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Spotter spotting
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Fairford before the deluge on Monday 11th Sept..waiting for that U2s
Spotters 3 FFD 11 9 17 copy by Paul Tursner-Upcott, on Flickr
Spotters 3 FFD 11 9 17 copy by Paul Tursner-Upcott, on Flickr
If you can keep your head whilst all around are losing theirs, you have probably completely misread the situation!!
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How times have changed!
I remember a photo in a monthly magazine of some spotters at a German Navy event back in the 80s or early 90s , could have been at Schleswig- jagel or was it Eggebeck?
It was basically a long line of spotters with various types of telescopes - some brass (Broadhurst) , some heutal reuz ??( can't remember spelling) or that ubiquitous thin black pole - that also I can't remember the name of.
I remember a photo in a monthly magazine of some spotters at a German Navy event back in the 80s or early 90s , could have been at Schleswig- jagel or was it Eggebeck?
It was basically a long line of spotters with various types of telescopes - some brass (Broadhurst) , some heutal reuz ??( can't remember spelling) or that ubiquitous thin black pole - that also I can't remember the name of.
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Slogen, I believe the thin black pole to which you refer may well have been the Hilkinson Pancratic. I still have one somewhere.
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Ah! Yes that's it.
I used a hertel & reuss 25-60 X 60 - still got it somewhere
I used a hertel & reuss 25-60 X 60 - still got it somewhere
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my buddy pictured me, back at cottesmore, memoriesss
in action[/url] by VirtualTwenthe
in action[/url] by VirtualTwenthe
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some photographers at Izmir back in 2011, what an event was that!!
[/url]spotters! by VirtualTwenthe, on Flickr
[/url]spotters! by VirtualTwenthe, on Flickr
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When you have the perfect partner , to share the shows with. Then there are the hard liners, that slip through the gates at Mildenhall, with a press pass
DSC05398555 by John Bilcliffe, on Flickr
DSC05368555 by John Bilcliffe, on Flickr
DSC05398555 by John Bilcliffe, on Flickr
DSC05368555 by John Bilcliffe, on Flickr
Oh the games people play now
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Lee Blake
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If you can keep your head whilst all around are losing theirs, you have probably completely misread the situation!!
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From Air Fete 1986 - does anybody know this chap?
F-4E Phantom - 74-1638 / SP 52nd TFW, Spangdahlem AB, Germany by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Cheers
Darren
F-4E Phantom - 74-1638 / SP 52nd TFW, Spangdahlem AB, Germany by Darren Currie, on Flickr
Cheers
Darren
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Another from Air Fete 1986 - Recognise anybody?
F-111F - 72-1448 / LN - 48th TFW, RAF Lakenheath - Recognise Anybody? by Darren Currie, on Flickr
F-111F - 72-1448 / LN - 48th TFW, RAF Lakenheath - Recognise Anybody? by Darren Currie, on Flickr
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All three of the guys walking through the picture, but not the two standing by the Ali camera case.
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Not going to 'name and shame' then Eagle Driver?eagle driver wrote:All three of the guys walking through the picture, but not the two standing by the Ali camera case.
Another one from 1986 - same show in front of the US Navy P-3
P-3C 161404 / LC - VP 8 US Navy by Darren Currie, on Flickr
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Stunning shot Lee, I knew it was low but not THAT low!!
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That is a fantastic shot, I bet everyone on the trailer was thinking "I wish I had a smaller lens"
Dave.
Dave.