A Whirlwind Romance (Air-2-Air)

[sully]

I recently had the immense privilege of being able to fly along side Whirlwind XJ729, a big thank you to all the crew for a fantastic day.

DSC_0354 by Ross Sullivan, on Flickr

DSC_0376 by Ross Sullivan, on Flickr

DSC_0377 by Ross Sullivan, on Flickr

DSC_0420 by Ross Sullivan, on Flickr

DSC_0431 by Ross Sullivan, on Flickr

DSC_0436 by Ross Sullivan, on Flickr

DSC_0446 by Ross Sullivan, on Flickr

DSC_0450 by Ross Sullivan, on Flickr

DSC_0470 by Ross Sullivan, on Flickr

DSC_0474 by Ross Sullivan, on Flickr

All comments are welcome.

Sully

[lardyboy999]

Ah, that takes me back to my childhood, watching the Chivenor cabs heading to Dartmoor over my house.

Happy days.

Excellent set, you lucky

Cheers.

Andy

[Rotörhead]

Stunning, absolutely fantastic set!

[sully]

Thank you for the comments, it was lucky that the sun decided to play ball after being grey and overcast for majority of day.

[Supra]

Good Job! Great to see this example flying in the UK.
What was your photo-ship? The 'Whirlwind' would probably be prosecuted under the Trade Description Act these days, as speed-wise it only tends to hover while the Earth rotates below it!

[paddyboy]

Takes me right back to Colt in the 60's

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[sully]

The photoship was a Jetranger. I do wonder whether the Whirlwind repels the Earth or is it the other way round!

[Uuoret]

Really great pictures - wonderful actually!

I've posted some of XJ729 when she was in Scotland in 1970 - nothing like your quality, but I was only 12!!

[3Greens]

Absolutely brilliant - takes me back to the Leconfield flight. They always managed to do their rescue display at the local company galas in the Grimsby

Excellent shots, thanks for posting,

3Greens