On Saturday, 13th June, the volunteers of Classic Flight at Coventry Airport arranged a 1940s/50s style photo shoot with a bit of a twist. It started with a H&S/Parish Notice briefing and as there were no barriers, we had one volunteer to two photographers who were there purely to keep an eye on us and made sure we did not stray into unauthorised areas and allowed us any photo opportunities we required. Apart from the jets, there was access to virtually all the collections aircraft that were present both inside and out. We spent the morning having a wander around photographing anything outside and inside the hanger. Lunch was a bacon buttie, seems the norm for a photo shoot now, from Kates Kabin I think it was, and after lunch came the twist with glamour models who were posing in period costumes with the aircraft as a backdrop. See Here
A thoroughly enjoyable day out in the sunshine with an excellent opportunity to photograph not only aeroplanes but models as well and an excellent start by all the volunteers to what will hopefully will become a regular event.
Many thanks to Dave for the lift there and back.
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Brian
By: Consul - 17th June 2009 at 23:51
It was good to meet you on Saturday Brian – we tried to lay out the aircraft to give fairly timeless backgrounds for photos. The models worked really hard and it’s good to hear everyone’s efforts were appreciated. It made life a lot easier that all the visiting photographers cooperated with the guidelines and that we had a safe and enjoyable day.
Tim
AACF Volunteer
By: Rlangham - 17th June 2009 at 22:31
Nice photographs – what’s wrong with G-AGTM? I’ve won a flight in the Rapide and was hoping for it to be G-AGTM
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June 17, 2009 at 10:29 pm