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Great pics keith, looks like a special day you had.
Not every day you get to climb aboard such an amazing bit of kit.:10::10::10: |
Great pics Keith, now THAT one looks like a photo opportunity!
Clean space around it (no tree's / houses / railway line etc), clean runway, spotless kite what what what. My shutter fingers is buzzing at the thought of it. What could I do with said finger..... :norty::norty::norty: Ooh...... oooooooooooooh...........oohhhh ....... aaaaahhhhhhhh ooOOOOOOOOOHHHH AAAAARRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHH! YES! SPAMFASTIC!!!!! Nurse, fetch the towel and some swarfega please. :mrgreen: |
nice photos!
looks like a nice low key event where you were able to nose around with any barriers! |
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I had a long chat with the Chairman of the Preservation Society.
They are very happy to accommodate a car club photo session, preferably on a Saturday, but could do a Sunday with enough notice. But it's quite a long way (170 miles each way for me, approx 2.5 hours). Against that, it is a nicer aircraft to photograph than XL426 at Southend, which is undergoing "deep maintenance" and therefore is not going to be as pretty. If you look at Google Earth for the airfield (Wellesbourne Mountford), you will see XM655 is normally parked on a smaller pan. It was only moved to the runway because of the engine tests. However, there is still more room than at Southend. I was lucky yesterday in that everybody moved away from the aircraft to watch XH558 display, and so I was able to take a window to shoot it without loads of people round it! I can feel an SES trip coming on! |
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It sounds spot on young sir. Well worth the drive in my opinion.
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if a visit does happen, make sure its open to saloonies as well ;) |
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The plane is mahoosive Steve and f***ing noisy at full chat! When they do an engine run at Southend, they have to turn the aircraft round as the railway runs behind the plane and it would blow the train off the track if they gave it some wellie. Yesterday, you can see how much room they had to leave behind the plane. Cars were not even allowed to park in the parking area behind the barriers unless they were forward of the engines. Better pass this idea over to Big E now............... |
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As you said, we have spoken previously about doing this as an SES outing, but I would make SURE that we would get some good Wagon Squadron shots as a matter of priority. But seeing it's is more relaxed at this venue, I think we would have a better time window on the apron anyway. That way we could hopefully arrange some individual shots as well as group shots. The good thing with doing the "Southend Recce" is we know what shots work well and wouldn't waste so much time in setting up this time and working things out "on the fly". Brilliant work Keith :mrgreen: As I speak, Chocks is brewing some Special Ginger Beer for the occasion. HURRAH, what what! :-D |
Spiffo ballooney !
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Xray Mike Sixer Fiver Fiver 'Hooping Henry Hurah...... rah rah'.
Top shots of a minter of an aircraft what! All that switch gear inside the 'flight deck' (as we say in the Sqn) gets the old juices flowing. I'd be up for a trip, but probably not till next year as my 'kite' will be having a shake down for 6 months very soon. |
Events organiser says yes !!!!
WHEN ARE WE GOING ?????:drive::drive::drive::drive::drive::drive::drive: :drive::drive::drive::drive::drive::drive::drive: :drive::drive::drive::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah: |
Great pics of a beautiful aircraft
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This is whats SUBARMAN said. :doubleup::doh::doh: |
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