Hi
My first time at Dawlish. This place must be one, or if not, the best place to have an air show.
I must have gone through six gigs on helicopters alone. The flying was very good. Just a few pics. I may add more later if I have time.
The only disappointment was that the Tornado fly through was cancelled and so did the two Hercules. The BBMF cancelled, I presume because of the weather elsewhere. Weather at Dawlish was good on the whole though a few showers mid PM.
Cheers
Martin
By: mike currill - 1st September 2009 at 10:55
Love the Vulcan and Merlin shots, very nice.
By: SEMAE - 1st September 2009 at 08:23
A last set of images.
By: SEMAE - 24th August 2009 at 19:37
I forgot about posting this one.
Thanks
Martin
By: SEMAE - 24th August 2009 at 19:02
Thank you all for your nice comments.
Cheers
Martin
By: Scott Marlee - 24th August 2009 at 00:17
I SAW THAT HAWK DEPART RAF VALLEY 😀 i got a wave or two from the pilot :D:D:D
awesome shots mate…love the sea king and merlin ones
By: Dave G - 22nd August 2009 at 23:39
Fantastic shots especially the synchro pair – outstanding to get them both in focus!
By: SEMAE - 22nd August 2009 at 22:46
Some more quick ones so they may be a bit off. I will have to leave postong some more from Eastbourne tomorrow evening now.
Martin
By: davecurnock - 22nd August 2009 at 09:19
Love the Hunter , you can almost feel the heat
Where were you ?
Stephen
Me too! I used to feel the heat on a daily basis at Chivenor – mind you, the gear was down and in contact with terra firma on ‘most’ occasions.
Great picture!
By: RobAnt - 22nd August 2009 at 00:38
Wish I could have gotten up that hill, it’s very steep, but you did get a much more advantageous position – looking down on the beach.
The Hunter didn’t come close enough to the Inn itself for me to get anything worthwhile, but I doubt if I could have got a better shot than that anyway.
Would love to see more.
I did manage to walk around the choppers though, and was lucky enough to be allowed to rest on the Merlin crews John Deere runabout.
Maybe I’ll be luckier next year, when I’ll have a class 3 mobility scooter, powerful enough to run along the path at the top of the hill/cliff.
Did you see how low that last RA Hawk flew over the Inn? Apart from being inside an aircraft in flight, I’ve never been closer to anything flying.:eek::D
By: SEMAE - 21st August 2009 at 22:27
Thank you for yiour nice comments. I will post some more tomorrow evening as I will not have much time to do anything else:)
I was up a hill that is beside The Smugllers Inn and positioned beside a fence. Some of the Helicopters park at the bottom of the hill. The Hunter came in from around and behind.
Thanks
Martin
By: Rob68 - 21st August 2009 at 20:23
Never seen that effect that has come from the wing tips before, looks like the picture is torn
By: Youngs20 - 21st August 2009 at 18:21
Fantastic Hunter
Love the Hunter , you can almost feel the heat
Where were you ?
Stephen
By: GliderSpit - 21st August 2009 at 16:46
The Hunter shot is very unusual. I really like it. Are you going to post a few more?
By: Merlin Madness - 21st August 2009 at 15:23
Fantastic shots, you must be well pleased.
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