Boating weather!!! Lots of pix!

[powerskipper]

Good to see that you made the best of it - maybe Torbay next year then?
And maybe meet up with you as well.

Good to see the old girl again - if only pics of her cockpit.

Not rubbing it in but I'm typing this in Valencia.
We have decided that its too windy to go back to base tomorrow - at least an F3 !!! so will probably exlore the city a while longer and then go back via the Columbrettes.

Mike

 

[Solitaire]

Those red arrow pix are i think some of the best I have ever seen, wonderful.

Would anybody like to see more? I can post in the lounge some of the others.

 

[benjenbav]

Can't remember who said that any voyage in a boat should be described as heading for somewhere rather than being guaranteed to get to the destination. But it looks like everyone had a great time and that must count as a success. Plymouth isn't going to disappear in the short term so there'll be plenty more chances to head that way.

Pix are brilliant. And I'm sure I speak for everyone in saying that yes, of course we'd all like some more of the Red Arrows shots.

 

[nicho]

Thanks for posting, fantastic pics and great looking boats (and planes)!

Not being familiar with jets, I was wondering about those flaps on the backs of the planes. They seem to be sticking out at an awfully steep angle considering the speed !?

Airbrakes - used by the Arrows, I think, to "trim" the speed of the aircraft slightly if they need to drop a few knots during a manoeuvre.

 

[scubaman]

Airbrakes - used by the Arrows, I think, to "trim" the speed of the aircraft slightly if they need to drop a few knots during a manoeuvre.

Thanks. I suppose that 'throttling back' a few knots would take pretty steady hand