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North Weald Air Race 26-04-2009

Evening all,

Was up at North Weald on saturday for the Beverly Snook memorial trophy race with the Royal Aero Club. I had a thoroughly enjoyable day and met plenty of happy and friendly people! On with the photos

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PT departing before the race kicks off.
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The Auster heading off ahead of everyone else.
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The Hum getting off in a hurry…
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…quite a hurry!
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Some overtaking going one overhead.
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Race 82 clenching the win.
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The middle of the field beginning the dive for the line.
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Winner!
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Tips and comments appreciated.
Cheers, Huw:)

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By: HuwJHopkins - 28th April 2009 at 19:24

The histogram is your best friend, Sir Hopkins. Your very best friend. 🙂

Paul

I know, thanks Paul. I have to say, I did ignore it somewhat by making the shadows a tad darker than it told me to as some just looked wrong:rolleyes: Learnt my lesson now…finally:p

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By: Arabella-Cox - 28th April 2009 at 19:00

The histogram is your best friend, Sir Hopkins. Your very best friend. 🙂

Paul

Check your PMs please.

Some very clean sharp images here, love them! 😀

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By: PMN - 28th April 2009 at 18:38

Although I have noticed now looking at them on another screen, some could do with lighter shadows and generally brightening a tad:rolleyes:

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By: HuwJHopkins - 28th April 2009 at 18:21

Thanks for the kind words peeps:D Although I have noticed now looking at them on another screen, some could do with lighter shadows and generally brightening a tad:rolleyes:

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By: XH668 - 28th April 2009 at 17:13

Just round the corner in Stapleford. If my cross-country qualifier hadn’t been called off 4 times I may well have had the license by now!

Ahh ha, thats one of the places im looking into

My friend works there (behind the desk) and hes doing he’s ppl there

See you around NW!

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By: Flygirl - 28th April 2009 at 09:36

Nice pic’s 🙂

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By: wannabe pilot - 27th April 2009 at 21:23

Where are you doing your PPL?

Just round the corner in Stapleford. If my cross-country qualifier hadn’t been called off 4 times I may well have had the license by now!

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By: XH668 - 27th April 2009 at 20:32

Superb work! North Weald is a really interesting airfield, I can’t wait to finish my PPL then move on to the North Weald flying group. Shall be pretty fun taxying out to the runway behind a Jet Provost!

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By: wannabe pilot - 27th April 2009 at 19:59

Superb work! North Weald is a really interesting airfield, I can’t wait to finish my PPL then move on to the North Weald flying group. Shall be pretty fun taxying out to the runway behind a Jet Provost!

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By: PMN - 27th April 2009 at 16:38

Terrible. Just terrible. Where do I even start? Dull, soft, badly composed… Very much not good.

…Joking! A very nice set indeed, Hugo! The quality is very good indeed and I particularly like the last one, but you could probably have guessed that would be my favourite!

The only tip I really have is continue doing exactly what you are doing. 🙂

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By: YakRider - 27th April 2009 at 09:56

Great shots of the HUM! Nice to have a chat on Saturday. The AA5 was disqualified and the race was actually won by G-BERY, the AA1. The AA5 got its revenge on Sunday though!

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By: EGTC - 26th April 2009 at 22:08

Nice set. Well done.

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