These are from an unforgettable airshow in Coventry that I went to
about 10 years ago (I can't remember exactly...) and there more of
them.
First of all, we have a Spitfire on a very low pass
(did the insurance company know about this?) this isn't faked and its
the only time I've ever managed to get a decent panned shot with a
camera - usually, I manage to get both the background and the
foreground all blurry!
It
was a pretty amazing day, I think that I went through at least three
films in the camera, but then again, I just love aircraft from the
1930's and 40's - I don'tlove the purpose to
which they were put, but I just turn to jelly at the sound of a Merlin
engine; there's nothing to beat it (apart from, just possibly
the sound of an 8F charging out of the station at Keighley...)
Sorry that the quality of these scans is a bit ropy, I did them a long time
ago on a rather primitive device at work and I haven't managed to find the
photos to do them again properly. Not to worry, I'll dig them out sometime.
Here we have a bit of American military paraphinalia, a rather nice B25
trundling down the runway. Not one of my all-time favourite aircraft,
as I tend to prefer British and German models, but what the heck, not a
bad machine even so!
Next,
we have, if memory serves me right, an F4U Corsair. An endearingly
absurd-looking creation, with it's gull-wings and the undercarriage
that bends round as it retracts. I think that this one is in the
Australian Air Force, but I'm not sure.
I'd
completely forgotton what the next thing was, untilI checked the
filename. Even so, all I can remember is that it is a Fairey Gannet
which sounds like they named it on a Friday afternoon...
Much
more recognizable; a Hurricane, the last one still in flying condition,
unless someone's got one lurking in their garage somewhere...
It
was a pretty amazing day, I think that I went through at least three
films in the camera, but then again, I just love aircraft from the
1930's and 40's - I don't love the purpose to
which they were put, but I just turn to jelly at the sound of a Merlin
engine; there's nothing to beat it (apart from, just possibly
the sound of an 8F charging out of the station at Keighley...)
Next,
we have, if memory serves me right, an F4U Corsair. An endearingly
absurd-looking creation, with it's gull-wings and the undercarriage
that bends round as it retracts. I think that this one is in the
Australian Air Force, but I'm not sure.
I'd
completely forgotton what the next thing was, untilI checked the
filename. Even so, all I can remember is that it is a Fairey Gannet
which sounds like they named it on a Friday afternoon...
Much
more recognizable; a Hurricane, the last one still in flying condition,
unless someone's got one lurking in their garage somewhere...