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Post by baz62 on May 1, 2011 9:19:26 GMT 12
Thats ok Gav we had no problems drinking your share of the booze! ;D
Love that shot of the Mustang, look at the vapour forming off the wings!
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Post by joesmith on May 1, 2011 11:01:20 GMT 12
So, what happened to the wheel covers on the Fw? I think that you may find that it's a simple case of a serviceable set of doors were probably never built for this 190 so finished doors not supplied. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 1, 2011 14:48:05 GMT 12
Really nice photos everyone. I didn't realise the Checkers had gotten down to Marlborough before the pilot got ill. I hope he is recovering. I noted on the CT/4E that was present the pilot was Lt Comm Wayne Theobold, a Navy pilot. It's interesting to see a Navy pilot in the Checkers, not too many of them in the past.
Did anyone get shots of the Corsair making masses of ectoplasm on the Sunday morning? I was busy so missed filming that display, but the vortices were more like clouds and it looked awesome!
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Post by Gavin Conroy on May 1, 2011 15:48:12 GMT 12
The Checkers came down with an another instructor pilot as they took part in a flypast for a parade on the Thursday so we still took part in a media flight at the same time seeing the RNZAF were kind enough to offer it.
The FW190 does have a set of lower gear doors, they are in need of paiting and fitting.
The FW190 can and do happily fly without them so they were not a priority but will be fitted some time in the future.
In terms of requests did anyone get any pictures of the WW2 fighter formations at the end of each day?
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Post by fwx on May 1, 2011 16:59:17 GMT 12
Gavin, that Mustang shot is just beautiful, thank you!
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Post by ErrolC on May 1, 2011 17:11:25 GMT 12
Did anyone get shots of the Corsair making masses of ectoplasm on the Sunday morning? I was busy so missed filming that display, but the vortices were more like clouds and it looked awesome! Unfortunately the best that I have of this display  Corsair making trails by errolgc, on Flickr |
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Post by strikemaster on May 1, 2011 17:39:43 GMT 12
Nothing unfortunate about that shot, its a pearler.
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Post by obiwan27 on May 1, 2011 17:43:50 GMT 12
Errol, you are too modest, that's a fabulous pic. In fact, I think I remember you showing it to me via your camera LCD screen after you took it. BTW those two bottles of wine that you kindly gifted us were great too!!
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Post by ErrolC on May 1, 2011 18:01:00 GMT 12
Errol, you are too modest, that's a fabulous pic. In fact, I think I remember you showing it to me via your camera LCD screen after you took it. BTW those two bottles of wine that you kindly gifted us were great too!! Thanks. I feel bad that I missed the first pass, R to L, with the fog spilling out of the cranks of the wings. That shot also looks great on a 4 inch screen, good at 800px, and fuzzy at more than 1000px. |
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Post by angels15 on May 1, 2011 19:40:54 GMT 12
The first pass  The second  Later  Images are straight out of the camera. Would have been nice to have had blue sky so both "trails" in picture 2 could be seen easier, but then unlikely then to have had the air conditions to get the vapor forming in the first instance!! |
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Post by rbwannabe on May 1, 2011 20:04:53 GMT 12
Gutted.........12 pages and still no photos of a real plane!
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Post by zkbhj on May 1, 2011 20:58:59 GMT 12
Awesome shots of the corsair. I really like Keiths displays.
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Post by allok on May 1, 2011 21:23:06 GMT 12
Brilliant photos.
Can someone please confirm the exact model of the Focke Wulf?
Fw 190A-8?
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Post by Gavin Conroy on May 1, 2011 21:59:29 GMT 12
Gutted.........12 pages and still no photos of a real plane! You must mean this aircraft   |
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Post by Gavin Conroy on May 1, 2011 22:00:07 GMT 12
Brilliant photos. Can someone please confirm the exact model of the Focke Wulf? Fw 190A-8? It is an FW 190 A8/N |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 1, 2011 22:02:30 GMT 12
Cracking photos of the Corsair.
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Post by allok on May 1, 2011 22:10:10 GMT 12
Cheers Gavin. Found a photo of it with the wheel covers on:  That looks like an Fw. Note the 262 tail in the background. |
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Post by rbwannabe on May 1, 2011 22:36:00 GMT 12
Ahh now you're talking.........classical good looks, robust construction, increadibily efficient, strong ............. And the aircraft looks good as well!
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Post by ErrolC on May 1, 2011 22:47:46 GMT 12
... Images are straight out of the camera. Would have been nice to have had blue sky so both "trails" in picture 2 could be seen easier, but then unlikely then to have had the air conditions to get the vapor forming in the first instance!! Very true! Great shots! Would like to see the tweaked version in due course. |
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Post by strikemaster on May 2, 2011 13:36:29 GMT 12
That would be pretty hard with the heat haze, Errol. Could be replicated in PS using the ripple effect tho.
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