Pattern Recognition
by Dhamaka
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yoshiko says:
Good shots! There are blue sky and white clouds and beautiful leaves. Is the maneuver of the air force? The shape is good.
Dhamaka says:
thanks guys :D
but I missed some of them because I had to guess where the planes would be - the biggest thing I'd change is the lag between button pressing and shutter movement - and I'd like them closer
Dhamaka says:
Yoshiko San - I believe it is part of the official celebration of the Queen's birthday
Mandy. says:
so cool! i bet they were loud, too. :)
it's such a childlike thing, but big, loud airplanes make my jaw drop. love'em!
Sionnach says:
Will I be really nerdy and identify the planes or just say "great pics"? :-)
Dhamaka says:
please do Sionnach. There was a really, really big one I missed completely and I'd have loved to have known what it was
Yoshiko San, Our Queen's actual birthday is 21st April, but she has an 'official' birthday too on one of the weekends in June ever year.
Sionnach says:
Ok, here goes!
1st:
4 Tornados and a Nimrod
2nd:
4 Tornados and a Sentry
3rd:
8 Tornados
4th:
The Red Arrows and a Canberra PR9
5th:
Same as 1st
6th:
Possibly 4 Hawks, and a VC10
Dhamaka says:
thanks!
Do you know what the really, really big one that turn up at right angles at the end of the wing?
Twiglet says:
We were lucky enough to see all of the fly past from where we live (very high ground). The only thing we didn't get a decent view of was the Lancaster as it moved off in a different direction to the others.
Dhamaka says:
cool
so was the really big one with the wings that turned up at the end a Lancaster then?
Sionnach says:
Doubt it, the Lancaster has 4 turbo=prop engines and the wings aren't turned up at the end.
Only plane I can think of that it might be considering all the others were RAF planes, is the Boeing C-17 (http://www.raf.mod.uk/downloads/wallpaper/c17_01_0800.jpg)
Dhamaka says:
thanks Sionnach - it certainly has the same shape but there's no scale in that photo. Is it a really, really enormous plane?
Sionnach says:
Not sure, never seen one! But I think it's bloody big as it's a transport plane.