the Battle of Midway. Despite losing five of the Avengers on its debut, it survived in service to become one of the outstanding torpedo bombers of World War II.
Although originally designed as a carrier-based torpedo bomber, the TBM Avenger also found use as a close-support bomber, patrol aircraft, and even a trainer. It was known as the largest single-engine, carrier-based aircraft of WWII. The Avenger was the first aircraft to feature a new “compound angle” wing-folding mechanism created by Grumman, intended to maximize storage space on an aircraft carrier.
Greatly modified after the war, Avengers remained in civilian use working as spray-applicators and water-bombers throughout North America until the 1970s.
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Photographs of Grumman TBM Avenger Navy & Marines Torpedo Bombers
The following camera gear was used in the Aviation Photography of the Grumman TBM Avenger Torpedo Bombers 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 runway taxing photo shown on the right was captured 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 one of these images.
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