First airshow of the year.. (56k dont bother)

Brycheiniog · 5 Jun 2006 at 23:09

And what a cracker it was. I think it was probably the best airshow I have ever been to. Anyway here are quite a few pictures.

A few old timers to get started.

Brycheiniog · 5 Jun 2006 at 23:10

Next up we have a uniqe group of aircraft together for possibly the first time.

Royal Navy fly past (Sea Hawk, Sea Fury, Seafire & Sea Hurricane)

Brycheiniog · 5 Jun 2006 at 23:10

And the other half of the Navy section.

Brycheiniog · 5 Jun 2006 at 23:11

Now we move on to something a little different with a formation of training aircraft. (2 x Ryan PT22 & 2 x Miles Magister)

Brycheiniog · 5 Jun 2006 at 23:13

Next up a real treat, the Lancaster.

Brycheiniog · 5 Jun 2006 at 23:14

Some aircraft from the Edwardian era. THe Avro Tri plane and Bristol Box Kite.

Brycheiniog · 5 Jun 2006 at 23:15

And finally (For now...) some of the other aircraft taking part.

I hpe you all enjoy these. Any C&C welcome. I know the shutter speed was a little too high on some of these, but it is 9 months or so since I attended an airshow & I was a little rusty!

If anybody needs more then there are some here:-

http://www.pbase.com/brycheiniog/shuttleworth_military_pagent&page=all

Cheers

Jonathan

Richard T · 6 Jun 2006 at 00:03

wow! great shots... I like the spit and the lancaster ones the best (bit biased tho as they are me fave!)

freebooter · 6 Jun 2006 at 01:58

Some great shots there. I really like the old powered kite ones

I know the guys on the event photo board at simHQ would love to see these. If you don't want to register there yourself would you mind if I posted with a link to your gallery?

http://www.simhq.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum;f=122

SteveOBHave · 6 Jun 2006 at 08:16

Stunning dude, well done! Esp love the P-40 Kittyhawk!

lukechad · 6 Jun 2006 at 15:50

Very nice! Puts me in the mood a bit for sunday now

Should be going to RAF Cosford Airshow if the weather is going to be nice

rickyt · 6 Jun 2006 at 17:44

I agree , absolutely fab pictures . Well done .

Brycheiniog · 6 Jun 2006 at 18:23

Thanks for the comments all

. By all means post a link on other forums.

Jonathan

Flibster · 6 Jun 2006 at 19:05

Brycheiniog said:
And the other half of the Navy section.

Errr...

Whats happened to the colours on this one? It's a bit... purple...

The Royal Navy flypast I'm pretty sure I've seen with a 5th aircraft... the Swordfish.

Although..the Lanc... What a beauty.

We're bloody lucky to still have the City of Lincoln still flying really.

http://www.pbase.com/brycheiniog/image/61380357/original.jpg

That one is a lovely shot.

Will be good at the end of the year to see the Avro Lancaster and the Avro Vulcan flying at the same shows.

If only there was a Mosquito still flying.

Those stringbags take some very big brass ones to fly imho.. :eek:

themask70 · 6 Jun 2006 at 19:43

Great pictures, all perfect. I like that shutter speed by the way

Brycheiniog · 6 Jun 2006 at 19:52

Flibster said:
Errr...

Whats happened to the colours on this one? It's a bit... purple...

The Royal Navy flypast I'm pretty sure I've seen with a 5th aircraft... the Swordfish.

Although..the Lanc... What a beauty. We're bloody lucky to still have the City of Lincoln still flying really.

That one is a lovely shot.

Will be good at the end of the year to see the Avro Lancaster and the Avro Vulcan flying at the same shows.

If only there was a Mosquito still flying.

Those stringbags take some very big brass ones to fly imho..

Yeah I managed to do something horrible to the colour on that one. Not sure what but it was getting late... I realy ought to sort it out.

The Mosquito is up there with the Vulcan in my list of planes I really want to see fly. Have you seen http://www.warbirdrestoration.co.nz/current.html#ka114 ?

Cheers

Jonathan

Flibster · 6 Jun 2006 at 21:17

Brycheiniog said:
The Mosquito is up there with the Vulcan in my list of planes I really want to see fly. Have you seen http://www.warbirdrestoration.co.nz/current.html#ka114 ?

Cheers

Jonathan

Vulcan will be first flown later this year with NO annoucement.

They're planning to just do a taxi run and continue.

However...that Mossie :eek:

Know if it's going back to the air or static?

Saw one a few years ago - a week before it crashed killing both crew - but I was under the impression that it was the last restorable to airworthy condition one in existance!

Simon/~Flibster

Brycheiniog · 6 Jun 2006 at 21:31

There are quite a number that are potentialy airworthy airframes but I think that there are only a couple that could be flown without too much work. Kermit Weeks (sp?) in Florida has one. The problem with them is that they were made from ply which is starting to delaminate.

The guys in NZ have made a new set of molds so they can made a completely new fuselage & wings. The first trial went to a static restoration, but this one is destined for the air

. I think they have plans for 6 more...

Jonathan

Spunj99 · 7 Jun 2006 at 11:22

lukechad said:
Very nice! Puts me in the mood a bit for sunday now Should be going to RAF Cosford Airshow if the weather is going to be nice

Same here! Can't wait.

lukechad · 7 Jun 2006 at 15:48

This years line-up isnt that impressive looking at the airshow site, I can see the Eurofighter, Tornado or the harrier

EDIT: ignore, actually had a proper read of the line-up, they will all be there, woohoo!