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Sywell Pictures 26th Sept

Today’s charity airshow in aid of the Air Ambulance was a great success, and enjoyed beautiful autumn sunshine, albeit with a stiff breeze. The event had a laid-back family airshow feel, though the line-up had plenty of variety, and the flightline was dominated by the RastaCat PBY.

The only jet to appear was a Vampire T11, unless you count the Jet-powered hang-gliders, which were just weird! Great fun, though. The Twin Pin put on a very good show, as did the Mustang and the Mew Gull, and the Utt Butt’s are in their element on a small grass field like Sywell.

With no traffic problems, no crowding and a modest £10 ( for charity) admission, this was a great little event that reminded you that airshows do not have to be a battle of endurance.

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By: Niall - 1st October 2004 at 01:35

Nice photos both of you, like the 1st pic of Janie.

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By: Yak 11 Fan - 29th September 2004 at 13:35

Stunning pictures Colin, thanks for posting.

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By: colinp - 29th September 2004 at 12:49

Janie

Propstrike I ws genuinely impressed by your photos considering things such as shutter lag that you were battling. If you do go SLR I think you’ll find things a lot easier. Do not get depressed.

Yak 11 re. the Mustang – confession time – I really blew that one as in my excitement I managed to dial in 1/60 sec. shutter speed which was too slow. However there were some before the mishap which included ..

http://www.speedwayaction.com/sywell/P51_2.jpg
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By: Yak 11 Fan - 29th September 2004 at 09:09

I have to disagree, please post all the Mustang pictures you can, it’s a wonderful piece of kit….

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By: Propstrike - 28th September 2004 at 22:51

Colin, No worries, I barely noticed. But please stop posting photos like the Mustang; You are putting me to shame, and making me depressed !

I know you were only ‘dropping in’ , but there is a keen audience here for great photos. What about your back-catelogue?

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By: TEXANTOMCAT - 28th September 2004 at 17:45

Thanks colin – they were great!

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By: colinp - 28th September 2004 at 16:50

Apologies to Propstrike

.. for calling you propshaft (see earlier post).

I finally sorted through the stuff and my personal favorite from the day is shown below – it may be influenced by the fact that I enjoyed that particular display.

p.s. I didn’t realise how big people post piccies these days so have upped my size a bit.

http://www.speedwayaction.com/sywell/p51.jpg

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By: Skybolt - 27th September 2004 at 22:42

Propstrike,
Really enjoyed your great photos. That closeup of G-ANDE is going into my logbook as soon as I have cropped it to fit.
Many thanks indeed.
Cheers,
Trapper 69

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By: Stieglitz - 27th September 2004 at 15:46

I enjoyed watching those nice pics.

Thanks guys,

J.V.

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By: STORMBIRD262 - 27th September 2004 at 07:58

Very nice Pics

Great stuff Gent’s, Thank’s for sharing, The lovely young lass on the wing is not bad either 😉 , Cheers all, Tally Ho! Phil. :diablo:

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By: oscar duck - 27th September 2004 at 07:51

Great shots…I’m swapping the Avenger for a Stearperson….[last phot]

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By: colinp - 27th September 2004 at 07:31

As requested. I enjoyed looking at you stuff too by the way. Thought that you might recall the Propshaft one Propshaft.

Whatever I think of aviation I was very impressed by some of the Utter Butterly crew. :diablo:

http://www.speedwayaction.com/sywell/img_35.jpg
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By: oscar duck - 27th September 2004 at 00:30

Nice to see the smoker near the Cat….

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By: Propstrike - 27th September 2004 at 00:21

Thanks Colin. Will you chuck up a few more? That lens of yours really does the business. So I was not the only one hanging around behind the Cat!

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By: Propstrike - 27th September 2004 at 00:12

Many thanks chaps. I will dish up a few more.

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By: colinp - 27th September 2004 at 00:08

Nice to meet you Propstrike

Not really my thing but a nice afternoon out before the looooong winter. I haven’t really looked at what I took but here’s a few. Best wishes.

http://www.speedwayaction.com/sywell/img_01.jpg
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By: Spey111 - 27th September 2004 at 00:04

Thanks for sharing the pictures. It looks like a good day. It’s always good to see them on the grass at a smaller venue. I particularly like the Twin Pin picture.

Thanks again.

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By: LN Strike Eagle - 27th September 2004 at 00:01

Very nice. Do like the shot of Janie.

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By: JasonSAR - 26th September 2004 at 23:59

Fantastic pics, thanks. Having just left Sloanes after being heavily involved in the design of the air ambulance great to see Sywell full of great machines. Almost makes me wish I had stayed!!

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By: landyman - 26th September 2004 at 23:50

more great pics, thanks for sharing,
Greg

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