VIP Helicopter at Formula 1, UK. (A:2/2)
File: 2019001-0074
Previous 1936 x 1296 image replaced with full size 3872 x 2592 (slightly cropped) image.
2019 British Formula One Grand Prix, Silverstone Circuit, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, 14th July 2019.
Some hours before the start of the F1 race, I walked all the way around the circuit, attending food stalls, exhibits, funfairs, and souvenir stalls.
This is a helicopter landing area, at the south part of the circuit, approximately slightly on the east side. I like helicopters and I’ve seen them at air shows and museums. I’ve touched those that are on display, but that was the first time I’ve been close enough to feel the rotor downwash. I just reach for my camera, why not take photos, after all the best thing about digital cameras is that the bigger the memory card you have, the more photos you can take. In the old days of using film, you’re limited by how many rolls of film you have available.
Please note that I like helicopters, but I’m not an expert on helicopters. I can recognise the manufactures and mostly the models, but not the variants. All I know is that this is an AgustaWestland AW109, but I wouldn’t know which variant. According to the Internet, this helicopter register G-MUZZ is supposed to be AW109SP.
At that time of taking the photos, those helicopter are used as charter flights, ferrying rich customers to the circuit, to beat the traffic jams.
VIP Helicopter at Formula 1, UK. (A:2/2)
File: 2019001-0074
Previous 1936 x 1296 image replaced with full size 3872 x 2592 (slightly cropped) image.
2019 British Formula One Grand Prix, Silverstone Circuit, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, 14th July 2019.
Some hours before the start of the F1 race, I walked all the way around the circuit, attending food stalls, exhibits, funfairs, and souvenir stalls.
This is a helicopter landing area, at the south part of the circuit, approximately slightly on the east side. I like helicopters and I’ve seen them at air shows and museums. I’ve touched those that are on display, but that was the first time I’ve been close enough to feel the rotor downwash. I just reach for my camera, why not take photos, after all the best thing about digital cameras is that the bigger the memory card you have, the more photos you can take. In the old days of using film, you’re limited by how many rolls of film you have available.
Please note that I like helicopters, but I’m not an expert on helicopters. I can recognise the manufactures and mostly the models, but not the variants. All I know is that this is an AgustaWestland AW109, but I wouldn’t know which variant. According to the Internet, this helicopter register G-MUZZ is supposed to be AW109SP.
At that time of taking the photos, those helicopter are used as charter flights, ferrying rich customers to the circuit, to beat the traffic jams.