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Thursday, August 30, 2018

Bournemouth Air Festival 2018 - Day 1



Boeing B-17  Sally B



                                                                 
 The Red Arrows




Muscle Biplane - Rich Godwin




Day one of the 11th Bournemouth Air Festival kicks-off with perfect flying weather; something that will last for the entire weekend, and once again I pack my camera bag and head for the cliff tops of Poole bay.

My hopes aren't too high, and to be honest I wasn't going to bother with this year's event, but I am pleasantly surprised by the scheduling. In recent years there has been much criticism  about timing; there being too great a delay between individual displays, but on this occasion the organisers seem to have tightened things up.

It is something of a juggling feat for the organisers to keep things moving along as they do, what with an international airport being not 4 miles away. On top of that the flying ceiling is restricted to 5,600 ft., so kudos to air traffic control - and everybody else involved - in keeping it interesting.



Lens: 300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Nikkor with TC-14EII converter. Tripod and gimballed head.

1: 1/200 second at f/8. Matrix metering. - 0.33 EV compensation. ISO 100
2: 1/800 second at f/5. Matrix metering. ISO 100
3:  1/250 second at f/8. Matrix metering. - 0.33 EV compensation. ISO 100



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