Monday 25 November 2013

75yrs of that unique sound…..

…..of Harvards. To celebrate there was another open day at Ardmore Airport on Sunday, so we popped along to spend the day and take a few photos. The weather was looking pretty dodgy right up to Friday when someone seemed to flick a switch and the sun came out! The end result… a long hot sunny weekend. Perfect for an airshow :)

On arrival I snapped a few pics of the static display using my 55mm lenses and then changed to my 250mm lenses. Due to the bright sunshine, I used my polarising lenses and set the camera to Tv 1/200 and iso 400. Throughout, the day I remembered to adjust the polarising lenses position to account for the sun movement, but wonder if I should have used a lower iso?

Anyway on to the pics…. Since the day was all about the Harvard, I’ll start there. 9 were flying and it was great to see them all up in the air. Such a great classic plane.
Harvards Harvards Harvards
 
Harvards Harvards Harvards HarvardsHarvardsHarvardsHarvards Harvards9 Harvards + 1 Yak 52

  HarvardHarvardHarvard  Harvard Harvard    

Off course there were some other aircraft too…. it wouldn’t be an airshow without some crazy aerobatics. 3 different aircraft were on display throughout the day (Giles, Zlin, MX2).
Giles GIles GIles GIles Zlin Zlin  MX2

I got quite a cool shadow effect on this one with the sun…
MX2

You can tell when someone is having fun…. like when they do “doughnuts” in their MX2 :)
MX2 MX2 MX2
 
Ryan & Chipmunk. I haven’t seen the Ryan flying before. It’s a nice little aircraft.
Chipmunk Chipmunk & Ryan Chipmunk & Ryan Chipmunk & Ryan Chipmunk 
 
One of the other old trainers (CT4)…
CT4 CT4
 
Tiger Moths.
Tiger Moth Tiger Moth Tiger Moths
 
The jets. L-39 and Strikemaster. I was hoping to get some good pictures of the vapour trail, but as this display was around midday…. I struggled with the light.
Strikemaster Strikemaster & L-39 Strikemaster & L-39Strikemaster & L-39 Strikemaster Strikemaster    Strikemaster L-39 L-39 L-39
 
Yak 52’s.
Yak 52's Yak 52's Yak 52's
 
P-40 & Spitfire.
P-40 P-40 & SpitfireSpitfire Spitfire Spitfire P-40P-40
 
M.A.S.H 4077th chopper…
M.A.S.H M.A.S.H M.A.S.H M.A.S.H
 
Whoever came up with the idea of displaying some Mustang’s with the P-51… nice work! Just a shame the P-51 wasn’t flying….
Mustang's  Mustang's Mustang's
 
Finally… the big battle. With the 250mm lenses on and the area slightly more crowded, I just focused on grabbing a couple more interesting shots of the battle. I’ve converted these to black and white as I think it adds to the atmosphere.
Re-enactment Re-enactment Re-enactment Re-enactment Re-enactment
 
The award for “Best Death Scene” in a re-enactment goes to this guy…
Re-enactment Re-enactment
 
So to finish off… a few shots of the Harvards as the day ended. Bringing to close another great day out. Thanks to Ardmore and the Warbirds Association!
Harvard Harvard Harvards & Yak 52 Harvards Harvards Harvard Harvard
 
Total photo count = 2114 :)
 
Check out Rob’s blog for a lot more pics! - http://paintedaddiction.blogspot.co.nz/

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