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British Aerobatic Championships - Duxford 29 June 2008

Posted: 29 Jun 2008, 20:26
by Kevin Farnell
Went along to the British Aerobatic Championships at Duxford, today. My membership of 'Friends of Duxford' allowed me free entry.
A good day out, but such a shame that there is no British Aircraft represented.
As most of the action was taking place to the south of the airfield, and the aircraft tiny, I was limited to landing and ground shots (even using a 70-200mm lens with a 2X converter).
The weather was good, if somewhat windy.

Anyway, here are the pics....

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And the Winner is....

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Just to balance up the 'Britishness', I noticed that the flaps had been lowered on the Trident.
I decided on a few close-ups, for those of us that like that sort of thing.

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A nasty case of asymetric flap deployment...

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And finally, this is looking in a pretty sorry state at the moment...

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Regards

Kevin

Nikon D200
Nikon 70-200 ED VR
Nikon 2x Converter

Re: British Aerobatic Championships - Duxford 29 June 2008

Posted: 29 Jun 2008, 20:35
by Filonian
Nice sequence Kevin, thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:

Graham

Re: British Aerobatic Championships - Duxford 29 June 2008

Posted: 29 Jun 2008, 20:38
by DaveB
A smashing selection there Kevin. Tks for posting them :thumbsup:

ATB

DaveB :tab:

Re: British Aerobatic Championships - Duxford 29 June 2008

Posted: 29 Jun 2008, 22:35
by Prop Jockey
If the aeros were as good as your photos Kevin then I'd say you had a pretty good day. I do like the ones of that Yak-52 - thanks for posting those :D

Cheers

Rich

Re: British Aerobatic Championships - Duxford 29 June 2008

Posted: 30 Jun 2008, 00:00
by Kevin Farnell
Thanks, guys!!!

I had an excellent day :) .
The weather was warm if a little windy. The sun shone and I got a light tan (Pink?, no no, my face isn't pink. It's a tan!)
I saw 2, 2 seat Spitfires, a Tiger Moth and a Dragon Rapide. Nowhere else on the planet will you get that.

Duxford always throws in something special.

Cheers

Kevin