The third annual Bournemouth Air Festival, the largest of its kind in the UK - free and by the sea - got underway this week and today I visited the event with a camera. The weather was not the best for display flying and a cloud base of around 1000 feet forced all team displays to fly a reduced program.
Even the Red Arrows, making the first of three visits over the weekend, were forced to fly only eight aircraft instead of the usual nine because of a cockpit component failure.
However, individual aircraft were still able to deliver an entertaining performance for the crowds gathered along the coastline of Poole bay, including a Dutch F-16 Fighting Falcon (top), seen here in its familiar orange paint scheme, after-burner on, moisture condensing over the wings and dropping flares as it climbs.
The second photograph is of "Miss Demeanour", a Hawker Hunter British jet of the 1950s and 1960s, painted in an unusual colour scheme, making its first appearance at the festival.
300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Nikkor lens (VR off) with x1.4 TC.
Top: 1/3200 second at f/4. +0.33 EV compensation. ISO 400
Below: 1/1000 second at f/4.5. +0.67 EV compensation. ISO 400
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