Airshow vs Rain…and the winner is…..
By: shortfinals
Tags: 5000 gallon tanker, 8 octas, a drying wind, Air Show, ambulance, Aviation, crowd barrier, flooding, Great Vintage Flying Weekend, Hullavington, ice cream van, L type hangar, PA system, perimeter track, prime mover, rain, rapid response vehicles, RV point, Second World War, Wiltshire, WW2
Category: aircraft, Aviation, England, Great Vintage Flying Weekend, Second World War
| Aperture: | f/3.5 |
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| Focal Length: | 21mm |
| ISO: | 100 |
| Shutter: | 1/0 sec |
| Camera: | MVC-CD500 |
'Oh! The humanity........'
This is every airshow organizer’s worst nightmare. The ambulances and rapid response vehicles are at their RV point, the steel crowd barriers are up, the PA up and tested, there’s a 5,000 gallon tanker of potable water off in the distance, and a prime mover is standing by, ready to…well…move primes, I suppose! There is even an ice cream van lurking under a hedge. Just two things missing – aircraft and a crowd. This photograph was taken about 15 minutes after ‘gates open’, and I had described the cloud state as ‘8 octas at a duck’s bottom!’ (sorry, I’m very old fashioned when it comes to Met).
The young stream you can see to the left USED to be a perimeter track, and this lot continued for hours.
All you can do is pray for a break and a drying wind, and that the second day will be better (it was).
Oh, and the green ‘lump’ to the left? A genuine, grass-covered L-type hangar from WW2 (this was at Hullavington).
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Useful links
- Courtesy Aircraft Courtesy Aircraft are a purveyor of fine, used warbirds and other aircraft
- DONATE to the The People's Mosquito DONATE to help The People’s Mosquito Ltd build a Mosquito!
- Passiondesavions Excellent blog from a pilot and Air Traffic Controller (en francais). The photography is exceptional. C’est magnifique!
- The Mighty Jingles A truly amazing wargaming channel; aircraft (War Thunder) as well as tanks (World of Tanks)
- The People's Mosquito Ltd Help to launch a de Havilland Mosquito into British skies! An aviation charity with just one aim….
- TPM Fund Help us build a Mosqutio for Britain!
- Travelforaircraft An excellent aircraft miscellany!
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