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David Jenkins

posted on 13/9/12 at 07:34 PM Reply With Quote
Well, that was a bonus!

My wife and I decided to take a walk along Shotley marina yesterday (it's in the same estuary as Harwich and Felixstowe).

It was a bit cloudy, but we could hear a fairly loud propeller aircraft somewhere overhead. We kept looking, and all of a sudden a war-plane appeared at around 1000ft. Couldn't work out what it was until it did a wide turn - then we could see that it was a Spitfire!

It came down to around 500ft and proceeded to do a display over the Felixstowe area - loops, spins, low passes - for a good 5 minutes. Although it was a fair distance away it was still an impressive sight. The final pass along the shore line at approximately 200ft was really impressive.

Nothing like a free show to cheer you up!






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daniel mason

posted on 13/9/12 at 07:43 PM Reply With Quote
i watched red arrows at morecambe last week. awesome!






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rusty nuts

posted on 13/9/12 at 07:45 PM Reply With Quote
Even more impressive than a Spitfire was the Vulcan that was flying over Duxford on Saturday
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Wheels244

posted on 13/9/12 at 07:55 PM Reply With Quote
Spitfires = awesome

They give me goosebumps when I hear them live.
They make me fiercely proud to be British.

[Edited on 13/9/12 by Wheels244]

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ashg

posted on 13/9/12 at 08:39 PM Reply With Quote
i was at duxford on sat was a really good show this year and fantastic weather too

couple of my picts









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Daddylonglegs

posted on 13/9/12 at 08:50 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Wheels244
Spitfires = awesome

They give me goosebumps when I hear them live.
They make me fiercely proud to be British.

[Edited on 13/9/12 by Wheels244]


Ditto!





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scudderfish

posted on 13/9/12 at 08:54 PM Reply With Quote
Meh! Overrated hangar queen. Give me a Hurricane any day
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ashg

posted on 13/9/12 at 09:36 PM Reply With Quote
here you go then as you lot seem interested.

































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chillis

posted on 13/9/12 at 09:54 PM Reply With Quote
few years ago around midday one weekday a spit was practising just about over my house, couldn't believe how noisy it was. Was on the nightshift at the time so woke up suddenly none too impressed.
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Wheels244

posted on 13/9/12 at 09:57 PM Reply With Quote
Great pictures
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Proby

posted on 13/9/12 at 10:23 PM Reply With Quote
Great shots there Ash, very impressed. What did you shoot them with?

[Edited on 13/9/12 by Proby due to either fat fingers or home brew]

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se7en

posted on 13/9/12 at 10:24 PM Reply With Quote
Some VERY nice pictures.

The Red Arrows scared my grandkids last week on their way back from Derry Airshow. They flew so low the house shook as they passed by.

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ashg

posted on 14/9/12 at 05:41 AM Reply With Quote
Took the photos with my canon SLR with a 70-200L series lens.





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rf900rush

posted on 14/9/12 at 06:16 AM Reply With Quote
Wet to Wings and wheels at Dunsfold a few weeks back.

Great day out.
Red Arrows, Spitfire, Vulcan , Tornado's and more

My youngest have a personal tour of a Hawk.


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kipper

posted on 14/9/12 at 07:29 AM Reply With Quote
I get that sort of thing every day here at work. The real aeroplane company is based on the old Breighton airfield which the company I work for owns.
German tri-planes, mustangs, Yaks, and allsorts of lovely old kites.
Friday afternoons in summer means a good display when the guys are practising for the weekend shows.
The museum is well worth a look.
They also have wings and wheels weekends twice a year.
Denis.





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mcerd1

posted on 14/9/12 at 08:10 AM Reply With Quote
ok its not free, but I should see most of those (and some extra's) tomorrow

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scudderfish

posted on 14/9/12 at 08:40 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by chillis
few years ago around midday one weekday a spit was practising just about over my house, couldn't believe how noisy it was. Was on the nightshift at the time so woke up suddenly none too impressed.


I grew up in Chester and every Summer the DH Mosquito that was based at the British Aerospace site near by used to tool around in the sky over my house at a few hundred feet a few times a year. Now that was a lovely noise... It was a sad day when it crashed.

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jeffw

posted on 14/9/12 at 08:54 AM Reply With Quote
I used to live in Lee-on-Solent and we had the Sea Fury from HMS Daedalus over head often. Great noise. They had a Phantom F4K squadron based there when I was younger as well.....






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Humbug

posted on 14/9/12 at 10:46 AM Reply With Quote
Hopefully should see a few of that type of thing tomorrow at Goodwood
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scudderfish

posted on 14/9/12 at 12:02 PM Reply With Quote

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ditchlewis

posted on 14/9/12 at 01:24 PM Reply With Quote
david

have you not noticed the P51 that practises over us? it live raydon way and he plays around quite a bit?

ditch

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richard thomas

posted on 14/9/12 at 05:00 PM Reply With Quote
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Highly impressive, and incredibly irresponsible!!!!

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David Jenkins

posted on 14/9/12 at 05:45 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by ditchlewis
david

have you not noticed the P51 that practises over us? it live raydon way and he plays around quite a bit?

ditch


yes! And every year a pair of them zoom around as well.






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Proby

posted on 15/9/12 at 08:29 AM Reply With Quote
That ilopango video is awesome !





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rusty nuts

posted on 16/9/12 at 01:23 AM Reply With Quote
Thats nothing, I was in Belguim a few years ago around 1987 at a parachute boogie in place called MorselyIIRC We had a Hercules do flypast at the end of the event lower than that followed by a DH Caribou that was 6 ft (six feet) off the ground . Most of the jumpers I was withh ended up flat on the floor
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