A rather cold windy day but that was a minor distraction with all the superb classic jets being on display. This was my first visit and it lived up to all I had expected and more. It was nice to meet some old friends some I have not seen since the 1980’s. I am just rebuilding my websites after the collapse of Fotopic. So imagine having scanned a shot of Canopus into my site flying at Boscombe in 1985 to see her alive and kicking yesterday at the show. Well as I say nice to meet old friends. Thanks to the organisers for putting on such a truly memorable event.
Thanks for looking.
By: mike currill - 6th June 2011 at 01:19
Meh, F-16 wouldn’t look as good though 😉
True, you don’t have to remind me of that. Modern jets aresoulless by comparison.:D
By: FLYING SAUCER - 5th June 2011 at 23:21
Cold War Jets at Bruntingthorpe has been mentioned a lot here, even a week after the main event! What does that go to show everyone? I say it was a fantastic effort, let’s all support CWJ by going to the next one!
Upward and Onward to all of you who made it all possible !! XX
By: Bob - 5th June 2011 at 22:20
Meh, F-16 wouldn’t look as good though 😉
By: mike currill - 5th June 2011 at 20:49
What is the blue in the intake? Just vapour or have the installed a set of neons in there?
Something the F-16 is good at doing.
By: Bob - 5th June 2011 at 16:48
Looked like a great day – the Lightning ‘blue halo’ shot is pretty cool! Lots of memories of the Cold War and the days of an air force with more than a couple of ‘brands’ in the inventory!!!!
By: pagen01 - 4th June 2011 at 13:47
They are all ground runners only.
By: VeeOne - 4th June 2011 at 00:35
Lovely photos. I am amazed to see that all those aircraft are still airworthy, or were some just doing ground runs?
By: RitchandMax - 3rd June 2011 at 17:03
Our old baby.
Nice to see our old baby (JP.3A, XN584) looking good, and nice to know she is in carring hands.
By: pagen01 - 3rd June 2011 at 14:18
Excellent shots Richard, just the right angles and you have caught the classic Lightning intake vapour superbly.
ISTR it is an effect compounded by ambient moisture content in the air.
By: Flatcat - 3rd June 2011 at 13:32
The theory is solid, just the colour is unique in my experience.
By: hydealfred - 3rd June 2011 at 13:03
Thanks all for the kind comments. I think the vapour in the Lightning intake is caused when full throttle is applied and there is a sudden drop in air pressure in the intake. This causes any moisture in the air to condense out into vapour. I think the same happens if you suddenly have rapid decompression in a pressurised aircraft. Also you sometimes see vapour condensing out in the low pressure area above an aircrafts wing especially when travelling at high speed or sharp turns. Or I could be completly wrong in my theory :rolleyes:
By: Flygirl - 2nd June 2011 at 09:20
Nice shots.
By: wiseman - 2nd June 2011 at 03:13
Great pix of some superb classics. I’m very envious 😉
Thanks for sharing.
By: Peter - 2nd June 2011 at 00:53
Vapour in the intake causing a mini shockwave? Very nice pics!
By: Flatcat - 1st June 2011 at 23:55
What is the blue in the intake? Just vapour or have the installed a set of neons in there?
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