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Old 09 July 2013, 05:55 PM
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Did anyone go to this? Was a fantastic event. Posted some pics in the Photography section but that seems rarely visited.....

Link to the post - https://www.scoobynet.com/photograph...show-pics.html
Old 09 July 2013, 08:34 PM
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I went on Sunday. Whilst it was okay, its not a shade on the airshows I remember from my youth (Finningley), but I wanted to take my youngest son whilst he's still got the chance to see various things fly. The way things are going, the RAF will only have one type of aircraft left. It's a bit of a shame they couldn't put the VC10 in the air either, rather than have it on static, as come next year, it won't be flying anymore.

On a rather more comical note, you'll recall when the Red Arrows entered stage left in formation with the Sentinel. The bloke on the table next to me said.....



















Is that Concorde.

I mean FFS. He should have been removed from the grounds for being so stupid
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Ahh Finningley

RAAF F111 going into re-heat over the crowd (or so it appeared!) melting everyone's ice-cream.........

A Lightning coming down the crowd line, 100ft doing 600 knots, going into a vertical climb, glinting in the sunlight as it slowly rotates, until it tops out at 30,000ft in a clear blue sky -- Unforgettable

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Old 09 July 2013, 11:24 PM
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Great pictures, funnily enough the Hawker Hunter you have pictured there is my friends, I was lucky enough to go up in it a couple of weeks ago as a 30th birthday treat. INCREDIBLE, the pilot is also a completely decent chap.

My perspective on reality was altered after experiencing part of a show routine, these fast Jet pilots are really tough.
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Originally Posted by ^Qwerty^
I went on Sunday. Whilst it was okay, its not a shade on the airshows I remember from my youth (Finningley), but I wanted to take my youngest son whilst he's still got the chance to see various things fly. The way things are going, the RAF will only have one type of aircraft left. It's a bit of a shame they couldn't put the VC10 in the air either, rather than have it on static, as come next year, it won't be flying anymore.

On a rather more comical note, you'll recall when the Red Arrows entered stage left in formation with the Sentinel. The bloke on the table next to me said.....

Is that Concorde.

I mean FFS. He should have been removed from the grounds for being so stupid
The VC10 will be at Yeovilton Air Show this weekend, but again only as a static display. She is a fantastic feat of British engineering serving 50+ years with hardly a glitch. I have given her 11 years of my life and it will be sad to see her go. The true queen of the skies.
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Was there Saturday...................
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Originally Posted by Don Clark
Was there Saturday...................
Had a pass for Saturday but couldn't make it unfortunately. At least the Viggen flew on the Sunday
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Used to get passes when the g/f's Dad and brother were stationed at Waddington. They've both left now, which is a shame.

I did have to step outside this morning when I heard a fast moving jet heading towards Trent Bridge for the Ashes flyby.
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Originally Posted by Frosticles
Had a pass for Saturday but couldn't make it unfortunately. At least the Viggen flew on the Sunday
From your photos the conditions were better for "flying" photos as well.
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I really enjoyed the pictures-all very good ones.

Took me back to some happy days.

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