Duxford airshow 20-5-07 (not for dial-up)

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 22 May 2007, 15:58

Thank you Dave - if its not too much trouble
by email address in my profile would be great

Sometime Ill have to take a photo of his wall with Tom and DaveBs work on
it

Leif

Its his" aeroplane" wall as he calls it

Vulcan_to_the_Sky! · Post by **Vulcan_to_the_Sky!** » 22 May 2007, 18:35

All Very good shots, especially the Nimrod Landing. Thanks for Sharing!

Kevin Farnell · Post by **Kevin Farnell** » 24 May 2007, 23:59

Nice shots, Dave

I particularly like the Spitfire and Hurricane.

I too had a most enjoyable day - and have the sunburn to prove it :roll:

Here are one or two of my own humble offerings -

Regards

Kevin

kit · Post by **kit** » 25 May 2007, 08:52

Kevin,

Humble? They're terrific!

The start-up pics are particuarly good. You must have been quick off the mark to get the 'Squirt' when the Canberra started, I could almost hear the whine....

Post by **Garry Russell** » 25 May 2007, 09:06

Those pics are gret Kevin :dance:

Thnaks for sharing them

Garry

jab · Post by **jab** » 25 May 2007, 12:27

DaveG wrote:

Some American things...

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How dare you there nothing wrong with the sexy Cat family :huf:

Shame the Tiger is not there anymore :sad: Anyway brilliant shots Dave like Sally-b shots.

Fab shots Kevin . Is that the new Sea fury or a new colourscheme?

James

SkippyBing · Post by **SkippyBing** » 25 May 2007, 12:39

I believe that's the new colour scheme on the old Fury, although I think the two seater they're getting is similar. As I understand it it's the original colour scheme that aircraft had in service, rather than masquerading as the MiG Killer.

Kevin Farnell · Post by **Kevin Farnell** » 26 May 2007, 00:17

Thanks for the kind words guys.

The start-up pics are particuarly good. You must have been quick off the mark to get the 'Squirt' when the Canberra started, I could almost hear the whine....

Kit, the first shot was a complete blur. Despite having watched the port engine start and then observed the ground crew indicate starboard engine start, the 'BANG' made me jump out of my skin. Fortunately, the smoke continued for several seconds and I was able to get a second shot, which you see.

Jab and SkippyBing

I can confirm that the Sea Fury is in the new dark grey colour scheme. The aircraft had a small incident with fuel spillage, which is shown in the third picture.

Anyone notice the perfect 'smoke ring' that the Spit emmited on start-up?

Cheers

Kevin

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 26 May 2007, 04:54

yes Kevin - I was showing the smoke rings to some folks here is Dispatch yesterday morning - impressive you caught them from what I understand thats normal when the first two cylinders fire on a Merlin if yu look you can see the one on the right side already disappating - marvellous shots BTW

Leif

nazca_steve · Post by **nazca_steve** » 30 May 2007, 15:52

Those were some eye-wateringly beautiful pics there, Dave, professional quality and a good number of them are off to become my wallpaper! The other thing they're going to be used for is to show some of my friends over here just what a real airshow looks like! All I hear from them is Blue Angels this and that, but this is the real thing. I miss Duxford and Mildenhall a lot I can tell you.

Being a Cranberry nut, you seriously made my day with the 163 shots, and that start-up shot was artistic. Top marks all round, sir!