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[Tovarish 0]

Nice shots Aimpoint - a bit of everything .

Have a pint!

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[AimPoint 0]

Thx Tovarish..the next one pint is offered by me!!

[sniperuk02 0]

Very nice pics aimpoint, I like the rear shot..of the bike.

What camera do you use?

[killagee 0]

Awesome photos Aimpoint. Pin-Sharp, and well panned and composed. Nice IS / VR Zoom lens you have there too?

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Indeed, great photos Aimpoint! I only wish I had some faster glass (the Sigma 70-300 is great, as some of the following photos will show, but no where near as sharp or as fast to focus)

So anyho, I went to the first airshow of the "season" (for me at least) yesterday, at RAF Cosford. The weather didnt clear until ~15:00 so the first 3 hours of flying were mainly flat displays, I'll start with some of the ground based displays tho:

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SA-8 Gecko/Landroll of the EW Range at Spadeadam.

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Not really a "display" the entire RAF Jaguar fleet now resides in a "graveyard" at Cosford. I didn't notice the 2 letter code on the center Jaguar until I looked at the pics on the PC. Perfect I should say

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Onto the flying in the next post...

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...Flying!

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Hawk from RAF Valley.

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P-51D of Hangar 11.

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Spitfire and Hurricane of the BBMF.

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Spit into land over one of the DC-3's (this one owned by Air Atlantique)

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Hurricane up close (was rather annoyingly parked between the crowd line and the runway, as were most of the aircraft on flying display that day)

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UH-1H Huey (I forget who owns/operates it )

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Tucano from RAF Linton-on-Ouse.

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BBMF DC-3 coming into land.

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Chinook from RAF Odiham.

[Edit] The pics REALLY don't do the Chinook display justice, they can really throw that chopper around. [/Edit]

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Guinot Wing Walkers (formerly Utterly Butterly)

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Hispano Ha1112 Buchon (for all intents and purposes a BF 109)

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Diamond 9 (as if thse guys need any other caption )

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Vulcan

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Typhoon

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Final break (actually was the break at the start of the "2nd Half" of their display, but they had to abort because a Hang Glider, and then a Microlight strayed into the controlled zone over Cosford. F'ing morons)

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Sea Fury of the RN Historic Flight

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A-1 Skyraider

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Typhoon F.2 from RAF Coningsby.

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Lynx HMA.8, RN forget where from.

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BBMF Spitfire, Mk Vb (if the commentator is to be believed)

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Spitfire and Hurricane formate.

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RAF Falcons Parachute Team

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BBMF DC-3

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Grob Tutor from RAF Cranwell (Owned by RBS, maintained by VT Aerospace and flown by RAF Uni. Air Squadrons/Air Experience Flights - I have about 10 hours on the type) coming out of a stall turn.

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This pic is NOT in the hover - all aircraft are moving in the same direction at ~40 knots (see next post)

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The Lynx decided he'd had enough of being chased, so got out the way

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Army Blue Eagles, 4 Gazelle AH.1 and one Lynx AH.7

And the "saviour" of the day, the RAF's "this is what we do" demo:

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An E-3D Sentry arrives from RAF Waddington, and sets up a pattern overhead at about 6000 feet.

Unfortunately I dont have photos of the rest of the "attack" (was transfering some pics from the memory card at the time) but 2 Tornado F.3's arrived and set up contra rotating racetracks around the airfield at ~4000 feet.

Then a Chinook HC.2 arrived and dumped ~30 troops onto the field. They were "pinned down" by some enemy fire, and called in a Tornado GR.4A for CAS (was meant to be 2, but one was unseriveable)

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Tornado GR.4 sets up a "cartwheel" at ~2000 feet.

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Chinook Returns to evac the troops (was actually meant to be bringing more in the storyline, but what with the Wars going on in Iraq and A-stan they're somewhat stretched atm)

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C-130 arrives with heavier support.

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A pair of Hawks from Valley acted as "bogeys" for the show, and came streaking in, chased by the F.3's which had been directed to intercept by the AWACS.

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Tornado F.3 chases one of the Hawks.

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The enemy counter attacks, so the GR.4 does a high-speed "bombing" run (no way I could pan quick enough to catch the jet )

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F.3 returns to its race track.

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Sentry flys by after the demo.

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Tornados fly by

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Hercules picks up the 2 Landrovers it dropped off during the demo.

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And takes off again.

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P-40 Kitty Hawk of Hangar 11.

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Now, this next lot of photos needs its captions first.

The foolowing pics are of a "new" display team, formed last year, called "The Blades". The whole team are former RAF Pilots, and all have been part of the Red Arrows. These guys fly Extra 300's, and are INSANE. Proof:

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Flying so low I couldnt even lose the people from the shot.

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Syncro Aileron rolls. (at ~100 feet)

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Syncro Stall Turns

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Some random cross-controll craziness.

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High speed, CLOSE passes.

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The "Gatling Gun" flying contra-rotating rolls around the lead aircraft, whilst performing a slow turn.

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Trident Break, would look better with a 5th aircraft IMHO

All in all a good day, shame about the poor weather to start with, but good warm up and practice for RIAT

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[da12thMonkey 1943]

So anyho, I went to the first airshow of the "season" (for me at least) yesterday, at RAF Cosford. The weather didnt clear until ~15:00 so the first 3 hours of flying were mainly flat displays, I'll start with some of the ground based displays tho:

Nice pics DM. Cosford's just down the road from me. Didn't go this year though unfortunately. Only just arrived back home that day.

Kind of a shame since your photos show stuff I've not seen flying before, like the Skyraider, Sea Fury and the P-40. Never knew there was an SA-8 at Cosford either.

Had a few of the displaying aircraft fly over my house though; pair of hawks, and a pair of F3 Tornados, the chinook and the Red Arrows (who flew over very low) so I didn't miss out completely. Also heard loads of other stuff fly past but couldn't see anything at any reasonable height as the sky was a bit hazy, as your pics of the Sentry show.

I kind of miss the sounds of jets buzzing over, takes me back to when I was a lad.

Did you check out any of the museum? The Cold War Exhibition's pretty nice.

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Never knew there was an SA-8 at Cosford either.

There isnt, its from Spadedam, just there for display during the show.

Yeah, the poor weather at the start of the day was a bit naff, but was worth it. First airshow I've been to for like 5 years, which is FAR too long. Just love the smell and sounds of an airfield

Yeah, I had a quick wander round the museum (a good time killer whilst the bulk of the traffic subsided) - was packed ofcourse, so I shall be going back at a later date to enjoy it (and take pics) properly. A LOT of cool stuff in the new Cold War building, especially since thats my preferred era (these old warbirds are nice and all, but give me a Vulcan or a Phantom or a Lightning ANYDAY )

[sniperuk02 0]

Cool pics DeadMeat.

Theres an airshow in my town next saturday, will be a good practice for fairford. Some of the things in your pics will be going to it.

Will be using my dads Eos350d for the day as my camera is still broke.

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Thank you all!!

@Sniper

I use Canon Eos 30D

@Killagee

Yes mate..70-200 f2.8L IS USM,it,s really amazing!!..courtesy from a friend,but I hope to get mine soon..I just need to rob my bank!

Some interesting stuff up there DeadMeat.

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Some shots I took when a fire artist performed at a wedding I attended to:

All shots taken with only the flames as the light source, exposure was actually reduced ( not increased! ) in all shots during raw development. They could be sharper, but then at f1.4 the 50mm is quite soft anyways. Add to that ISO 1600 and the long exposure times of ~1/40. I'm quite amazed how well they turned out!

[AfrographX 0]

went flying this weekend