Evening Flying at Duxford

 Here a miscellany of shots from an Evening Flying show at Duxford which featured a pyrotechnics display by two motorised gliders. Some of the shots were taken by Phil on my camera as he didn't get his gear organised before leaving for work in the morning (used faster shutterspeed 1/640th for gliders) while I used a slow shutterspeed (up to 1.6secs) to accentuate the trails and shapes. The moon wasn't quite full but still impressive.

Herald Out, BAE146 In

A visit to Duxford Air museum yesterday to preview a new exhibition inside the museum, but also took the opportunity to look at their newest airliner acquisition, the BAE 146. Unfortunately to display this on the Herald has been sold to another Museum and is in the process of being dismantled. Hope the reassembly instructions are better than the usual flat pack ones. For the interior shots I used a wide angle lens add-on with Fuji X100V  at F2, which gives distortion round the edges of the frame

Fish-Eye Fun at Duxford

A few symmetrical shots from Duxford in the morning on Saturday before the crowds arrived. The first one has had a bit of Photoshop help but others as taken in American and Air Space Hangars. Plenty of scope for a return visit.

Duxford 1940's Air Show

I took advantage of a compliementary ticket to the Battle of Britain airshow yesterday and spent some time photographing the various groups that enjoy reliving the period including the First World War Flying Corps and the Home Guard from the 1940s. The show commenced with a display of Hhurricanes