Shuttleworth Evening display June 17 2017

[John R]

 

 

Bristol M1

 

 

 

Lysander

 

 

Avro Tutor

 

 

Hawker Tomtit

 

 

ANEC 2

 

 

Aeronca C3

 

 

After letting visiting a/c depart and whilst waiting for the Edwardians the North American T-6 displayed in the last of the sunshine

 

 

By the time the Edwardians flew it was getting dark - needing increasing help from Photoshop as the evening went on

 

Bristol Boxkite

 

 

Avro Triplane

 

 

 

And by the time the Deperdussin flew, around 9.45pm, it was really dark - Lens wide open, 1/60 sec and ASA 1600

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jinxman]

Lovely set of shots, and the light on the T-6 is wonderful. A little bit jealous as I have never seen the Edwardians display in all the times I have been to Old Warden..

[John R]

Regarding the T-6, I was lurking opposite the mid point of the runway waiting for the Edwardians when the T-6 came out. It went past me at the end of its topside pass, sufficiently close to make tracking very difficult, but I managed to spin round and get off a couple of shots. Amazingly they were quite sharp, better than many where I had all the time in world!

Evenings can be a bit frustrating as there is often low cloud on the horizon which hides the sun and sometimes the lovely evening light has gone by the time it calm enough to fly them. I think that this event was the first this year where the weather was suitable for them. Just to make you more jealous my favourite photo of the Blackburn was taken on my first ever visit.