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Sunday, September 02, 2018

You have been watching... Bournemouth Air Festival 2018 - Day 4


Muscle Biplane - Rich Godwin




BBMF Dakota - painted in D-Day markings - making a "dirty pass", with the Isle of Wight in the distance.



SuperAerobatics Wingwalkers



                             Breitling Jet Team


                             Breitling Jet Team finale



    RAF Chinnok



Mig 15



The final day of the annual air show, and despite the glorious weather the event is sparsely attended. This is almost certainly due to a rail strike and the fact that the roads are extra busy because of the weather, and people don't want to risk a trip back that will take many hours.

It's a shame as there is still a lot of flying on offer, although the biggest draw - the Red Arrows - are not performing here today; another factor in attendances. The beaches are relatively crowded, but finding a cliff top space to shoot from today needed no elbow-barging, nor bribery with bags of toffees. The Tannoy announce that over the ten years of the event being staged it has entertained some 9,500,000 visitors, which in itself is a good thing for the town.

One this is certain: if they keep up the standard organisers achieved this year, next year will be something to look forward to.



Lenses: 300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR with TC-14EII converter and 24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S Nikkors. Tripod and gimballed head / hand-held

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