Military Aircraft: airshows, operational, whatever, lets see what you have!

[zim]

Ah! great to see photos of the Blades, missed them this year. Really like the SE0A4798_DxO shot, nice angle for that part of their display.

Regards

 

[Valvebounce]

Thank you zim.

Cheers, Graham.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Folks.
Don't worry, I'm approaching the end of the Bournemouth Air Festival shots. Only a couple of sets left now.
So soon I can bore you with the Goodwood Revival Airshow shots! ;D
Some shots of the Hurricane.

Hurricane taken through the rigging of the Sheildhall.
SE0A4939_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

SE0A4950_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

Don't think this Decca radar was being used for vectoring the Hurricane on to enemy aircraft.
SE0A4955_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

SE0A5000_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr


SE0A5009_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

Cheers, Graham.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Folks.
The jet Provost and Strikemaster, they fly as the Strikemaster Display Team.

SE0A5029_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

SE0A5035_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

SE0A5037_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

SE0A5047_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

SE0A5093_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

SE0A5058_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

Cheers, Graham.

 

[Click]

Hi Graham,

Very nice shots.

Cheers

 

[Valvebounce]

Thanks Click.

Cheers, Graham.

Hi Graham,

Very nice shots.

Cheers

 

[Nat_WA]

Hi Folks.
Don't worry, I'm approaching the end of the Bournemouth Air Festival shots. Only a couple of sets left now.
So soon I can bore you with the Goodwood Revival Airshow shots! ;D
Some shots of the Hurricane.

Hurricane taken through the rigging of the Sheildhall.
...
Cheers, Graham.

Sorry to hear that Bournemouth photo-stream is approaching its end - but good that you still have another set to share
Now that Erik is taking a sabbatical ;D we need someone else to keep up the thread-volume ...

Although the Hurricane was a very successful and capable aircraft, I like the shape / lines of the Spitfire better. Also a pity that we hardly see the Mosquito / Hornet flying anymore; I guess there are too few left? :-\

Keep up your great work Graham!

Wiebe.

 

[zim]

Hi Folks.
Don't worry, I'm approaching the end of the Bournemouth Air Festival shots. Only a couple of sets left now.
So soon I can bore you with the Goodwood Revival Airshow shots! ;D
Some shots of the Hurricane.

Hurricane taken through the rigging of the Sheildhall.
...
Cheers, Graham.

Sorry to hear that Bournemouth photo-stream is approaching its end - but good that you still have another set to share
Now that Erik is taking a sabbatical ;D we need someone else to keep up the thread-volume ...

Although the Hurricane was a very successful and capable aircraft, I like the shape / lines of the Spitfire better. Also a pity that we hardly see the Mosquito / Hornet flying anymore; I guess there are too few left? :-\

Keep up your great work Graham!

Wiebe.

I love the shape of the Hurricane it's an acquired taste! ;D
My absolute total favourite aircraft of all time is without doubt the Mosquito (Short Sunderland 2nd, F16 third) I've only ever seen the Mossi fly at Strathallan in the late 70s early 80s, just wonderful, and pilots could get away with flying a 'little' bit closer and a 'little' bit lower than today certainly at that airfield anyway!

Here's a vid I found on youtube of the very aircraft on a very sad day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp0486rsaAM&feature=relmfu

I have some film stills of it in the hanger somewhere must dig them out. Access in those days was really cool too!

Regards

 

[Roo]

Although the Hurricane was a very successful and capable aircraft, I like the shape / lines of the Spitfire better. Also a pity that we hardly see the Mosquito / Hornet flying anymore; I guess there are too few left? :-\

Keep up your great work Graham!

Wiebe.

One Mosquito returned to the air last year and there are a few Mosquitos under restoration/construction, especially in NZ where I think there are about 4 in various stages of being returned to flying condition. The RAAF Museum has been restoring one here but I don't think it will be returned to flying status. There has been a UK project around for a awhile called the Peoples Mosquito but it's still looking for funding and a competing trust has recently been set up.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Wiebe.
Thank you.
Fixed part of your post, see red bit! ;D
The Hurricane is the ugly sister, but due to the fabric construction it was much easier to keep serviceable and it could reputedly take more 'punishment' than the Spitfire but we are all a sucker for beauty aren't we!
There are no Mosquito's / Hornets flying this side of the Atlantic to my knowledge, I think some time ago the CAA declared them all unsafe due to degradation of the glue holding them together (what I remember please correct me if wrong!).

Cheers, Graham.

Sorry to hear that Bournemouth photo-stream is approaching its end - but good that you still have another set to share impose
Now that Erik is taking a sabbatical ;D we need someone else to keep up the thread-volume ...

Although the Hurricane was a very successful and capable aircraft, I like the shape / lines of the Spitfire better. Also a pity that we hardly see the Mosquito / Hornet flying anymore; I guess there are too few left? :-\

Keep up your great work Graham!

Wiebe.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Zim.
I agree with the first two of your top 3, but could easily find many alternatives to the F16!
Thanks for the link, I managed to "waste" 30 mins or more watching Mossie videos! Part way through the video there is a shutter, wind-on sound, one of two things will happen the first time I see a Mossie fly, 10fps until the buffer slows it down or I won't be able to see clearly through tearful eyes! ;D
Have a look at the TSETSE MKXVIII footage, incredible.

Cheers, Graham.

I love the shape of the Hurricane it's an acquired taste! ;D
My absolute total favourite aircraft of all time is without doubt the Mosquito (Short Sunderland 2nd, F16 third) I've only ever seen the Mossi fly at Strathallan in the late 70s early 80s, just wonderful, and pilots could get away with flying a 'little' bit closer and a 'little' bit lower than today certainly at that airfield anyway!

Here's a vid I found on youtube of the very aircraft on a very sad day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp0486rsaAM&feature=relmfu

I have some film stills of it in the hanger somewhere must dig them out. Access in those days was really cool too!

Regards

 

[zim]

Hi VB,
I wish I could go back with a 1dx2 be 100-400L and photograph it coming up over the 'bump'. My abiding memory is of just two huge disks coming towards me. I'd also need a gimble to capture a full disk! ;D

Thanks for the link, the de Havilland museum is a must go but I've never managed to (yet!) The tsetse stories are fantastic

Yeah the 16 would seem a strange choice but there is just something about the lines and proportions that have always got me. (How the EE Lighting isn't in my top 3 I'll never know though ;D )

Maybe I should just do top ten!

Regards

 

[KeithBreazeal]

Dennis Sanders Hawker Sea Fury "Argonaut" © Keith Breazeal by Keith Breazeal, on Flickr

P-51 Mustang "Daddy's Girl" © Keith Breazeal by Keith Breazeal, on Flickr

U-2 spyplane taking off at Beale AFB 2011 © Keith Breazeal 8999 by Keith Breazeal, on Flickr

 

[Click]

Beautiful pictures, Keith. Very nice panning on the two first ones. Well done.

 

[KeithBreazeal]

Beautiful pictures, Keith. Very nice panning on the two first ones. Well done.

Thanks Click

 

[Nat_WA]

Hawker Sea fury, P-51 Mustang and U-2 spyplane

Very nice pictures Keith, I especially like the prop-planes;
+1 on the panning (where you can still count the rivets around the cockpit of the Mustang 8))

The P-51 certainly deserves a place in my personal favorites list, together with Spitfire and Mosquito - now what do they all have in common...? (Hint - it's made by Rolls-Royce and is called Merlin ;D)

Wiebe.

 

[KeithBreazeal]

Hawker Sea fury, P-51 Mustang and U-2 spyplane

Very nice pictures Keith, I especially like the prop-planes;
+1 on the panning (where you can still count the rivets around the cockpit of the Mustang 8))

The P-51 certainly deserves a place in my personal favorites list, together with Spitfire and Mosquito - now what do they all have in common...? (Hint - it's made by Rolls-Royce and is called Merlin ;D)

Wiebe.

Thanks Wiebe

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Kieth.
I have a list of Hawker planes I'd love to see, Typhoon, Tempest and Fury, thanks for sharing the Fury, great looking plane, built on the if it looks right it probably is right philosophy, not a computer in sight!
Got to love the Mustang too!
Great panning on the prop planes too.
The U2, good shot, meh looking plane. (Only my opinion and I have nothing against anyone that likes it!)

Cheers, Graham.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Folks.
As promised, the last in the series from the Bournemouth Air Festival. ;D
The Vampire Blue display team. Probably the most consistent formation flying I have seen, the spacing was so consistent that there could have been a tow rope between them!
Also note the subtle (and not so subtle) differences between the two variants.

SE0A5126_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

SE0A5176_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

SE0A5212_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

SE0A5237_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

SE0A5279_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

SE0A5333_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

SE0A5347_DxO by Graham Stretch, on Flickr

Cheers, Graham.

 

[Click]

Hi Graham,

Very nice series. I especially like the 4th picture.

Well done.

Cheers