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By: - 11th July 2004 at 20:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Dammit.... I had the speakers cranked up to max and I still couldnt hear that howl !!!!!
Never mind, I got a good imagination !
Great piccies, nice to see them living.
By: - 11th July 2004 at 20:37 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Whoooooooooooosh! :D
Cracking fots Gromit :)
By: - 11th July 2004 at 21:14 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Sheer Magic, two Lightnings in full cry. I recommend it for anyone who hasn't been.
Now if I can just figure out how to stop the ringing in my ears :D
By: - 11th July 2004 at 21:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Anyone got any photo's of the cabroliet Hunter?
By: - 11th July 2004 at 21:21 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Amaizing how good this image stabilisation is these days isn't it Stringbag ?:D
Anyhow plenty of other stuff ran in between the Lightnings including the cabroliet Hunter...
By: - 11th July 2004 at 21:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks Gareth, excellent photo's.
By: - 11th July 2004 at 21:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Good stuff. I do wish the LPG wouldn't always choose the Legends weekend for their run days :(Any shots of the pairs run?
I know Damien, choices, choices!!
Of the pairs run the only shot I managed with them both in the frame was the one of the two tails as they thundered past. Unfortunately no flames so it just looks like they are stood there! :rolleyes:
What I really need is a 12-500mm zoom ;) , I just couldn't get them both in at the 70mm end.
Anyhow returning was much easier, although in fading light.
By: - 11th July 2004 at 22:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Nice pics Gareth
Do you (or anyone else) know what the serial was of the natural metal finish JP ?
RLF9
By: - 11th July 2004 at 22:45 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The bare metal T3A is XM355 Paul.
Never been to Brunty, but hope to do so soon!
Nice to see them 'roaring' down the runway :)
Thanks Gareth.
By: - 11th July 2004 at 22:56 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
next open day is Sept 11 th i think, and there will be three buccs by then.
cracking photos wish i'd gone now, oh well !
i'll be by XW544 come and say hello she'll be there by end of this month !
By: - 12th July 2004 at 05:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Unfotunately i couldnt get to any shows this weekend so missed everything. :mad: Those Brunty shots are amazing. :) :) :) Did the Sea Vixen do a run? :confused:
By: - 12th July 2004 at 09:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Is it feasible (legal even) to do a night run? Even in evening half light those reheated Avons would be spectacular.
mmitch.
By: - 12th July 2004 at 10:10 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
No the Sea Vixen was static only yesterday chuck, like the idea of a night run mmitch, that would be something to see! Did the 'Fightning' ever operate in hours of darkness?
By: - 12th July 2004 at 18:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
heres my sad atempt to capture the moment.. unfortunately the pilot lit the afterburners just as he got level with where I stood so I had a bit of a wobble-on!!!! not a patch on the above images but makes me grin when I look at it!!!
By: - 12th July 2004 at 19:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Hi All
Only got to see the pairs run as i was looking after my stand most of the day but on the plus side i did see if from the other side of the runway from everyone else.
Scott c
By: - 12th July 2004 at 21:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Great pics guys!!
What happened to the canopy on the Hunter???
By: - 13th July 2004 at 00:23 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
"Did the 'Fightning' ever operate in hours of darkness?"
indeed they did Gareth.
As a small lad in the late 60's there was many a winter evening when a low sustained rumble would draw me outside to witness a pair of double white dots climbing hard to the east north east in the night sky and you knew that the boys from Wattisham were out on another QRA in search of a Bear somewhere over the southern North Sea.
In those days there was far less general background traffic noise and light pollution at night and they would be about eight to ten miles away pulling a left hand climbing turn to head out over the coast.
Of course back then times were much different and a parent would think nothing of letting a 12yr old lad cycle off with a chum and a packed lunch for the 40 mile round trip cycle ride to sit by the crash gate all day.
It was a little like going fishing really, sometimes you would be there all day and not see a thing, other times well........it just blew your socks off. :D
Happy days.
By: - 13th July 2004 at 00:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Great shots to keep the dream alive! Just think, just a slight pull on the stick, leap into the air, quick circuit and land and the CAA need never know!!
By: - 13th July 2004 at 08:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
No the Sea Vixen was static only yesterday chuck, like the idea of a night run mmitch, that would be something to see! Did the 'Fightning' ever operate in hours of darkness?
They certainly did, I had two years on 29 squadron at Wattisham on F3's plius one T-bird, not just QRA at night. We ran two shifts 0730hrs until 1630hrs and then 1630hrs to whenever. All weathers, but fog conditions was only on QRA (Quick Reaction Alerts) if the kite(s) went up they would divert usually to Coltishall or Binbrook if the fog persisted at WTM.
By: - 13th July 2004 at 08:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Ref : The Hunter Canopy
The commentator on Sunday said that a member of the public who had been invitied into the cockpit decided it would be a good idea to pull the emergencey release lever :mad:
The manuals they have are in Swiss and so they are trying to figure out how to put it back on.
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By: Gareth Horne - 11th July 2004 at 19:57
Duxford Yesterday, Bruntingthorpe today... Busy weekend :D :D
Very different scale of event, but equally enjoyable and the reminiscences of the pilots broadcast over the PA made interesting listening between the runs. Good to see such a wide range of aviation preservation flourishing in this country.
Still picking the grit out of my hair, anyhow here are a few Lightning photos as they come off the camera