Bournemouth Air Show?

[Pennpromo]

Leaving Christchurch in about an hour will probably anchor to the East of Bournemouth pier, seems calm here with a slight Northerly. Do say hello if you are passing: Splash, Sunseeker Travado 40, white, blue, turquoise. Simon

 

[DPH]

I've just anchored due south of Bournemouth pier, just about on the flight line. No one else here yet, wind is North about 10 knots. This seemed to be the best place to be yesterday for planes flying directly overhead.

Forecast is to go NNW and the tide will start going East about 1 so I'm thinking this is the best end to be at for sitting on the back and watching out of the wind.

 

[stuartwineberg]

We were there Friday. Choppy run down from Hamble and surfing all the way back - about 2 hours each way at around 15K. As others have said - easy anchoring around the pier head - we were just east of it. The exclusion is clearly marked and there are harbour launches with red flags marshalling. We got there about 10-30 and had pick of the anchorages. Highlights were the Lancaster/Spit/Hurricane at the start, the typhoon on afterburners that made me very glad we hadn't taken the dog with us and a long, long, low level display from the Arrows that thundered right overhead. Slow stuff like choppers and the aerobatics are centred right over the display area demarked by large red buoys but anything that needed a run up like the typhoon went straight overhead - fantastic. Very rolly at anchor though. Here's a few piccys - I clearly need more practice at tracking moving objects and shooting into the light!

 

[henryf]

Fan bloody tastic.

The Taliban recruitment display by the Typhoon was rather impressive. I suspect they may struggle for cadets

Henry

 

[Solitaire]

Well, I'm back from Bournemouth! I did the Red Arrows last time so here are a few different pix.

BTW, the Red Arrows were brilliant - again!

 

[andy59]

Those photos are superb Solitaire , thanks for posting them , been stuck at a wedding all day !!

 

[superheat6k]

Great photos. Seeing them makes it feel like we were actually there !

Would love to see the one of the fat little bloke with two beautiful girls sat next to him on a Turbo 36 !

 

[stuartwineberg]

Solitaire - what the heck are you shooting with? I'm using a Panasonic bridge camera and as you can see got classic silhouette problems on my shots even with some editing - your pics are superb

Stuart

BTW - notice that one of the memorial flight is advertising the forum

 

[Solitaire]

Solitaire - what the heck are you shooting with? I'm using a Panasonic bridge camera and as you can see got classic silhouette problems on my shots even with some editing - your pics are superb

Stuart

BTW - notice that one of the memorial flight is advertising the forum

I use a Nikon 300s with 70-300 Nikor zoom lens. The key is waiting for and anticipating the shot/shots. You have to pan and move with the subject. Also it helped that today was bright and sunny!

 

[henryf]

What a cracking day.

Dropped anchor and settled down for the afternoon. Loads of boats on the water but no problem to find a bit of space. Quite a few knob heads speeding through the moorings, I even saw one person skiing but it didn't detract from the day. A bit of activity on the VHF but 87.7 far more interesting - many thanks DPH

A real mixed bag of aircraft which at times were quite emotional. The guys doing the radio commentary on 87.7FM, the event station were superb in terms of knowledge and it helped to tie everything together.

Henry

 

[z1ppy]

Wow! Great photos david and Henry! Thanks for sharing!!

 

[lisilou]

Glad you took some pics of the boats around too Henry Great pics...thanks. Gutted we missed it this year
L

 

[henryf]

Glad you took some pics of the boats around too Henry Great pics...thanks. Gutted we missed it this year
L

I took a lot of photos of the boats. I will try to sort them out so people who were there can see if they can spot themselves. It will be a bit like where's Wally on some of the pictures though

I wasn't sure quite what to expect and didn't know if we'd go for an hour and then leave but the radio broadcast really did make it. You knew exactly what was happening, what each display was and how each aircraft slotted into the timescale.

to be on your boat with loads of other people around was amazing. We stayed out of the bedlam and were just astern of the smaller of the two warships. What it did mean is we got quite a lot of head on action as pilots used the warship as a sighting mark.

Anyone reading this considering going today don't think, do !

Tune the radio to 87.7FM, put it on the outside speakers drop the hook (very good holding) and enjoy. The wind is coming offshore so no nasty rolling waves as there will have been of Friday.

And the whole thing is Free !

Henry

 

[Solitaire]

Glad you took some pics of the boats around too Henry Great pics...thanks. Gutted we missed it this year
L

I did take some pix of the boats at anchor, but there was a card upload failure which resulted in the loss of a number of files including all the Red Arrows and the Blades - to say I am gutted is an understatement, but I did take a few with my point and shoot. but the main one is a beautiful sailing boat - the L'Etoile that was coming just as we were leaving. She was built on 1932 and is used by the French navy for tradiation navigation and sail training.

 

[lisilou]

You've redeemed yourself David (even if they ARE saily boats ).
L

 

[STEVEDUNSTABLE]

Henry what can I say ?????!!!!!!!!!..........LOVE the pics !!!!!!!!!!!!!............ I like the Memphis Bell with bomb doors open over the top of Thanks Mum !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PEJ]

Solitaire,

Was that you in Evenstar 4 on B pontoon of East Cowes on Friday night?

I came over to say hello but I could not see anyone on board.

 

[henryf]

Henry what can I say ?????!!!!!!!!!..........LOVE the pics !!!!!!!!!!!!!............ I like the Memphis Bell with bomb doors open over the top of Thanks Mum !!!!!!!!!!!

Unintentional positioning I promise !

Good to see you out there and thanks for popping over to say hello.

Henry

 

[benjenbav]

Superb pix. Thanks all who took them.

Good to see that the forum is a key sponsor as per this picture of the YBW Spitfire:

 

[colingr]

Few more pics