yep long exposures !!

as moggy mentioned a tripod is favourable although not always necessary

bean bags and roadside furniture and walls can suffice as long as the camera stays firm with no movement

to avoid even more shake if you do not posses a remote shutter release use the self timer function

as that locks up the mirror on slr’s before firing the shutter thus elliminating mirror blur also you can let go of the camera and eliminate human movement as well

the best time to shoot is during ” the blue hour ” IE the hour before sunrise and the hour after this gives the most stunning blue and purple skies whilst being dark enough for time exposures

for extra creativity i also use flash on foreground objects

there is lots of creative possibilities in time exposure and some phenomenal results when you get it right !!

and could the k’s possibly be r’s in arrivals ??

nice , i didn’t remmember the lexus liveried one i only remmembered the pitts pair

according to this it was 70 and an RAF show although as you say it could tie in with the 25 yrs thing !!

http://www.mediastorehouse.com/pictures_1624799/peeping-into-a-jet-engine.html

.Thanks for 1990 photos tornado man and do you remember the vulcan setting all the car alarms off going nearly vertical that day!!!?it was a laugh seeing everybody running off to sort them out.:)As Aretha said “Oh happy days”.:rolleyes::) Doesn’t that mustang just about say it all as to how the shows went.

do i ever remember all the car alarms going off ( all apart from mine i secretly hoped someone would nick it !! )

it wasn’t so much the car alarms going of so much as my ear hairs tickling as they vibrated happily

i’m sure HandS would throw an eppy nowadays !!

as you say happy days !!!
i have some more from barton and woodford when i get arround to scanning some

My most favourite Barton day was the “Auster Fly-in”. circa 1974?? Anybody else remember it? I took dozens of photo’s, but Lord knows where they are now.
There was also an Anniversary fly in around the same time, 50th of the Lancashire Aero CLub I seem to recall.

i would have only been ten then !!

although around that time i have memmories of being taken there although the only aircraft i remember was the yak i think the story went ” it was captured and the russians denied it existed

another memmory of around those years ( early seventies ) was either a millitary tattoo or a small air display over a local large park ( heaton park ) where the main attraction was an english electric lightning !!

Yep we must have crossed paths that Friday or Saturday the show was on.Was that overpass in the background the M62 then as its now part of the M60 ringroad?.

it was a saturday or sunday !! i’d say sunday more likeley but friday deffinately not

you are correct about the bridge an unusual fact is that barton bridge contains the oldest and first laid of britains motorway foundations

as the foundations for the bridge were laid before building the motorway network commenced !!