Surprise Cambridge Airshow *PIC HEAVY*

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Looked out of my Window to see the unmistakable shape of XH558 on Sunday so took a bimble down to the airport to discover Marshall's Aerospace were having a private employees only bash.

Sat on the perimeter fence with the trusty D90 and 70-300mm.

As I was on the fence, aircraft were flying directly overhead at about 20 feet - none of this not being able to fly over the crowd lark from where I was! Most notably the Lancaster!

In all honesty it put many other "official" air shows to shame!

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Some cracking photos mate. :)

Thanks for posting.
 
Wow Chris, they are excellent pics - looks like you enjoyed a really good display :thumb: We enjoyed viewing them, thank you for sharing :D
 
Superb pics Chris..
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I also saw some of the display from a few miles away as I was in the vicinity, looked fantastic
 
Wow... great pics Chris. Thanks for posting them!

My 2 all time favourite aircraft were there, and I've never seen them flying before - the Vampire and Vulcan. Mind you, I was confused why you said XH558 as I thougth that pic looked like the Vulcan - now I see that's the restored ones serial... doh, shows how much I know!
 
Sorry - yeah, thats its registration.

I'm lucky enough to have seen it fly at Farnborough, Dunsfold and now Marshall's :)

I don't think I've ever seen a vampire fly so that was good too - it turns quite tight, one thing I noticed!

Vulcan is always a good show - it makes an amazing noise.

>> here is a clip someone put on youtube from the Cambridge display on Sunday :)
 
Great pix Chris, love the Lancaster pix.

I saw the Vulcan fly on Sunday at Goodwood Revival meeting, quite incredible.

It seemed to be incredibly slow and extremely noisy.

Quite a spectacle.

Unfortunately didn't get any pix as I left camera with main mob whilst getting something to eat when the Vulcan flew.

But where I was munching pie & mash, the Vulcan flew directly ahead over us. Awesome.

Again - very good pix :)
 
Those shots of the Vampire and Meteor bring back memories. When I was a kid I lived very near an RAF station where those two were present in large numbers (shows my age :D ).

I got close to a Lancaster a few years back and was amazed how small it was. I guess we have got so used to Jumbo size planes.

Great pics. :thumb:
 
ah, memories ... worked on a few of them, buggers.

right place, right time ... great pics



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wow Postill those pictures are fantastic. Thank you very much.

It reminds me of my recent time in Bournemouth where they had a similar air show it was fantastic I really enjoyed my time there on the beach.
 
Cheers man :)

Yeah - love airshows. Shame its the end of the season :( I'll definitely be going to Farnborough next year though!
 
Great pics. Was going to post some pics from the Windermere show but I'm too embarassed to now.

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Supoib shots there man...especially the "Red Arrow" ones....What kind of software are you using at the moment? I'm looking at Elements at the mo and was wondering what you think?
 
I just use Picasa (by google) it's free and easy to use. I don't use anything posh!

Abarbarian - please post your pics!
 
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