Arriving at Bruntingthorpe front gate with about a million other guys at 2PM.
Depressing, overcast day, grey skies and an none to exciting photo session to start with. I could have gone home at this point but I stayed on for the night-fall, when things got a lot better.
The highlight was hearing two Buccs run up their engines - YES!
A good job that I keep a set of lug-plugs in my camera bag because these babies were loud.
Left at chucking out time at the back of eight for a hotel half an hour up the road.
I had to laugh at some guys leaving early because they had a two hour drive ahead of them!
On the road at 7AM, Solway Museum wasn't open and home by the back of two... very tired but happy.
I hope that you don't mind this post being a wee bit picture heavy...
XX894 Buccaneer
XX894 Buccaneer, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr
XX894 Buccaneer, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrA nice dirty reek coming out of the turbine by-pass valve
XX894 Buccaneer, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrEveryone else has done wing fold piccies , so why should I be different? A b1tch to mask with the grey sky and too sharp outlines, not my best work.
XX894 Buccaneer, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrI love high contrast monochromes so there are a few in this set.
XX894 Buccaneer, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr
XX894 Buccaneer, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrPart of a personal project - Ghosts in the Machine
XX894 Buccaneer, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrXX889 Buccaneer. What's the pod underneath for? Target designator??
XX889 Buccaneer, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr
XX889 Buccaneer, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrXW554 Buccaneer.
XW554 Buccaneer, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr... and for my next trick boys and girls....
My survival instinct kicked in here, maybe it wasn't such a good idea to be standing in front of a Bucc at high engine trust.
XW544 Buccaneer, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrGhosts in the machine
XW544 Buccaneer, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrBuccaneer with added reek
XW544 Buccaneer, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrXV226 Nimrod. I stole away during the proceedings to photograph the Nimrod and the Comet.
XV226 Nimrod , Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrXS236 Comet
XS235 Comet , Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrXL565 Hunter
A staged QRA scramble, with so many figures it was murder to mask this lot up.
XL565 Hunter, Bruntingthorpe scramble by Wallace Shackleton, on Flickr
XL565 Hunter, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrLooking absolutely gorgeous
XL565 Hunter, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrNocturnal Hunter
XL565 Hunter, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrWT333 Canberra
A brief bit of colour towards sunset
WT333 Canberra, Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrBlades
WT333 Canberra , Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrMe doing doughnuts? Not me mister.
WT333 Canberra , Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrSupply your own caption. The enactors as usual done a great job, thanks lads.
Enactors , Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrAre you sure this is the latest version of Canberras for Dummies Smithers?
WT333 Canberra , Bruntingthorpe by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrOne thing that I have learned is to look behind for photo opportunities.
Canberra and Ford GT Reworked from an earlier picture.
Canberra and Ford GT sports car by Wallace Shackleton, on FlickrThese and some others that I'll post later, can be seen full size on my Flickr Bruntingthorpe page https://www.flickr.com/photos/wwshack/
