Bournemouth Air Festival-Day 4...

...and the good news is that there will be an Air Festival next year, from 19-22nd August. This is almost certainly down to the report that over 1,300,000 people (Dorset police estimate) attended the event over the four days, making it the runaway success it has become in only its second year.

I shot 908 images of the air displays and now that it's over there begins the long trawl through the files, selecting the good from the not so successful, and to delete those not up to the mark. The photographs posted here are but a small selection.

① The B-17-G "Sally B" Flying Fortress



The only flying example of the Boeing aircraft in the country, it never saw active service during WW II. Plagued with engine problems, this is the first time the bomber has displayed this year.

② Two Avro aircraft - 11 years apart in design. The Avro Vulcan and the Avro Lancaster highlight the advancement of avaition development in a little over a decade (1942-1953). Although there is one other Lancaster in the world currently with an airworthy certificate (the other being in Canada) the Vulcan is the last of its kind found flying anywhere.




③ The Eurofighter Typhoon.
A canard delta wing aircraft that is notable for its flaperon - control surfaces that double as flaps and ailerons - situated below the cockpit at the front of the fuselage, and is capable of speeds in excess of Mach 2 at altitude. The photograph shows condensation occuring above the wing surfaces as the aircraft pulls G's in a tight turn - afterburners on - increasing the already low pressure over the wings which in turn is accompanied by a localised drop in temperature. If that falls below the dewpoint then the moisture in the air will condense.



Basic lens: 300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Nikkor

① 1/200 second at f/14. ISO 200
② Vulcan - 1/2500 second at f/5.6. -0.33 EV. ISO 320. TC-14EII
Lancaster - 1/160 second at f/16. ISO 200
③ 1/2500 second at f/5.6. -0.33 EV. ISO 320. TC-14EII

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