29-06-14, 03:07 PM | #1 |
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Armed Forces Day Battle of Britain Flight
No Lancaster unfortunately, but the Spitfire and Hurricane put on a superb display! At the start of their third pass, you could really hear the Merlin engines winding up! Goosebumps down the spine time.
Spitfire by valandpetephillips, on Flickr Spitfire leads Hurricane by valandpetephillips, on Flickr Hurricane 2 by valandpetephillips, on Flickr Old Fashioned by valandpetephillips, on Flickr Pete
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Nice Great pictures as usual Pete, but maybe a bit plane. Badum tish
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Nice pics, shame there's no sound
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Lovely shots once again Pete
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Sounds working fine for me. Have you turned your speakers up? Pete
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Pity about the sound of people talking over it.
A good few years ago I was shooting at Roby Mill and on top of the hill on lookout duty when a Lanc with a Spitfire and Hurricane escorts just cleared it by about 50ft. the noise was tremendous. But as I used to run an engine test cell that had been originally built to test Merlins and we would run one up every so often, the noise when it is on the dyno under load and you are stood next to it is even better. I used to know a scrap dealer who had 6 brand new in shipping crates Merlins. He knew what he had bought all those years ago and they were his retirement fund.
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Great shots Pete.
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Is the Lancaster still stranded in France with hydraulic gremlins? Was meant to do a flypast for the RAF Freedom Parade in Wycombe a few weeks ago and we were all a bit disappointed that it was not able to make it. The very same Hurricane from Pete's excellent snaps filled in which was nice but not quite the goose-pimple-up-the-spine sound of four synchronised Merlins. Looks like you had better weather than I did too Pete.
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Great stuff Pete!
See if this video works. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...type=2&theatre and the second time over https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...type=2&theater I've rather a lot of Lancaster, Dakota, Merlin and Sally B-Flying Fortress photos from American Airday on May Bank Holiday Shame I couldn't attend the event on 2nd September in East Kirkby where there will be three Lancasters in the same place at the same time!
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