Thunder Day – Elvington 4 Jun 17

I took a “daftie” and traveled down to Elvington on the Beemer, not bad going with just over four hours in the saddle
Having been to an event last year with the engine runs I thought that I’d do it again, however and this is a personal opinion, I think it wasn’t as good as last year. The variable crowd lines were a disorganised mess, as it wasn’t that clear that there would be crowd line that far back and that it would move for different aircraft.

Great day, worth the trip but I don’t think that I’d do it again…. However thanks to everyone for making it possible.
Kind of pleased with the wee X-Pro1 using the Astia film simulation. The images look over sharpened but the full sized Flickr versions are OK. (The camera and lenses fit nicely into the bikes panniers/tank bag.)

SE5 Replica, with a Wolseley engine.
G-BKDT F943 , Elvington by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

The fire crew were very obvious doing good here turning over the engine before the start.
KN353 Dakota , Elvington by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr
A dainty cough.
KN353 Dakota , Elvington by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr
Followed by a great big belch
KN353 Dakota , Elvington by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

Eastchurch Kitten replica, a small plane for such a tall pilot
N540 Eastchurch Kitten , Elvington by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

I didn’t envy the fire crew, with all the kit on in the sunshine, they done a great job keeping us safe…. that is one mother of a fire appliance by the way
Reversing the beast , Elvington by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

Nice to see and hear the Devon running.
VP967 Devon , Elvington by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

This was a bit of a shambles. The hangar closed and emptied, crowd line pushed back but the grown-ups forgot about the area alongside the hangar. Mr Meteor didn’t want to look after me so I got a long lens, well lit shot as it turned, which was better than the others got at the official crowd line. Nor did anyone check that the portable toilets were unoccupied in what was a “sterile area.” One was occupied and the lady, who had trouble walking had to walk the long way around to get out. Minus points there.
XN974 Buccaneer , Elvington by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr
Matching the Victor
XN974 Matching , Elvington by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

A bit of friendly rivalry going on here but did that tug have to be parked there. It wasn’t needed until after the run was finished. Minus points for the crew member who tried to put the chocks onto the tug as it was moving. Not a cleaver idea being close to such big wheels.
XV250 Friendly Rivalry , Elvington by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr
The Nimrod was looking nice
XV250 Nimrod , Elvington by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr
Thumbs up all OK
XV250 Nimrod and crew , Elvington by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr
Health and safety is a game of “what ifs.” What if he fell off the wing and over the jet exhaust? All’s well, he didn’t and he fixed what ever needed to be fixed and didn’t get hurt.
XV250 Nimrod and crew , Elvington by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr
A bit of street photography to finish with
XV250 Nimrod crew , Elvington by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

I didn’t stay for the Victor but this was one that I took earlier.
XL231 Victor , Elvington by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr

Photography wise it’s a hard job to show a jet engine running from a still photo, still the noise was nice.