RIAT Sun

[vulcan2912]

Hi guys

Just got back from an excellent 2 days down at RIAT.Unfortunatly work meant that I could only do the Sun/Mon.This meant missing the blue skies(and SU30 ) on Sat.We were actually quite fortunate on the Sun-the weather forecast was for constant rain throughout the day but in the end we only had one short shower and a few spots of drizzle.The downside beeing that the dull bleak conditions on the day meant that getting good shots would be pretty tough.
I haven't had a good sort through the pictures yet(knowing me it will be a month until i get them all sorted) but heres a few random pics just to keep the post a bit current.Hopefully i'll manage to find some really good ones when I have proper look at them.



























Cheers
Gary

[robin]

Very Very nice ....especially the Tornados and the F-16 with the flares



Rob

[tallyho]

Top quality Gary. What is the second of the 2 helicopters? The picture of it is fantastic, what shutter speed did you use for that? the few helicopers iv'e taken they are blurred because i was trying to acheive the effect of the blades in motion.
cheers
Karl

[vulcan2912]

Rob/Karl

Thanks for the comments.

Karl-It's a Mi-24 Hind from the Czech Air Force.Shutter speed was 1/160 sec.

Cheers
Gary

["YellowBelly"]

Amazing pictures Gary all of them, I like the low flying ones and the helo pics..

[lfa17]

Hi Gary,
Nice photos, hope you didn’t have any car trouble this year!
Must agree the weather was uninspiring I was in the show on Saturday so I concentrated on the static, some great displays though. The best by far was 29 Sqn’s Typhoon on Friday practice. The cloud base was very low but, Flt Lt Jim Walls performed a brilliant fast low routine that was ear splitting.

[vulcan2912]

Some nice pictures there Alan.Mirage and B52 being are especially nice.It looks like Saturday was the best day by far for photography.Well cheesed off that I couldn't get the Friday night off work so I could get down there.
I really enjoyed doing the static last year but found this year very frustrating.I was with the FRIAT last year and managed to do most of the static on the Friday which led to much better and cleaner shots.This year i did the eastern side when I got in on Sunday morning in very dull conditions and the western side after the flying display had finished.The western side was very annoying.They clossed the "photogenic" section where the Italian Tornados etc were parked at about 7 o clock and wouldn't let anyone in there-not very happy at the time.I was just about to walk in when the guy stopped me and said they were closing that section.
For me Monday was another excellent departures day and what I would probably consider to be the best day of the week.That would be the one day at RIAT that i would always hate to miss.
Really looking forward to next year but another frustrating one for me.I'll be there for the Wed-Fri but have to be back to work at 6am on the Sat.Don't you just hate having a job that gives you no holidays

Catch you up an hill sometime
Gary-car trouble free ;D

[Batman.]

Gary and Alan, absolute quality piccies, makes photography worth while seeing shots like that, keep up the good work guys.