Most of the fleet of Jags are sitting rotting away at Benwaters . Same fate as a lot of the sea Harriers and Tornadoes.

seems today they go to the highest bidder for a fate of just rotting away or scrap. as in the past museums and collectors are allways and have been outbid by the scrap man .

Will be the same fate for the airframes at Cosford once they become surplus to requirement. the scrap man or other will snap the lot up for scrap or just to sit and rot away in a field.

Very nice weather for the Landing back at Bruntingthorpes this afternoon.
picture of 558 chucking her dirty washing out the back:)

I am destined never to see this aeroplane ( if it exists)

The ‘no shows’ started in May with Abingdon Fayre. The probability of a display act scrubbing is a direct function of the number of engines- think Vulcan!

Good chance of seeing her at Baginton Coventry this friday.
2nd chance will be on the 18th of this month also at Coventry.

Brought a framed Taylor print the other sunday at a local carboot.
paid a few £s for it , not bad as the print is large and frame.

Harrier by Robert Taylor is the print.
depicts 2 sea harrires in flight.

Also worth checking what picture styles you have set in your camera.
i find that standard or portrait produce soft flat images that need tweaking in photo shop.

I like the landscape picture style set from the custom menu offer good straight out the camera images .

if you shoot a RAW image you can view that image on your PC and select each of the picture style . this with give you some idea of the difference each one can make to your image.

Yes, at those shutter speeds of 1/800th, you really do not need to use OS.

try shooting flying shots like the example pic you posted without the OS on.

Common problem is that many do not give the OS system time to start up and settle and do its job.

the other problem with this lens would be the Auto focus speed . the hardest thing for the AF is when the subject is heading towards you at speed, as the distance from the subject is changeing all the time and at speed.
you have to ask yourself can the AF keep up with ther ever changeing distance and speed of the subject and the shutter speed high enough to freeze it at that precise moment.

Also cropping the image to much can have effects like this when the image is cropped and saved at the wrong aspect ratio.

Used to be a couple of blister type hangar buildings just of Mercer avenue.

Lots of old units around Coventry thou. with all those old cycle works from the past etc,

The old Dawes cylce works still survive in some form in the Barras heath area.

as for your question on the old Hangars could be worth google earth around Mercer avenue area.

good luck with the search .