Post by Gavin Conroy on Dec 16, 2012 17:18:35 GMT 12
Here are a few photos I took last weekend.
The opportunity came up to fly in this wonderful aeroplane thanks to Warren and Jerry, and Keith Skilling took me for a fly.
Should probably write something more in depth later on and through my photography.
Have been able to fly in some nice aeroplanes but the flight in KA114 just blew me away.
Have been such a huge fan of the Mosquito since I was a kid and I never thought I would ever see one fly let alone fly in one.
The sound inside was incredible, with slightly raised voices we could talk to each other and that surprised me.
Sitting between two 1625 hp merlins really is something else and flying in an aeroplane that has a huge amount of performance is something I will not forget in a hurry and I doubt the experience will ever be topped.
Flying around the gulf area at low level and good bank angles was very exciting, setting up for landing is a busy time and not having any real visual references out the fron was a bit unusual.
This will be my last post for a while, am looking to give the camera a rest for a while which will be good.
Thanks for keeping the forum alive for another year Dave, has been good catching up with some of the members about the place.
Cheers
Gavin
I regard this as the best photo I have ever taken, the experience, view, history, the great people I have got to know whilst it has been restored to fly, and what this aeroplane means to everybody makes this one a of a kind picture and if I had to hang the camera up tomorrow I would be more than satisfied.
The opportunity came up to fly in this wonderful aeroplane thanks to Warren and Jerry, and Keith Skilling took me for a fly.
Should probably write something more in depth later on and through my photography.
Have been able to fly in some nice aeroplanes but the flight in KA114 just blew me away.
Have been such a huge fan of the Mosquito since I was a kid and I never thought I would ever see one fly let alone fly in one.
The sound inside was incredible, with slightly raised voices we could talk to each other and that surprised me.
Sitting between two 1625 hp merlins really is something else and flying in an aeroplane that has a huge amount of performance is something I will not forget in a hurry and I doubt the experience will ever be topped.
Flying around the gulf area at low level and good bank angles was very exciting, setting up for landing is a busy time and not having any real visual references out the fron was a bit unusual.
This will be my last post for a while, am looking to give the camera a rest for a while which will be good.
Thanks for keeping the forum alive for another year Dave, has been good catching up with some of the members about the place.
Cheers
Gavin
I regard this as the best photo I have ever taken, the experience, view, history, the great people I have got to know whilst it has been restored to fly, and what this aeroplane means to everybody makes this one a of a kind picture and if I had to hang the camera up tomorrow I would be more than satisfied.
