RAF Cottesmore - Harriers

^^Gord^^ · 5 Jun 2008 at 11:43

With not much on yesterday afternoon and the weather improving I made a trip over to RAF Cottesmore to see what the Harriers were up to.

It was a busy day with a lot of flying.

Here are a few....

A few more photos and a bit of a write up on my site......

http://www.fast-air.co.uk/RAF-Cottesmore-Harrier-Photography-080604.htm

J.T · 5 Jun 2008 at 11:50

My other halfs Brother worked there (BAE systems).

been to a couple of air shows there as well, always good.

Great pics by the way.

Steedie · 5 Jun 2008 at 11:51

Fantastic shots mate

Love number 2 with all the heat haze

V-Spec · 5 Jun 2008 at 11:53

I saw 2 harriers right over the A1 on the way home from work yesterday, not far from Peterborough, they do look cool.
Looking forward to Waddington airshow this year, only 1.5 miles down the road

DJ_Switch · 5 Jun 2008 at 12:07

Nice shots. Still love the Harrier.

^^Gord^^ · 5 Jun 2008 at 12:27

Thanks everyone. I'm interested to see if people liked no #1 or #2 more. I've posted these on a couple other forums and opinion is split so far.

J.T said:
My other halfs Brother worked there (BAE systems).

Ah, the JUMP upgrade line? I've been in there a couple of times but sadly it's off limits for photography.

J.T · 5 Jun 2008 at 12:43

He isn’t in one place anymore, travels from base to base doing all sorts, never tells me what though which is intriguing.

When I first met my other half though her Brother was working on the Harriers, which always made me wonder how they ever worked, LOL

I don't think he is allowed to talk about the things he is working on at the moment mind, he did tell us about when he was working on the Eurofighter (Typhon) though which sounded really cool.

3dcandy · 9 Jun 2008 at 16:21

little off topic Gord, but me and a mate are thinking of going and watching/photographing some low level stuff...I live near Newtown Wales, so any thoughts?
Maybe we could chat via email....

Troop · 9 Jun 2008 at 16:43

3dcandy said:
little off topic Gord, but me and a mate are thinking of going and watching/photographing some low level stuff...I live near Newtown Wales, so any thoughts?
Maybe we could chat via email....

Your in luck mate, your close to some of the best low flying in the country

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like me.(North east of Aberystwyth)

Read up here, I'll be on Cad West next week, don't bother this week as there is a no flying order from Valley.

http://users.boardnation.com/~warplane/index.php

Edit, more info

And here for more good info and maps where to go.

http://www.lowfly.net/

Edit Two

Go here, right hand side of the page HD vid's watch the CadWest and CadEast vid's Stunning stuff.

http://www.rcflights.co.uk/Lowfly.htm

Going off topic here guys Not fair on the OP sorry Gord.

Nice pics though Gord

, I love the harrier, far more character than the Eurofighter.

plum · 9 Jun 2008 at 17:30

I love the idea of shooting some of these low level flyby's would my 70-300mm be enough or would i need a 400mm as suggested on the site ?

cheers

^^Gord^^ · 9 Jun 2008 at 21:23

No problem Troop.

Plum, a 70-300 would be enough at most locations. I prefer my 300 f/4 L IS for low level photography.

plum · 9 Jun 2008 at 23:10

Cheers ^^Gord^^, ive got the Nikon AF-S VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Lens and i didnt want to spend any more money as im still trying to justify buying my 12-24mm

does anyone know how it would fare with a 1.4 or 1.7 tele convertor ? as its not the quickest of lens at 300mm ?

^^Gord^^ · 10 Jun 2008 at 00:31

A teleconverter would slow down the AF so I wouldn't bother. You would be better off cropping into the image.

plum · 10 Jun 2008 at 07:42

cheers again ^^Gord^^