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Green Flag Coningsby 3/9/13 - Pic Heavy

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Sylvester
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Green Flag Coningsby 3/9/13 - Pic Heavy

Post by Sylvester » Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:15 pm

After a stupidly early start I arrived at Coningsby just after 07:00 to find a number of even more enthusiastic togs already in place.
By 10am the early morning mist had burn off and it was looking like we were in for a better morning than the weather forecast gnome has predicted and the fence line was heaving with folks eagerly anticipating the mornings traffic. Unfortunately the skies clagged up after lunch reducing much of the afternoons opportunities from the mound to silhouette city.

Plenty of good activity during the morning though, for the familiarisation flights, just a pity that the local boys pulled onto the piano keys ahead of the Saudis, obscuring the best angles with jelly.
Anyway here’s a few (ok more than a few) from the day

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24. Finally the worst composed shot of the day, but at least the Tiffy was sharp
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Thanks for looking

John W
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Re: Green Flag Coningsby 3/9/13 - Pic Heavy

Post by John W » Thu Sep 05, 2013 6:25 pm

Liked a lot.

John

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Re: Green Flag Coningsby 3/9/13 - Pic Heavy

Post by Hunter49 » Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:34 pm

Great shots , did you get into the wacky races when they changed ends 3 times , great day and company, good attendance for the deployment . ROB

Sylvester
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Re: Green Flag Coningsby 3/9/13 - Pic Heavy

Post by Sylvester » Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:25 pm

Hunter49 wrote:Great shots , did you get into the wacky races when they changed ends 3 times , great day and company, good attendance for the deployment . ROB
Rob, thanks for the kind feedback, they did not change ends on Tuesday, or at least not while I was there which was until about 15:30

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Re: Green Flag Coningsby 3/9/13 - Pic Heavy

Post by Sylvester » Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:51 am

marshallbrownranger wrote:did you notice you accidentally got the lights in on the last one? shame - it ruined it, nice set otherwise. Some really nice aircraft at Coningsby at the moment, the only problem, of course is all of the halfwits that it attracts and the endless utter drivel that you hear being spouted at the fence, it really spoils it.
Hi marshallbrownranger, Yes I had noticed that I had left the lights in on the last shot, it was meant to be a tongue in cheek shot, hence the caption of the "worst composed shot of the day" to conclude the post and was the shot immediately before #14

Agree some it's nice to see some variety and something a bit different for a change, will have to try and make another trip before they depart

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Re: Green Flag Coningsby 3/9/13 - Pic Heavy

Post by blakey » Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:10 pm

So thats what they look like with Sun on them, clouded over while i was there :unsure:

Very nice :thumb:
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Re: Green Flag Coningsby 3/9/13 - Pic Heavy

Post by Sylvester » Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:39 am

blakey wrote:So thats what they look like with Sun on them, clouded over while i was there :unsure:

Very nice :thumb:
Blakey, I just got lucky with the morning sun, have plenty of shots in heavy cloud from the afternoon

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