By: Bob - 31st August 2015 at 19:44
I know it has – and usually the air show commentator explains the reason behind the “salute” – the people complaining were probably too busy on the phone to the press to hear the explanation…
UPDATE:
This “just in”…
The commentator made a clear announcement during the fly past about the tribute which was met with a fitting round of applause from the huge crowd.
See post #3
By: steven_wh - 31st August 2015 at 19:31
With it’s standard of journalism lower than a snakes belly I wonder if the following quotes were just made up –
Alexander Metselaar, 50, from Harrow, north London, who witnessed last week’s disaster. told The Sun: ‘It’s sick. Faking an engine fire in insensitive, irresponsible and ignorant. They obviously don’t care for people’s emotions.’A second person said: ‘you could see brown smoke gushing from the engine. The plane banked heavily. I feared it was going to crash. It was frightening and incredibly poor taste.’
The smoke from the B-17 has been a feature of its display for years. The negative reports are either just from lack of background checks or a journo looking for some clickbait.
By: Bob - 31st August 2015 at 10:40
I see the Daily Pail is now wailing about Sally B doing it’s smoking engine ‘salute’ – “Air show organisers have been branded ‘sick’ after a World War II bomber simulated an engine fire during its display over the sea in Clacton.”
With it’s standard of journalism lower than a snakes belly I wonder if the following quotes were just made up –
Alexander Metselaar, 50, from Harrow, north London, who witnessed last week’s disaster. told The Sun: ‘It’s sick. Faking an engine fire in insensitive, irresponsible and ignorant. They obviously don’t care for people’s emotions.’
A second person said: ‘you could see brown smoke gushing from the engine. The plane banked heavily. I feared it was going to crash. It was frightening and incredibly poor taste.’
By: AlanR - 29th August 2015 at 18:46
Nice that the Mig pilot gave us chances to get pictures of the top side of the aircraft.
I wish more display pilots would do this.
By: steven_wh - 29th August 2015 at 17:51
Here are some more. The conditions on the day and my position on the beach were right to get light reflected off the sea and sand onto the displays. This gives the undersides more detail in the shots. The B-17 and Typhoon came out well with this effect.
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Steven
By: AlanR - 28th August 2015 at 22:34
Nice pictures. I am still going through my pictures from Thursday !
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