Spent some rewarding hours on Beachy Head this afternoon, enjoying the hi-jinx of the Eastbourne Airbourne show.
Highlight of the day was a breathtakingly close fly-by by the Hawker Hunter, Miss Demeanour, and some wonderful opportunities to take some photos from above the aircraft. At her closest, Miss Demeanour was too large to photograph with my 70mm lens. That’s close! And loud.
Two very unusual aircraft which were present were the Dassault Flamants who have apparently not been to the UK before.
Here are a few shots – I’m still going through my memory card!
IMG_6321 by sboreeves, on Flickr
IMG_6053 by sboreeves, on Flickr
IMG_6060 by sboreeves, on Flickr
IMG_6073 by sboreeves, on Flickr
By: j_jza80 - 20th August 2013 at 01:15
Beautiful shot of PM631 over the lighthouse!
By: SimonR - 19th August 2013 at 22:12
A few more
IMG_6087_tonemapped by sboreeves, on Flickr
IMG_6121_tonemapped by sboreeves, on Flickr
IMG_6125_tonemapped by sboreeves, on Flickr
By: SimonR - 19th August 2013 at 21:24
It was all down to the flying skills of Jonathon Whaley – he flew a lot closer to the cliff than anyone else, not once but twice that afternoon and gave us all a real treat!
Here’s Miss D on her run-up on the first pass.
IMG_6305_tonemappede by sboreeves, on Flickr
Annoyingly I’d filled my camera’s buffer with run-up shots so only got one decent image as she passed right by. Better luck next time I guess….
By: pegasus911 - 19th August 2013 at 20:51
Excellent Hunter Shot. Would have to go back a long way to remember a better pose. Very well done.
By: atr42 - 18th August 2013 at 23:43
Very nice. Would have loved to have seen Miss D that close!
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