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Vulcan XH558 Air to Air - October 2015

Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 12:20 pm
by Ben Montgomery
Back in October last year I had the chance to join the Aviation PhotoCrew for one of the last air to air sorties with XH558. We flew out of Duxford, met the Vulcan after it's final airshow display at Shuttleworth and then dragged in back past Newmarket and Cambridge.

Less talking, more pictures for this one I think - they're larger on the Flickr page if you want to see that.

I'm not going to forget this for a long time!

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Avro Vulcan B.2 XH558 - Vulcan To The Sky by Ben Montgomery, on Flickr

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Avro Vulcan B.2 XH558 - Vulcan To The Sky by Ben Montgomery, on Flickr

Hope you enjoyed!

Ben

Re: Vulcan XH558 Air to Air - October 2015

Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 1:00 pm
by Green133
Brilliant shots and an experience of a lifetime.

Green 133

Re: Vulcan XH558 Air to Air - October 2015

Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 1:02 pm
by paddyboy
Hi Ben :P

Only three words ;)

1). WOW :Wow:
2). WOW :Wow:
3). WOW :Wow:

'Nuff said ;)

Simply awesome :thumbs:

Thanks :thumb:

Paddyboy :clap:

Re: Vulcan XH558 Air to Air - October 2015

Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 1:50 pm
by Ratrace
Excellent !!!!

Re: Vulcan XH558 Air to Air - October 2015

Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 5:18 pm
by markranger
Well what can you say apart from ,Amazing.

Re: Vulcan XH558 Air to Air - October 2015

Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 8:46 pm
by lardyboy999
Stunning.

You lucky, lucky..........

Monochrome shots are gorgeous, and bearing in mind it was the last flight, poignant.

Re: Vulcan XH558 Air to Air - October 2015

Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 8:55 pm
by jem60
WOwwwwwwww. Having the right contacts is very important at times!!!! Like this one!!!!!!!. Regards, John.

Re: Vulcan XH558 Air to Air - October 2015

Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 7:25 am
by Kads
Simply awesome. If I had to pick it would be 2 and 5. Fantastic :Wow: :Wow: :Wow:

Re: Vulcan XH558 Air to Air - October 2015

Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 8:48 am
by JONLITE06
Fantastic Ben!! :thumb: :thumb:

Re: Vulcan XH558 Air to Air - October 2015

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 8:47 am
by Sparts99
#10 for me

Re: Vulcan XH558 Air to Air - October 2015

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 4:55 pm
by Lowfly11
Excellent collection of shots Ben..XH558 has been getting some fresh air this last few weeks doing engine runs for visitors sounds lovely from the front garden...some shots on http://www.dsaf.co.uk credits to them.Regards Tim :thumb:

Re: Vulcan XH558 Air to Air - October 2015

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 6:23 pm
by Yunglee
I'm speechless, they are outstanding.

If people want to know how to take better photographs then you need to look at more photographs and learn from others. If anyone wants to know what great air to air images look like they need to look at these :clap: :clap: :clap:

Out of these the two black and whites are the stand out images for me.

Thanks for sharing, making me feel VERY humble and giving me loads of inspiration :thumbs:

Re: Vulcan XH558 Air to Air - October 2015

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 6:47 pm
by nick197
Superb! :thumb:

Re: Vulcan XH558 Air to Air - October 2015

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 11:12 am
by Stu
Superb post :thumb: