2009/7/13 Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Thanks, Ian. But what about the Typhoon, or was the weather too bad?
The Typhoon's display slot coincided with a spell of particularly low
cloud, so he didn't go up, which was a shame. English weather, eh?
only thing that could let the French upstage the RAF ;) Well, we were
very grateful to the Rafale pilot for his brief but spirited "weather
check" during one of the slightly-less-low cloud periods, which
consisted of a couple of fast flypasts, quite sharp left/right turn
sequences (v. impressive roll rate!) then landing again.
> I understand the attraction of a Vulcan display, but for me it's the
> most dreadful waste of AVTUR (jet fuel). The blasted thing takes huge
> amounts of money to keep flying and it is the most ghastly relic of
> the Cold War. All my colleagues who went to the Vulcan couldn't wait
> to get out of it, so dreadful was the thing thing to fly.
None of that surprises me at all, actually, but it is an impressive
beast to watch.
> But the ladies like the shape, and I suppose noise counts for a lot in
> a display :-)
And photographers like the shape & size because it fills the frame
even with a modest telephoto ;)
> I like the exposure and composition of many of your shots, Ian. Well
> done with the Black Cats (never heard of them before!) and the Merlin
> shot (nice helo).
It says here <looks at programme> that they've only been around since
2001 and adopted the name in 2004. They're from 702 NAS, based at
Yeovilton, whose squadron crest is a black cat. My personal favourite
is the one of the little Wasp caught in the transition from a hover
facing the crowd to forward flight along the crowd line left-right...
with the Vulcan bottom right.
> Finally, wouldn't you have hated to be a navigator in the Vixen, that
> little bubble behind and to the side of the pilot;
At least you'd get to see some scenery in the turns. Must see about
catching up with that Vampire later in the season - there's a photo
competition with a ride in the second seat as the prize.
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