First off a public thank you to every one at Duxford who attended This Incident on Friday as I was one of the three members of the public caught up in it. Special thanks to the Duxford Fire Crew who were quickly on the scene and administered first aid before the Paramedics arrived and the Paramedic who looked after me when shock kicked in and of course to the nice Duxford lady handing out the tea afterwards. A cure all to everything and greatly appreciated.
Anyhoo
On Friday afternoon, the T.9 Spitfire seemed to be playing a central part in some filming that was taking place both on the ground and from a helicopter camera ship. It flew quite a few times during that period. John Romain went up in the Buchon and Dave Ratcliff in the Mk XVI Spitfire with some nice aerobatics thrown in from both of them.
Brian
By: Pen Pusher - 31st May 2010 at 22:06
Great shots Brian!-what lens(es?) were you using?
After reading up on it, I had another go with the Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM attached to my Sony Alpha 450 body.
Brian
By: redvanner - 31st May 2010 at 21:17
I’m sure the ARCo boys did their homework on the Buchon’s paintscheme…. 😉
However, if you think about it, the Buchons in the film started off nice and clean. A few months of hard film work would certainly put paid to that! 😉
Thanks, of course you are right about that. I never even thought about it…. 😮
Michael
By: Radpoe Meteor - 31st May 2010 at 19:08
Brian,
Here’s to a speedy recovery to you & all involved, thanks again for some wonderful photo’s – all the better for the cracking weather.
I must admit the shot of the T.9 in ?? B of B colours looks very impressive with the underside hiding the second canopy, but the star as got to be the last one- ‘could almost have been taken in ’68 or ’69.;)
Just had another look at the T.9 photo & just noticed the bird flying across- didn’t see that 1st time.:D
By: DazDaMan - 31st May 2010 at 10:43
Thanks for your brilliant pics, I hope you are well again by now. I do have a question regarding the paintjob on the Buchon. I like it very well, it is just as it was for the BoB filming, but…. Well, it seems to be quite glossy to me, IIRC, the paint for the film were matt, not glossy at all. Or is my memory playing a trick, it´s been a long time since I´ve seen it last??? Maybe they just applied some extra polish lately, lol.
Michael
I’m sure the ARCo boys did their homework on the Buchon’s paintscheme…. 😉
However, if you think about it, the Buchons in the film started off nice and clean. A few months of hard film work would certainly put paid to that! 😉
By: DazDaMan - 31st May 2010 at 10:05
Brian,
Here’s to a speedy recovery to you & all involved, thanks again for some wonderful photo’s – all the better for the cracking weather.
I must admit the shot of the T.9 in ?? B of B colours looks very impressive with the underside hiding the second canopy, but the star as got to be the last one- ‘could almost have been taken in ’68 or ’69.;)
Agree with that!
I’m guessing the film work was for the First Light production….? I say that because the Tr.9 didn’t have the machine-gun patches on the wings in the last lot of photos (so far as I could see!).
By: Oxcart - 30th May 2010 at 21:44
Great shots Brian!-what lens(es?) were you using?
By: Radpoe Meteor - 30th May 2010 at 14:46
Brian,
Here’s to a speedy recovery to you & all involved, thanks again for some wonderful photo’s – all the better for the cracking weather.
I must admit the shot of the T.9 in ?? B of B colours looks very impressive with the underside hiding the second canopy, but the star as got to be the last one- ‘could almost have been taken in ’68 or ’69.;)
By: Rocketeer - 30th May 2010 at 11:22
hope you are back weilding (sp?!) your mighty stick again soon Brian
it is fair to say I enjoy your photos and regular updates….the distance, work, etc preclude me visiting as much as I would like…so you pix are a tonic
By: redvanner - 30th May 2010 at 09:15
Thanks for your brilliant pics, I hope you are well again by now. I do have a question regarding the paintjob on the Buchon. I like it very well, it is just as it was for the BoB filming, but…. Well, it seems to be quite glossy to me, IIRC, the paint for the film were matt, not glossy at all. Or is my memory playing a trick, it´s been a long time since I´ve seen it last??? Maybe they just applied some extra polish lately, lol.
Michael
By: Blue_2 - 30th May 2010 at 08:04
Very nice.
Hope you’re recovered and back up to full bimbling speed soon 🙂
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