Having done this event twice, I very much doubt if I will repeat it as in the end it was the same shots of the same aircraft and enactors in the dark.
Thanks to Neil, the T-BAG and the VC10 crews for making it a special day.
ZD241 VC10, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrI could not resist this one - the VC10 was fitted with an engine management unit from a VW
ZD241 VC10, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrIn all the years that I have been around aircraft I had, until Saturday never seen a Coffman Starter in action.
Hunter Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrOnly the dedicated or the plain stupid were out in the dreich weather... like me!
TLE Photographers, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrMr. Blackburn's patented runway drying device in action - Wow!
XW544 Buccaneer, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrOne of a triptych
Brakes on
XW544 Buccaneer Brakes on, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrChocks in
XW544 Buccaneer Chocks in, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrBrakes off
XW544 Buccaneer Brakes off, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrI shamelessly followed another photographer, although the addition of a TLE Photographer seems to work better
ZD241 VC10, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrThree Buccs at the end of a long runway
XZ894 Buccaneer, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrPink Bucc by moonlight, well almost
XX889 Buccaneer, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrHunter's Moon?
XL565 Hunter, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrA crashed piggy and before anyone comments. I first asked two of the "grown ups" for permission and did not venture beyond the no entry signs
G-BVKB Boeing 737, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrVC10
ZD241 VC10, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrLit without any direct lights
XX894 Buccaneer, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrI thoroughly enjoyed this shoot, thanks once again everyone.
