Bournemouth Airshow. Lot of pictures.

[Solitaire]

Well, did my annual sabbatical to the Airshow today. It was a bit overcast and at times somewhat lumpy. but still a great day ou. As is my want here are some pictures of the goings on.

The Vulcan and the Typhoon were incredible. But the rest was pretty good too!

 

[Montemar]

Thanks for the lovely photographs. I bet the audio was as good as the visuals!

 

[EugeneR]

Outstanding pictures, well done!

What camera did you use?

 

[Solitaire]

What camera did you use?

Thanks Eugene. Nikon 300s with 70-300 Nikor zoom.

 

[epervier]

As always, great images David,

Thank you for sharing.

 

[Questor]

Fantastic photos once again! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Fantasie 19]

Fantastic photos once again! Thanks for sharing.

+1!

 

[ADF]

Great photos! What shutter speed were you shooting at?

 

[matm]

The Vulcan is something else!

Great pics. Thanks.

 

[LionsDen]

Great photos - Lions Den was there yesterday - Had fantastic company with us - Sea state was good and Weather fab - Looking forward to 2015 as this event is well worth the visit and especially by boat :encouragement:

 

[sprocker]

Great photos Solitaire, we had the Red Arrows and Typhoon in Dartmouth on Friday, and the Spitfires (No Lancaster unfortunately) on Saturday.

Poor weather on friday forced the Arrows into a very limited flypast show, but the Typhoon was superb, what a piece of kit!

 

[scubaman]

Great photos again and some fantastic aircraft.

 

[Trundlebug]

+1 Great photos, thanks for posting.

Was it me or were there fewer aircraft displaying this year?
There seemed to be longer gaps between each display than I remember from last year. And fewer small propeller planes: No Blades, Utterly Butterlys etc
Could be me of course.

 

[Scubadoo]

+1 Great photos, thanks for posting.

Was it me or were there fewer aircraft displaying this year?
There seemed to be longer gaps between each display than I remember from last year. And fewer small propeller planes: No Blades, Utterly Butterlys etc
Could be me of course.

Sunday was a nice weather break to watch the flying and I was thinking the same, it also seems to be the same at two other airshows I have visited this year (Farnborough & Wing & Wheels).

Great pictures, makes mine look rather dull.

 

[Wandering Star]

The Vulcan is something else!

Great pics. Thanks.

Like a great big moth I always think! I also thought the Red Arrows provided an excellent display this year.

 

[Solitaire]

Thanks for the lovely photographs. I bet the audio was as good as the visuals!

You can hear for yourself! Turn the sound up!

 

[Solitaire]

Great photos! What shutter speed were you shooting at?

Some more examples with data as requested.

1/250 @ F13 ISO 400

1/1600th @ F13 ISO 400

1/800th @F11 ISO 400

1/1000th @F13 ISO 400

1/1000th @F8 ISO 400

I try and keep a balance between shutter speed and aperture to get depth of field to aid focus so tend to not use wide apertures. Of course the platform is not exactly stable but then the VR helps.

 

[U4]

You can hear for yourself! Turn the sound up!

It was a great day - were you on an SC42 with a for sale sign on the rail? If so we were the SC35 just to the west of you!

 

[Solitaire]

It was a great day - were you on an SC42 with a for sale sign on the rail? If so we were the SC35 just to the west of you!

Yes, that was us. Did in fact see you, but did not of course know it was you!

 

[dpb]

Thought I'd some pics of the day, (Sunday) rather than start new post.
I'll stick to the boats as OP's pics of planes so good!
As Sunday was the best day weather wise by far, the queue for the bridges tailed back to within the Cobs and Davis marina's.
Accordingly Bridge Control lifted both bridges together to let us all through.

Was hailed by a forumite on his vessel......

and out through the second bridge.

A couple of pics on the way through the harbour:

We anchored in the shallows just off Bournemouth Pier, surrounded by the usual mele of craft.

Note the new Zip wire almost complete at the end of Bournemouth Pier, due to open soon, runs from the top of the tower to the beach..

It was a good day.

But I share the thoughts expressed by others that the flow was more gappy than previous years, and there doesn't seem to be anything new to see in the air.
Still, a thousand boats on the water (according to the local rag) and the town and beaches were rammed.

We suffered domestic power failure whilst being out, turned out to be to a faulty (newish) voltage sensitive relay in the charge system not switching to charge the domestic circuit which had been in use since the previous day hense running the batteries flat.

Still, better than the same day last year, when the port engine seized on the way back!!!.............................