Never been to Music in the Air event before. You could not have asked for better weather.
It was amazing to se the DC6 take off from the grass. What is even more amazing is that as I was editing my first take off pic of the DC6 take in Photoshop, for some reason a few cars in a car park outside the airfield mysteriously disappeared but they came back during the 2nd take off.
Brings back memories of the MATS Constellation taking off many years ago. The Music was good as well.
Four images for starters. Rest to follow in due course.
Thanks
Martin
By: 'The Six' - 12th August 2008 at 14:11
Nice pictures of the DC-6, but for an old lady the attitude looks a bit extreme ! probably within speed limitations but what if she lost a donk (engine)? The loss of the DH Mosquito at Barton was scary to watch,and due to a faulty carb under extreme attiude.
You make a good point here and the flight ops team has sent this reply:
“Notwithstanding the effect that camera angles have on the drama of a photograph (and well done everybody for some outstanding shots this season), the team do fly to some exciting angles. It’s worth pointing out, though, that the highly banked manoeuvres are all flown with a strong vertical element which enables the turn to be both co-ordinated and within the normal flight loads for which the aircraft is certified.
With reference to the Mosquito accident, there are two major points of difference. First of all, the pressure injection carburettor fitted to the R2800 radial engines of the DC-6 is not notably susceptible to the specific condition noted in the accident report and has no such “reputation for cutting under negative g conditions”. Moreover, as noted above, the DC-6 routine does not involve negative or significantly reduced g manoeuvres of the sort which the investigation found may have caused the loss of fuel flow in the left hand Merlin’s float type carburettor.
Nevertheless, every part of the routine is flown well above the two engine minimum control speed, let alone the three engine Vmca. Loss of power from one engine is almost a non-event but would obviously curtail the display. The unlikely loss of two simultaneously would be challenging but not onerous, as the aircraft is perfectly capable of climbing on two engines and with excellent authority from the lovely unboosted controls.
Each year a lot of thought goes into producing and practicing a sympathetic, safe and enjoyable routine. It’s a privilege to do so under the gaze of such an enthusiastic and well informed public. See you later this month at Sywell and Bournemouth…”
By: SEMAE - 7th August 2008 at 15:56
Nice pictures of the DC-6, but for an old lady the attitude looks a bit extreme ! probably within speed limitations but what if she lost a donk (engine)? The loss of the DH Mosquito at Barton was scary to watch,and due to a faulty carb under extreme attiude.
Thank you T-21. Yes it was quite a high angle.
Martin
By: T-21 - 1st August 2008 at 08:28
Nice pictures of the DC-6, but for an old lady the attitude looks a bit extreme ! probably within speed limitations but what if she lost a donk (engine)? The loss of the DH Mosquito at Barton was scary to watch,and due to a faulty carb under extreme attiude.
By: WP840 - 31st July 2008 at 14:12
There were only 2 by the time I was there and the other must have been FT375. This was later sold at auction and went to Italy I beleive. The other KF314 crashed sometime before my arrival but we did have the port (I think) wing down the apprentice centre to practice skin repairs on. They now have the slightly ovaled rear fuselage of ETPS Hunter T7 XL??? that crashed here a good few years ago now.
But that’s another story, back to the thread.
Yes, according to this, post number 19, FT375 is now in Italy.
By: Smiler - 31st July 2008 at 00:13
There were only 2 by the time I was there and the other must have been FT375. This was later sold at auction and went to Italy I beleive. The other KF314 crashed sometime before my arrival but we did have the port (I think) wing down the apprentice centre to practice skin repairs on. They now have the slightly ovaled rear fuselage of ETPS Hunter T7 XL??? that crashed here a good few years ago now.
But that’s another story, back to the thread.
By: WP840 - 30th July 2008 at 14:45
This looks familiar:
I’ve worked on this particular aircraft in the past along with it’s sister ship who’s reg I can’t remember but I think it may have been KF327 or very similar. (I don’t know why I remember that if it even is remotely close)
I know there used to be three Harvards at Boscombe (when it was A&AEE), KF183, FT375 and KF314.
By: Smiler - 29th July 2008 at 23:24
This looks familiar:
I’ve worked on this particular aircraft in the past along with it’s sister ship who’s reg I can’t remember but I think it may have been KF327 or very similar. (I don’t know why I remember that if it even is remotely close)
By: SEMAE - 28th July 2008 at 20:59
Thank you all for your kind comments. It is a Vampire.
I line with my new policy of trying not to post too many pics, only three more.
The Chipmunk was the last visitor to leave the airfield on the day.
Thats it
By: FlyingKiwi - 28th July 2008 at 20:29
Nice work, I especially like the Hunter and Vampire (Venom?)
Richard.
By: 92fis - 27th July 2008 at 09:49
Very nice pic’s, it was a good day out.
By: SEMAE - 27th July 2008 at 03:12
Some more. More coming later.
Martin
Even more to follow in due course.
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