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Saturday 16 August 2014

Eastbourne "Airbourne" air show Saturday

A sunny day with huge crowds enjoying what is always a splendid event annually. The highlight probably being the last two Lancaster bombers still flying, more on that subject Here from my friend Shrimpton and Perfect`s blog with a Spitfire and Hurricane making up a memorial flight. The Typhoon is always impressive especially on after-burners and is very very noisy. The Red Arrows made a welcome comeback (they were missing last year due to being in Russia on a goodwill visit) and put on the usual fantastic display. All pictures were taken from our beach chalet a good vantage point.



Gull number one get back in formation



The memorial flight plus the Canadian Lancaster
I believe the caption reads "The last one"








Thanks for being on standby guys

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10 comments:

  1. Mark Willis16 August 2014 at 23:22

    I particularly like the one of the seagull flying in formation with the Red Arrows! we had all this stuff recently too - our house is within about 3 seconds' flying time from Farnborough...

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  2. Sue Garrett17 August 2014 at 01:53

    That's as difficult as taking birds in flight and the images are so sharp and clear. Were they taken further out and cropped. Can't help wondering what the gull was thinking..

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    1. David Ford17 August 2014 at 02:00

      They have been cropped a little Sue, but my 300mm lens did the rest

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  3. David Ford17 August 2014 at 01:54

    I went to my first ever air show at Farnborough many years ago and guess who were the headline act? The Red Arrows

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  4. Poppypatchwork17 August 2014 at 02:22

    Beautiful photo's, thanks for sharing them.

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  5. Shrimpton and Perfect17 August 2014 at 02:50

    Tremendous pics, unbelievable detail. Have you thought about submitting them to the show organisers, they are so good they could use them for next years programme. Thanks for the link to my post btw.

    Jean x



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    1. David Ford17 August 2014 at 03:01

      I may send one or two to the local paper and the show organisers Jean

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  6. Unknown4 September 2014 at 22:25

    My DH used to work on the Typhoon until he retired last year. I won't mention the Red arrows as he says they're the spoilt children of the RAF lol

    Fab pictures

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  7. David Ford5 September 2014 at 10:58

    I think he`s right to some extent Julle

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