Nice Richard, I was born and brought up within a few miles of RAF Kinloss, and the sounds of MERLIN engines. Avro Lancaster's, York's, Neptune's, Shackleton's and more. RAF Kinloss air show was a must each year.
One thing that I will never forget was in 1953. I was almost 6, and were standing overlooking the Cromarty Firth, awaiting the arrival of HM the Queen in RY Britannia. In she came at the head of the Home Fleet, the last of the great Battleships, AC Carriers and the works. How I wish I'd had a camera. I'm ex RAF, and served 7 of 12 years at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire. In 1980, we moved to a new quarter on the arrival of our second child. As it overlooked the dispersal area, it was quite usual to see the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight drop in when filming took place, or they were due at the International Air Tattoo at Newbury. I was often 'volunteered' for duty at the RAF Abingdon Show, where the Sea Fury performed. Also saw it twice at Weston Super Mud and the RAF Locking Show, the power dive and climb with the roll out at the top of the loop was incredible,. the vortex from the wingtips!!! Anyway, enough nostalgia. I hope I might make the Abbotsford Air show this year, I've missed three since arriving in Canada. James ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Coyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 9:01 PM Subject: RE: Supermarine, Sea Fury, Sea Venom > Nice pictures, Richard, and take me back to my youth on the south coast of > England, when all three were still in RAF service, and often to be seen live > and for real around where I lived! > > I can't be there myself, but if the Biggin Hill Air Show is still on and in > your time-frame, you will have a good chance of seeing the RAF commemorative > flight in action. A Spitfire, a Hurricane and a Lancaster, which fly in > formation and are still awesomely beautiful aircraft. Last time I was there, > they also had a Gloster Gladiator, which flies so slowly it seems you could > catch it on a bicycle, but was good enough to beat off the Italians over Malta > for weeks. > > Otherwise, Farnborough in September(?), when you still might see this > formation, and perhaps also live demonstrations by current aircraft, which tend > to be noisy but fun. > > I'll never forget the roar of a Handley-Page Victor (first crescent wing > bomber) taking off under full burn at Farnborough - rattled the windows (and > teeth) for miles around! > > Have fun.. > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > On Wednesday, February 20, 2002 2:03 PM, Richard Seaman > [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > folks, > > > > If these phrases mean anything to you then you're probably (1) British; > > (2) an aircraft enthusiast; (3) both. In any case, you might be interested > > to see these photos, which were all taken with an MZ-5 and a Tokina ATX > > 150mm - 500mm f5.6 manual focus lens: > > > > http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/Aircraft/index.html#SeaFury > > > > The year 2001 must have been British year at the Oshkosh airshow, where > > all of these were taken - there were three spitfires flying that day. The > > Sea Venom was excellent, and also for sale, I believe it was only $US70,000, > > which seems cheap compared to other planes like the Wildcat, which was > > $US950,000. > > > > Are any of the British list members airshow enthusiasts? I'm thinking > > of jumping the pond this summer and attending one of the big English shows, > > and it would be nice to touch base beforehand with someone to get some info. > > > > Richard. > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
