I had a good day on Monday at Southend, but the end of the pier is not the right place to be for stills, unfortunately.

Even so, I’ve managed to get some Catalina shots that, with a bit of work, don’t look tooooooooo bad: ( I reserve the right to pull them off if they’ve come out really bad)
:p

I’ve got a vague recollection that single engined piston aircraft are banned from flying over London

So are aerobatics, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen – I’ve seen a helicopter doing a stall turn (chandelle?) over the west end before now! Maybe s/he got away with it by calling it some other kind of turn. Or else nobody else recognised it for what it was.

A great idea – for next season, I would think though. There’s probably more than enough to fill the mags this year, and it will be a lot of work. Actually, it sounds as if there’s enough there (given the number of pilots) to do a regular series covering many years worth of magazines.

But isn’t there a similar thing anyway? – I’m thinking of those flying visits in another regular tome.

Yes there was – something about a Mustang AIR.

Always bother Robbo – you just never know what you might get. Unique events and unusual situations of all kinds happen whatever the lighting conditions. And sometimes that’s more important, more fun, and more interesting than the picture quality.

Could have done with that to dispose of the spam cans parked in front of the crowdline at Kemble Delta Jets Open Day last year!!!