Didn’t BEA call their DC-3’s “Pionairs” or something like that ?

They used to have this Islander, now based at GLA with Loganair/Scottish Air Ambulance and in those fantastic colours.

I was pretty much past the toys age when I got interested in planes although I did have a rarther fetching set of pyjamas with airliners printed on them as a 5 year old.

Nowadays my toys are all flight sims and add ons.

Echoing Dan’s opinions, I got a Canon EOS 500n, the 300’s predecessor from a Dixons branch. It came as a starter kit with a 28mm widish lens and a zoom going up to 200mm which isn’t bad for planes but as Dan says 300mm or more is better.

The good thing about the Canon EOS range and Nikon’s too, is that there is a camera and price to suit just about everyone’s skill levels and requirements. The kit also came with a bag, a flash gun a tips book and a few rolls of film all for about £350

They usually have a range of automatic modes for shooting portraits, scenic vistas, fast moving action etc. and are a doddle to use or as hard to use as you like.

You don’t need to be an ace photographer to get good pictures, composition is everything as they say 😀

I’d be surprised if there was even a camera crew in the cockpit. Any of these videos I’ve watched all rely heavily on the use of mini and micro cams clipped onto the appropriate spots in the cockpit and probably coupled to little mini DV recorders. These little things are tiny and are used a lot these days in spots where you can’t get a real tv camera, in Formula One cars for example.

The crew or captain’s in flight commentary would also be easily recorded using light weight digital sound recorders such as Digital Audio Tape (DAT) or Mini Disc (MD).

As for all the other stuff in the video that doesn’t directly interfere with the flight crew’s business… It will be shot on better equipment with better lenses, picture quality etc, probably Digital Beta as used in broadcast. This may include interviews with the crew before and after flight and lot’s of nice shot’s of the plane taxing, flying past, air to air etc.

I would love to do one myself, closest I got was some air to air of an RAF Bulldog trainer over Fife for a feature on the RAF Leuchars air base. Also did some helicopter stuff hanging out a Jet Ranger on a little rig with a pilot who I’m sure was just back from Vietnam! That was a day for the brown trousers….:eek:

There was a feature on the Holiday programme about that hotel and it followed a couple of retired gentlemen who would sit on their balcony with binoculars and beers whilst their wives went shopping and sunning.

It looked like a great holiday to me. What was the name of the hotel Dan330 ?