Hi all,
For those who haven't seen, after nearly 11 months on the ground, Vampire T.11 WZ507 took to the skies at Coventry once again! Not only that, it flew 4 times and behaved itself well! The first flight was a short 10 minute test on Saturday 10th, followed by three longer sorties on Sunday 11th during the Coventry Airport Scouts Day and Nightshoot. Initially there were some concerns when looking at the TAF on Saturday, but thankfully the low cloud broke and we even got some blue skies.
First up, my photos from the test flight on Saturday..
1. Flaming Goblin by Cameron Sys, on Flickr
2. Rotate by Cameron Sys, on Flickr
3. Going around by Cameron Sys, on Flickr
4. Reflecting on a successful test by Cameron Sys, on Flickr
Now for Sunday, where no less than 3 flights took place
5. Vampire Taxy by Cameron Sys, on Flickr
6."Vampire Visual" by Cameron Sys, on Flickr
7. Vampire and Riley motorcar by Cameron Sys, on Flickr
The Beech 18 crew from Leicester were kind enough to fly through Coventry after meeting up with the Vamp
8. Beech 18 G-BKGL by Cameron Sys, on Flickr
9. Night start by Cameron Sys, on Flickr
10. Night Vampire by Cameron Sys, on Flickr
11. Gloster Meteor T7 G-BWMF by Cameron Sys, on Flickr
12. Vintage Pair by Cameron Sys, on Flickr
13. Gloster Meteor T7 G-BWMF by Cameron Sys, on Flickr
14. And then the rain came by Cameron Sys, on Flickr
The Gloster Meteor T7 also took part in the nightshoot, which was therefore its last public event in the UK, with its final flight planned for 19th March (Wx backup 20th), to Liverpool for shipping to the USA.
The Vampire will also be flying on Monday 19th.
Thanks for looking,
Cameron
Vampire WZ507 returns to the skies!
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Re: Vampire WZ507 returns to the skies!
Nice set. I like #1 and #12.
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Re: Vampire WZ507 returns to the skies!
Thanks Alpha Delta! The start up is certainly unique
Re: Vampire WZ507 returns to the skies!
Excellent, good news, too.
I like the shots of it with the Meteor.
I like the shots of it with the Meteor.
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Re: Vampire WZ507 returns to the skies!
Tommy wrote:Excellent, good news, too.
I like the shots of it with the Meteor.
Cheers! I was really glad to have managed to sort them being together, for what I believe was the first and only time