Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Karl and I met-up at the usual campsite at Fowlmere on Saturday, attending the second day of the show on Sunday.
Although the weather stayed dry, with a nice sunny day on Saturday, when we could watch aircraft overhead the campsite, it was dull and misty on Sunday morning when we arrived on the airfield, with a cold wind blowing from the north.
This eventually lifted soon after the start of the flying, but photography was a little tricky in the morning, and during the first part of the show, due to the lighting, and I had some focusing problems at times.
The show should have been opened by the Eurofighter Typhoon, but the cloud base was so low, that this was moved to a later slot, in order to take advantage of the visibility afforded by the increased altitude, and the Great War Display Team opened the show, with a Fokker Dr1, and two, 7/8th scale SE5A replicas.
I'll start off with some shots of part of the line-up on the static and flight line display, and add the flying sequences later, and no doubt Karl with add his pics, the first with his Nikon DSLR, as we proceed.
The new CAA regulations, following the accident with the Hunter at Shoreham last year, were evident, with the display axis being much further from the crowd line, and some displays being slightly more 'subdued' than normal, and this will be noticeable when I post the flying shots.
PIC 1. The former Luftwaffe Bronco target tug.
PIC 2. This Huey displayed alongside a 'Loach' from the same display team.
PIC 3. Resident TF-51.
PIC 4. The P-51D from the Norwegian Historic Flight, in its relatively new 112 Sqn colour scheme.
PIC 5. Resident P-40C in beautiful, polished aluminium.
PIC 6. Ryan, again in shiny bare metal.
PIC 7. Fokker Dr.1 in the mist.
PIC 8. One of the two SE5A replicas.
PIC 9. A new colour scheme for this Buchon, previously in the colours it wore for the BoB movie.
PIC 10. This Osprey, from Wattisham, was on static display only, but we were lucky enough to see it fire up and depart after the end of the show,
Although the weather stayed dry, with a nice sunny day on Saturday, when we could watch aircraft overhead the campsite, it was dull and misty on Sunday morning when we arrived on the airfield, with a cold wind blowing from the north.
This eventually lifted soon after the start of the flying, but photography was a little tricky in the morning, and during the first part of the show, due to the lighting, and I had some focusing problems at times.
The show should have been opened by the Eurofighter Typhoon, but the cloud base was so low, that this was moved to a later slot, in order to take advantage of the visibility afforded by the increased altitude, and the Great War Display Team opened the show, with a Fokker Dr1, and two, 7/8th scale SE5A replicas.
I'll start off with some shots of part of the line-up on the static and flight line display, and add the flying sequences later, and no doubt Karl with add his pics, the first with his Nikon DSLR, as we proceed.
The new CAA regulations, following the accident with the Hunter at Shoreham last year, were evident, with the display axis being much further from the crowd line, and some displays being slightly more 'subdued' than normal, and this will be noticeable when I post the flying shots.
PIC 1. The former Luftwaffe Bronco target tug.
PIC 2. This Huey displayed alongside a 'Loach' from the same display team.
PIC 3. Resident TF-51.
PIC 4. The P-51D from the Norwegian Historic Flight, in its relatively new 112 Sqn colour scheme.
PIC 5. Resident P-40C in beautiful, polished aluminium.
PIC 6. Ryan, again in shiny bare metal.
PIC 7. Fokker Dr.1 in the mist.
PIC 8. One of the two SE5A replicas.
PIC 9. A new colour scheme for this Buchon, previously in the colours it wore for the BoB movie.
PIC 10. This Osprey, from Wattisham, was on static display only, but we were lucky enough to see it fire up and depart after the end of the show,
