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WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:22 am
by migf4
Hi gents,

Wednesday I have been to Manching again, to visit some friends within the WTD 61.
And my main focus was to capture the mighty Phantom in snowy conditions, and we were succesfull - snow and blue a sky was what we found in Manching that day.

It was once again a very enjoyable day, and even a chilly day spent on the flightline and near the Runway in Manching with all aircrews.

I have never been in Manching with snow and it was a great atmosphere, to see the base covered with so much snow. Because u never know when you will ever see so much snow again there.
.....but we got sun and plenty of mighty Phantom action - what do u need more?!
Luckily the weather was on our side again, and we had awesome conditions during the day. A big "Thank You" must go to everyone involved in Manching that worked hard to make this shooting happen. Everyone did an extraordinary job on that day.....

All the hard work has paid off, and the results are these great images.
Especially Manching is a great place with so many different a/c flying around there...so we could see for example German Navy P-3 , testbeds like F-4 , Eurofighter and Bell UH-1D and many, many other unique a/c and helicopter....and with a nice photo-spot on the Tower up in 300ft, we could get impressive fly-by shots.
So my decision was good...driving down up to Manching in the morning and returning home afterwards, so we spent 8 hrs driving back and for and almost 1200 km - but it was more as worth, and as result we could shoot plenty of mighty Phantoms under a blue sky!

Ok enough of my blabla, and the impressions will tell the rest of the story, as always......
More will follow.......as a day later I was in Wittmund:-).

As always c & c are more as welcome, and thanks for watching

Cheers,
Mick

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Welcome to ETSI

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#2

When I travel to see the Phantom, I have always my Spooky with me - a real poser as u see

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#3

My focus - FLIGHT TEST Phantoms

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IPA 3, who flew a sortie together with 38+13......

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Start-up procdures in progress....

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IPA 3 crew prior start-up....

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38+13 dep in style, note the Soviet-built jamming pod om the left pylon

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I will miss the J-79 sound in a couple of months....

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Up we go....#2 following

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Here comes player #2.....

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IPA 3 airborne.....

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In the meantime it was time to move from the Runway to another spot in 300ft....

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First "stopper" at the Tower was this Dixie crew - thanks for the opportunity

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A pitty I cannot add the "FLAPP,FLAPP" sound here, when they Huey was posing in front of me...

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Then my highlights of the day....Generations side-by-side, with a great top-side view!

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Solo-Fly by of the mighty Phantom...after two formation fly-bys! Hell yeah that was awesome......

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IPA 3.... what a great view! Looks as he flew a-air side-by-side....

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Could it be any better, to shoot a Phantom like that.....

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4th Checkflight prior delivery to the GAF .... 31+00 with a nice burner

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31+00 with full reheat....

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Nice fly-by around the Tower....

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Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:34 am
by SW Sky Blue
14 and 15 are great :thumb: :thumb:

Kev

Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:34 am
by Maurits37
Great set Mick!

Was there once at Manching... Nice place to shoot some Luftwaffe specials.... :cool:

Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:41 am
by michael1970
Absolutely cracking set mate

Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:44 am
by Ben Montgomery
The F-4/Typhoon pair is just sublime! :)

Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:09 am
by Flyingmonster
Stunning! Absolutely Stunning!

Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 12:48 pm
by np1991
Just stunning :Wow: :thumb:
The F4F/Typhoon flyby is a gem :thumbs:

Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:00 pm
by podge
Awesome set :thumbs:
Thanks for sharing :thumb:

Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:28 pm
by IanOlder
Cracking set Mick, 15 & 16 stand out for me. :thumb:

Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:58 pm
by Nick Thompson
Fantastic set, awesome light on all of them :thumb:

Particularly like the F-4 and Eurofighter pairs topside flyby :thumbs:

Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:38 pm
by venom
words faile me how good these pics are top marks

Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:17 pm
by migf4
Hi again....

thanks for all your comments :clap: :clap: , and indeed this was a great day in Manching!
So here are, off course, a few more shots...and "phor" sure even more Phantoms too :thumbs:

Cheers
Mick

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Phantoms Phorever...especially with such a nice snow covered field

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Modified Transall taxiing to the active...

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Break left.....

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AWACS with a couple of fire rigs...

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A bright belly....

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Another Huey shot....

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Second formation fly-by..this time a bit closer

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Checkflight in progress....

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Huey comes a bit closer...what an amazing sound

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Welcome to ETSI

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Second pass..this time luckily a few clouds

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It could be not any better...it looks as I flew in formation, but they only passed my photo-position really well....

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IPA 3 feel the need for speed....

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Single pass....

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Arty farty shot with some Bavarian landscape.....

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Last pass around the Tower...its not the best one, but I do like the angle on that one...

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Phantoms Phorever.....

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Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:44 pm
by Dazza37
Top quality as usual Mick! :thumb:

-Dazza

Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 5:43 am
by paddyboy
Absolutely stunning set there :Wow:

Each one a belter :thumbs:

Thanks for sharing

Cheers

Paddyboy :clap:

Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:59 pm
by Velvet Glove
Great set, .. and angles. Like the F4 & Typhy comparison shots. Post well-appreciated!

Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:09 pm
by Ross Forsyth
Those Phantom and Eurofighter formation shots are superb Mick!

Again some super shots from that excellent Tower location.

Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:24 pm
by phantommadman
From a utterly stunning set,15/18/33 and 38 are......................well,it's aviation pornography!!!!!

Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:35 am
by The Phantom
Phantastic set :Wow: :thumbs:
#15 - what a cracker :clap:

Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 11:17 am
by Zymurgy661
those formation shots are just lovely :D

Re: WTD 61 - Manching Airbase ( ETSI ) 23.01.2012

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:18 am
by FuriousGM
All fantastic images, I just wish I had the time and cash to go see the Phantoms before they retire! As many have said before, number 15 is a Jaw-dropper :thumbs: