Red Checkers Flight at CF 2009

[Gavin Conroy]

Have just added a folder of photos to my website from the flight with the Red Checkers.
Flying the actual airshow display over my home patch at Classic Fighters 2009 was great.
The flying amazed me and flying inverted during the mirror was quite an experience.
Not sure how Macka made the flight possible but I will be forever grateful.
Check out Av News and Air Force News for more photos and Air Force News have used a vertical portrait for there back cover.

[Dave Homewood]

Those photos are fantastic Gavin! Really interesting angles in some of them like the one looking back during the break (is that the Spaghetti Break?) and the one looking down on the CT/4E above the Harvard. It's good to see your mirror shot came out too. And that last one is really neat.

I saw your photos in Air Force News which arrived yesterday but haven't had a chance to read the article yet.

[ErrolC]

May 20, 2009 21:14:17 GMT 12 Dave Homewood said:

Those photos are fantastic Gavin!

Hear hear!!

[corsair67]

Nice work, Gavin.

You've done well, me son! ;D

[Damon]

Top pictures Gavin.They really show the commitment!

[Gavin Conroy]

Here are a few more.
The spaghetti break is shown in one of the photos Dave.
Hope have more flights in the future to try a few more ideas.

Sorry about some of the reflections but its pretty hard to avoid in the CT4E glass house but pretty happy with the results as are the RNZAF so thats great.

[Damon]

Great shots Gavin.Magic!

[Dave Homewood]

I love that one of the yellow wing reflecting in Scott's helmet visor, with the other CT/4E's coming up in the background. I can see why the RNZAF are pleased, these shots are really fine!

[Gavin Conroy]

Macka was great, he was working hard, the look of concentration was very obvious yet he could still give me a running commentary as well as making the calls etc.

[b10m]

And ole Pete just kept hanging in there.

Epic Gavin.

[Dave Homewood]

His commentary from the cockpit during the display was really neat too.

[haughtney1]

I'm constantly amazed at how well the RNZAF do with such underpowered aircraft. They are a credit to aviators everywhere.

[sqwark2k]

SQNLDR Pete Cochran is a photo *w*h*o*r*e :-) FLTLT Donovan Burns is an american import from either the USN or USMC, I wonder how he's finding the CT4 compared to whatever fancy yank hardware he had in the states...