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This was an invitation that I rudely refused today. No flying buddies and no time. Not to mention no balls.
These grainy shots are not the best ever Reds shots, however!! They are a tribute to undoubtedly the best Aerobatic Display Team. The Reds performed at Belfast City on 4 October 2008 in a cloudbase around 1500feet in pouring rain. No one expected a display everyone was once again thrilled at the skill on display. Their guiding motto is ‘Eclat’ which means brilliance, and they proved that again.
testing my new camera Nikon d50 +200mm lens.
Easy Jet close to cloudbase on a very dull Thursday evening,
B&Q car park, Luton Airport. Using B&W and enhancement
A victim of wet horrible weather with a very low cloudbase, Belgium's F16A gave us a taxi along the runway which at least allowed us to see the airframe and demonstrate photographically just how dreadful the conditions had got!
At first this proved elusive and we were scratching above the trees, but after a while Irwyn found something more consistent, which finally developed into a nice strong thermal which had the vario singing merrily all the way back up to cloudbase (our max. vario +10m/s!). Once again we got chilled under a dark cloud, which started throwing little ice crystals at us, pinging off our helmets and stinging our faces. As we entered the cloud Irwyn pushed forward towards its front edge, keeping the sun in sight and heading west towards Annecy and our next target of Semnoz – a long glide away. (This pic: Looking south over Mt. Veyrier, 1291m. and Lake Annecy as we climbed back up to base)