TEMORA AVIATION MUSEUM

[planeimages]

Delightful weather at Temora on Saturday for the Easter Display.

[flyjoe180]

Brilliant! Love all the shots. What an awesome sky

[planeimages]

Thanks Flyjoe 180.

Saturday was the day. Not a cloud in the sky most of the time.

[Dave Homewood]

Fantastic photos Peter! The Meteor looks great. The Spitfire sepia shot is excellent, and I love the Tiger Moth with the streamer.

[FlyNavy]

Pete,
Thanks for the great photos. Seeing the Constellation flying near Mascot a few years ago now was breath taking - what a great flying machine it is. I guess the Vampire is just venting a small amount of fuel under negative G? The blue sky at Temora must be intense some days.
Phil.

[planeimages]

Thank you one and all.

The Vampire apparently vents spilled fuel from the belly. I don't know the full details but it seems to be normal. Not sure that the Vampire is under -G in this shot. Gp Capt (ret) Bruce Wood, flying the Vampire, first jet soloed in this particular aircraft in his early RAAF days at Pearce, WA.

The blue sky is intense but the colour is enhanced by what the camera "sees" through the lens.

I am in the process of having a silver halide print done of David in the Spitfire to send to him in appreciation for creating the wonderful facility at Temora and bringing those aircraft to us.

Did you spot the abnormality in one of the Meteor shots?

PF

[FlyNavy]

The first two Meteor orientations should match each other - whichever way that orientation is correct.

[planeimages]

Right pair of shots. Couldn't quite get the gist of what you meant by "orientations" though.

[FlyNavy]

Then I gather the two shots were taken sequentially. The first shot should have the aircraft going in a similar direction to the second Meteor shot. That would look natural to me. Both pics (1 & 2) should show the Meteor flying from right to left; however they could show the Meteor flying in opposite direction, or in any direction; but both should be "the same way the same day". :-)

[JDK]

The Meatbox's light is under the port wing.

[planeimages]

FlyNavy. Yes, quite correct from a movie film point of view but not what I was thinking of. They were taken during the same flight but not immediately one after the other. Close but no cigar.

jdk, So warm you will burn if you get any closer. In fact I didn't notice the light until you pointed it out. So what's wrong with the two pix? Another item gives the clue.

[Bruce]

The top Meteor photo is inverted? If you look closely you can see the reflections of trees etc in the shadows - from above. The second one has them from below. the picture isnt reversed as the cockpit entry step is on the left on both shots.

[planeimages]

This is fascinating. I have to tell you that the top picture is reversed as I did it deliberately in Photoshop to make the angle more visually appealing. Despite some excellent sleuthing no one has come up with the most obvious anolmaly in the appearance of the Meteor.

[Dave Homewood]

"Despite some excellent sleuthing no one has come up with the most obvious anolmaly in the appearance of the Meteor."

It's actually a Vampire with one boom removed?

[planeimages]

Ah Ha, but which boom?

[planeimages]

Ah Ha, but which boom? C'mon guys, it's not rocket science. It's much more difficult than that!

[Bruce]

The rocket Rails werent normally F8 equipment.....

[JDK]

My head hurts...

The top pic's inverted and flipped, resulting in an aircraft the right way around (as in reality, proven by the landing light's position) but 'heavily' manipulated. Err.

Peter, as a long time deputy ed, I'm very used to spotting details which show the 'handedness' of aircraft in photos, due to trying to avoid printing reversed ones! There's almost always something aysemetric in an aircraft if you look hard enough.

[planeimages]

jdk: the image was rotated 45 degrees and then flipped horizontally to make the angle more attractive. Slight adjustment to shadow and highlight and a little "sharpen edges". No more than would normally be done to prepare a photograph for publication.

My error was in assuming that the image was flipped left to right, not so, of course.

So the egg is on my face after all. Humble apologies and have now left for the dungeon where my toys have been taken away.

You were the first to suggest a possible left/right inversion with the light being on the port wing.

If nothing else it started some lively conversation.

Embarrassed.

I don't have any knowledge of why the F.8 has rocket rails other than these lines from Temora Aviation Museum’s website www.aviationmuseum.com.au/aircraft/Meteor.cfm

“VH-MBX Military S/N: VZ467
The Meteor in the Museum collection is the only Gloster Meteor F.8 flying in the world. The F.8 was the most built of all Meteors with 1,522 being produced.
Meteor F.8 aircraft were taken into action by 77 Squadron RAAF, in Korea, against the Mig-15.

The Museums Meteor was made by Gloster and carried RAF serial number VZ467, serving until 1982. Its last military role was as a target tug. After being retired from the RAF the Meteor was privately owned and operated in the UK. Upon being purchased by the Temora Aviation Museum the aircraft was disassembled, transported to Australia and reassembled at Bankstown NSW. In August 2001 the Meteor flew from Bankstown to its new home in Australia.

Since being re-painted the aircraft carries the markings of a Korean War era Meteor operated by RAAF 77 Squadron and flown by Sgt. George Hale.
Armament
Four nose mounted Hispano Mk V 20mm cannon.
Two 1000lb (455 kg) bombs or eight 60 lb (27.3 kg) ground to air rockets. ‘

[JDK]

Hi Peter,

Made the same mistake myself. Have your toys back.

I don't think it had the rocket rails when it was 'Winston' in the UK. I've found at least one pic without.

Seems they were added by Temora to increase the accuracy of the 77 scheme and fit.