Nice! My neighbour is a retired Vulcan pilot and I love to see them flying
still.
Was the traffic appalling? - I stayed away from the area...
cheers
Jez
On 28 July 2014 11:03, Ian Nichols <ian.a.nichols@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I spent some Saturday at an airshow too. Yeovilton Air Day. Lots of
> pictures here (hope I got the public sharing right this time, yell if it
> doesn't work):
>
>
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/103946165422859151776/albums/6041038465893092529
>
> a few personal highlights:
>
> The "Boredom Fighter" - a home-built biplane. The guns over the engine
> aren't real.
>
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/103946165422859151776/albums/6041038465893092529/6041038471575494354?pid=6041038471575494354&oid=103946165422859151776
>
>
> "I wanna be up there!"
>
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/103946165422859151776/albums/6041038465893092529/6041038557040453954?pid=6041038557040453954&oid=103946165422859151776
>
> A rare 2-seat Hunter
>
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/103946165422859151776/albums/6041038465893092529/6041038771629489506?pid=6041038771629489506&oid=103946165422859151776
>
> Vulcan releases its braking 'chute (heavily cropped top and bottom to
> remove acres of blank sky and the fuzzy heads of other spectators)
>
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/103946165422859151776/albums/6041038465893092529/6041038815123314946?pid=6041038815123314946&oid=103946165422859151776
>
> Nice rear view of a Catalina, showing the wingtip floats lowered. He did
> put them back up and use the wheels for landing
>
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/103946165422859151776/albums/6041038465893092529/6041038881149975266?pid=6041038881149975266&oid=103946165422859151776
>
>
> Yak, Yak, Yak, Yak,
>
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/103946165422859151776/albums/6041038465893092529/6041038982938025266?pid=6041038982938025266&oid=103946165422859151776
>
> Belgian display team, the Red Devils.
>
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/103946165422859151776/albums/6041038465893092529/6041039020326883714?pid=6041039020326883714&oid=103946165422859151776
>
> D-Day Dakota landing
>
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/103946165422859151776/albums/6041038465893092529/6041039062128022354?pid=6041039062128022354&oid=103946165422859151776
>
> 2 Spitfires
>
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/103946165422859151776/albums/6041038465893092529/6041039109946630962?pid=6041039109946630962&oid=103946165422859151776
>
> Phantom and Vulcan
>
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/103946165422859151776/albums/6041038465893092529/6041039148564069842?pid=6041039148564069842&oid=103946165422859151776
>
> Hope you like some of them.
>
> I should probably start using a 1B UV/Skylight filter for this sort of
> thing as it was quite hazy. the AF had serious trouble locking on a few
> times and went through the entire distance range trying to focus. I didn't
> dare leave it on continuous AF.
> --
> Stand firm for what you believe in, until and unless logic and experience
> prove you wrong. Remember: when the emperor looks naked, the emperor *is*
> naked, the truth and a lie are not "sort-of the same thing" and there is
> no aspect, no facet, no moment of life that can't be improved with pizza.
>
> -Daria Morgendorffer
> --
> _________________________________________________________________
> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
>
>
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|