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Downwind at dusk

Posted: 11 Oct 2009, 18:24
by Effoh
I know I'm supposed to be in China flying Tridents, but it's thunderstorms there and sunny here, so couldn't resist a wee sneak home for a circuit in the Comet. Brucie bonus if you get the airport - the island in the background is a fairly accurate rendition of the real deal and I'm heading west-ish :)

Hope you enjoy

Rgds,

Colin

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Re: Downwind at dusk

Posted: 11 Oct 2009, 19:22
by Garry Russell
Very nice Colin :D

Garry

Re: Downwind at dusk

Posted: 11 Oct 2009, 22:20
by Effoh
Thanks Garry......appreciated :)

Re: Downwind at dusk

Posted: 11 Oct 2009, 22:26
by Garry Russell
Pleasure

I especially like the effect on the ground which is not always 'in sympathy' with the sky to the correct degree, but nice here :)

Garry

Re: Downwind at dusk

Posted: 11 Oct 2009, 23:47
by airboatr
right Garry ,
MS wasn't known to show much sympathy, with it's scenery , or it's users.

Nice screenie Colin, :)

makes the lyrics from Pink Floyd come to mind....And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking :tunes:
home , home again.. I like to be there when I can ...
When I come home cold and tired .It's good to warm my bones beside the fire


cheers

now off to youtube and play that song

Re: Downwind at dusk

Posted: 23 Oct 2009, 23:52
by gordon-in-aberdeen
I wager its Prestwick, Isle of Arran in the background *-)

Re: Downwind at dusk

Posted: 24 Oct 2009, 10:38
by Effoh
Gordon,

Close, but no cigar ;)

Airport is Glasgow, downwind for 05, but spot on with Arran.

Have a beer on me :cheers:

Rgds,

Colin

Re: Downwind at dusk

Posted: 24 Oct 2009, 15:14
by gordon-in-aberdeen
Cheers mate, Cracking shot by the way.

I recommend an Arran Dark then, if you can find one in the local store, a very nice ale brewed on the said island itself, in its only brewery. Has a very similar colour the the sky in your screenie to, lurvley :cheers: .

Come to think of it, looking at the shot a bit closer, you are a tad north for Prestwick :doh: should have known.

My other half's best mate lives right under the glide path of Glasgow's main runway, probably not far from where the Comet is in the shot. When I say close, you can count rivets in the underside of anything landing from the southwest when it passes over the garden, I'll have to get a few shots next time we're down there for you folks.