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August 27, 2012 at 5:50 pm in reply to: Dunsfold 2012 (Sunday) from Traumahawk #484170

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I was on the Eastern end of the runway at the front, about 100 metres from the vehicle paddock. I was surprised by the Apache/Triplane pair parting company so quickly as well, i was lucky to get them both in frame when I did (though a 500mm lens helped see them at the far end of the runway first)!

August 27, 2012 at 4:38 pm in reply to: Dunsfold 2012 (Sunday) from Traumahawk #484189

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Tonka’s

Tonka pyro’s

Breightling wing walkers

The Blades

Sea Fury & Hawker Hunter

August 15, 2011 at 11:07 pm in reply to: Eastbourne – Sunday from Beachy Head #503570

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Great stuff. I was particularly impressed with the long range shots of the Reds and with the F16 and flares.
Which lens did you use?
John

Canon 40d with a Sigma 50-500mm (Bigma)

June 26, 2011 at 8:05 am in reply to: Kemble through a Bigma (Sat) #511985

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I have put the rest up on Flickr, use the link to see the set, and if you click on the “HA-MKF” keyword you’ll see pictures from other shows where she’s performed.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/traumahawk/sets/72157627007690002/

June 22, 2011 at 5:32 pm in reply to: Kemble through a Bigma (Sat) #512391

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Thanks to Glen and all the Kemble (sorry Cotswold)team as always a great weekend.If anyone has pics of our An2 it would be great to see them.

I do have more so will post them to Flickr when I have some time

June 22, 2011 at 5:29 pm in reply to: Kemble through a Bigma (Sat) #512397

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It’s a Sigma telephoto zoom lens, 150-500mm. Commonly known as a ‘Bigma’ due to its size 😀

Like this one

The Bigma is 50-500mm, the 150-500 is known as the Son of Bigma !

September 20, 2010 at 7:10 pm in reply to: Kemble BoB thru' a Bigma #535136

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Heres a few more:

August 3, 2010 at 7:04 am in reply to: Twenty films that make men cry #1914158

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Titanic – the ending where Rose goes up the staircase
Up! – the first 10 minutes
Toy Story 3 – excellent film, the whole audience in the cinema applauded at the end
Gladiator – very emotional ending
King Kong (Peter Jackson) – emotional film even though its meant as an action film
Transformers 2 – so glad it ended 🙂

August 3, 2010 at 7:04 am in reply to: General Discussion #342285

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Titanic – the ending where Rose goes up the staircase
Up! – the first 10 minutes
Toy Story 3 – excellent film, the whole audience in the cinema applauded at the end
Gladiator – very emotional ending
King Kong (Peter Jackson) – emotional film even though its meant as an action film
Transformers 2 – so glad it ended 🙂

July 19, 2010 at 11:04 pm in reply to: Farnborough from a Bigma (Mon) #546336

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Got to agree about the A380, well caught or well planned its a brill action shot.:cool:

I specifically wanted to see the runway in my photos so I could see takeoffs/landings, so I trekked up a small hill where others had gathered and plonked my tripod in an appropriate spot

The A380 pic came out far better than I could have hoped for, I’m really pleased with it !

May 15, 2010 at 11:09 am in reply to: Another "Landmark" building for RAFM Hendon #1153396

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The video makes it look like a fantastic museum and I can see what they have in mind, but…

I assume the 80million will be spent on making the planes float in mid air without any support wires as in the video !

Is there a roof?

It looks like one of the Didcot cooling towers distorted in a fire !

If this were in central London then yes it would be a great idea, but it looks ugly for Hendon and I bet (like all ‘landmark’ construction projects) it will not cost 80 million but probably double that (has there ever been a major project which has come in under budget and time?).

My 2p worth

October 18, 2008 at 10:11 pm in reply to: Farnborough 100 years Flypast #494721

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Nice ones. What’s the aircraft parked in the bottom RH corner of the final pic? Looks a bit like one of the very early Hawks, but can anyone confirm?

XW566 Sepecat Jaguar B

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May 19, 2008 at 9:17 pm in reply to: Duxford spring air show 18-05-2008 #512884

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Duxford Spring Airshow 2008

Some great shots there, particularly like the Tucano.

Had a great time yesterday, I’m glad airshow season has finally arrived !

I flew in from Blackbushe (G-BPTE…anyone get any pix?) so missed the M11 rush, and also the convoy of planes taxiing for departure (quite weird having the south side to myself at a Duxford event!). The vis was quite good though a bit bumpy on the way there.

Below are some of my fav pix so far, I took around 1,800 so it will take me a while to go through and weed out the ones I don’t need (burst mode has its drawbacks!).

This was the first time I used the Bigma (Sigma 50-500) and my 40d at an airshow and experimented with different settings to see what worked best.

The Blue Peter team

I love this shot

Traumahawk

December 26, 2007 at 6:39 pm in reply to: What Flight School did you attend? #433946

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Flying Schools

Which Flight School you went to?
Blackbushe Aviation (RedAir)

What are your experiance with them?
Very good organisation, fun instructors who know their stuff.

What was your time span with them(How long it took you for graduation)?
Took about a year and a half to get my NPPL back in June 2006.

Did you get regular flying Weather conditions
I suppose 75 per cent of lessons went ahead, the others cancelled due to Wx, tech, etc.

Instructors
I had a regular instructor, then had around 3 different ones for mock tests towards the end.

Planes condition
I flew a PA38 Tomahawk which got broken (prop strike on landing) halfway through training (not by me), so they got another PA38 from Redhill. I now fly PA28 Archers which are a little more comples but more fun, and take more pax !

…and anything you would like to add
Learning to fly was an incredible challenge for me, but gaining my licence was the best day of my life. Its an incredible feeling to get in a plane and fly away.

Traumahawk

http://www.flickr.com/photos/traumahawk/

October 20, 2007 at 11:30 pm in reply to: Dunsfold Wings n' Wheels 2007 #521508

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Nice set of shots there 😎 Just wondering can you land at Dunsfold any time during the day or only for airshows?

James

You can only land there if you have business at the business park, so its not like some other airports where you can just pop in for a cup of tea without even ringing first for permission.

For the airshow I e-mailed the address on their website asking for a slot. They normally only allow old or interesting aircraft a slot, so i was very fortunate to be allowed to go there…makes for an interesting entry in my logbook !

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