Cambridge Airshow

[Kevin Farnell]

Marshalls of Cambridge celebrated their Centenary on Sunday, with an airshow for their employees.
Although this was billed as a 'private' event, I joined several thousand spectators around the perimeter fence. I have to say it was an excellent airshow on a wonderful sunny September afternnoon.
As you might have guessed, I took a few photos. Don't worry, they're all Classic Brits....

Hawker Hunter T7


Avro Vulcan B2












Avro Lancaster B1




BAe Hawk T1


Hawker Hurricane Mk1




Hawker Hunter T7


Avro Lancaster B1


De Havilland Venom FB50 & Gloster Meteor NF11


BAe Hawk T1




















Regards

Kevin

[forthbridge]

FAN-BLOOMING TASTIC Kev!!!!

[Filonian]

Looks like you had a good day out Kevin.

Thanks for posting.

Graham

[Nigel H-J]

Brilliant Kevin thanks for posting especially the Venom and Meteor. The RAF used to have a vintage pair but unfortunately they both crashed when one hit the other as they were flying line astern, think it was the vampire? Do the RAF still have any Meteors left or is that a privately owned one in the photograph?

Regards
Nigel.

[DispatchDragon]

Thank you Kev

simply wonderful

Leif

[Paul K]

Up until seeing photos of the BBMF Lancaster at this show, I never knew she flew with her top hatches open! I suppose on a warm day, you get a nice breeze, and airing her through is probably good for her anyway.

Great photos, but I'm curious about the fourth one down, the third Vulcan photo. Am I seeing things or is there a straight line from around the right wingtip, sloping down through the air to the left, above the fuselage ? What could that be...some sort of shadow effect on the air?

[forthbridge]

Certainly some sort of illusion in that Vulcan shot, not sure what's causing it Paul

And talking of the Lancaster, I had never seen the top hatches open at all (or used) and was amazed when I saw this at Leuchars:


Having said that, with the normal weather there, perhaps opening the hatches wouldn't be the best idea!

[Garry Russell]

Lovely Kevin

Thanks for those

Garry

[gordon-in-aberdeen]

I saw the Lanc's hatches open at Leuchars as well, I wondered if it might have been a safety thing.
Great shots there Kevin, looks like you had better lighting that Leuchars as well.
What lens length are you using as a matter of photographic interest?
Are these all as they were taken, or are some of them been zoomed / cropped?

Cheers

[Kevin Farnell]

Thanks for the comments, Guys.

Do the RAF still have any Meteors left or is that a privately owned one in the photograph?

Regards
Nigel.

Nigel, I don't believe that the RAF have any airworthy Meteors. The Meteor shown belongs to Aviation Heritage and/or Air Atlantique Classic Flight.

Up until seeing photos of the BBMF Lancaster at this show, I never knew she flew with her top hatches open! I suppose on a warm day, you get a nice breeze, and airing her through is probably good for her anyway.

Great photos, but I'm curious about the fourth one down, the third Vulcan photo. Am I seeing things or is there a straight line from around the right wingtip, sloping down through the air to the left, above the fuselage ? What could that be...some sort of shadow effect on the air?

Paul, I have seen the BBMF Lancaster fly with the top hatches open at previous Duxford airshows. Not sure why they do it. My guess would be the same as yours - nice breeze.

As for your second question. I had noticed the line from the wingtip of the Vulcan and likewise, pondered its reason.
The following two photographs were take 0.4 seconds apart and both seem to show the same effect (both photos have been darkened to highlight the line). The line appears from the wingtip in each case, and as the shots are shown full frame, it cannot be related to the lens or sensor, due to it's varying position in the frame.





The sun was to the right and higher than the Vulcan, so I believe it was either due to this or some aerodynamic effect.

What lens length are you using as a matter of photographic interest?
Are these all as they were taken, or are some of them been zoomed / cropped?

Cheers

Gordon, I use a Nikkor 70-200 F2.8 AFS VR lens and also have a Nikkor 2X teleconverter, which I used on some shots. Most of the shots have been cropped in Photoshop Elements 6 by something between about 20 and 40 %.

Cheers

Kevin