So there I was, last Friday, first day of decent weather for months. Pottering in the garden.
Seems that the local RAF base was having a bit of an airshow..... good job I had my a700 & Minolta 300 f4 with me.
Not a sight you see every day of the week
Took lots of the different aircraft, old and new and posted some on my website. (Severely reduced in quality for bandwidth).
A quiet afternoon in the garden?
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Re: A quiet afternoon in the garden?
That's a damn fine shot of a Vulcan bomber....hmm I thought the RAF had decomissioned the Vulcan from active service, but they must have a few still flying anyway, good too see, I remember one or two paid a visit here quite a while ago and did a couple of demo passes over the airfield and departed with a full power steep climb, I can still remember it, very impressive.
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Re: A quiet afternoon in the garden?
Hi GregGreg Beetham wrote:I thought the RAF had decomissioned the Vulcan from active service, but they must have a few still flying
Greg
Actually, it is the very last remaining flying Vulcan in the world, privately owned by a consortium of enthusiasts. I understand that it cost £20,000 every time it takes to the air, which is not very often.
I live adjacent to the airbase in Rutland and get this sort of view as all the aircraft make their turn for a run in. Not bad eh? (And visitors say how awful it must be so close to an airfield).
Last month they did drop a Harrier into the field less than a mile away so there are risks but the pilot ejected and was okay. They train the Harrier pilots here so it is enevitable I guess.
Re: A quiet afternoon in the garden?
Usually if you see one of these flying by with the doors open it's a bad sign ..
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