Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+ Update 4/Pembroke
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Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+ Update 4/Pembroke
Hey,
Another new topic as the other one was getting full, I need to stop putting up so many.
Lovely morning and then it went pretty cloudy when aircraft came in. Left my 7D at home today and went out with my 6D and my 800mm lens. Finally got to test it out.
24th March......
Didn't get a great shot of this coming into land, came in right over my head so I rushed outside the base and peeped through the fence....
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, G-AXBW T5879 Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 (3) by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, G-AXBW T5879 Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 (4) by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Also got this just next to it. Think they flown in the tiger moth for maintenance? (Hanger P is full of them) Then the PA32 took them home.
Piper PA-32RT-300 Lance II, G-OJCW Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 (7) by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Piper PA-32RT-300 Lance II, G-OJCW Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 (9) by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Was impressed with what the 6D did with static shots.
Then onto the flying shots....
Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee B, G-AXIO Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Vans RV-7, G-PBEC Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 (2) by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Piper PA-32RT-300 Lance II, G-OJCW Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Nice colours
Piper PA-32RT-300 Lance II, G-OJCW Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 (2) by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Then as I said before, the tiger moth coming in right over my head....
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, G-AXBW T5879 Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Just to add this one from yesterday with the sun setting...
Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II, G-WNTR Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Thanks for looking as always.
Another new topic as the other one was getting full, I need to stop putting up so many.
Lovely morning and then it went pretty cloudy when aircraft came in. Left my 7D at home today and went out with my 6D and my 800mm lens. Finally got to test it out.
24th March......
Didn't get a great shot of this coming into land, came in right over my head so I rushed outside the base and peeped through the fence....
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, G-AXBW T5879 Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 (3) by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, G-AXBW T5879 Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 (4) by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Also got this just next to it. Think they flown in the tiger moth for maintenance? (Hanger P is full of them) Then the PA32 took them home.
Piper PA-32RT-300 Lance II, G-OJCW Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 (7) by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Piper PA-32RT-300 Lance II, G-OJCW Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 (9) by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Was impressed with what the 6D did with static shots.
Then onto the flying shots....
Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee B, G-AXIO Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Vans RV-7, G-PBEC Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 (2) by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Piper PA-32RT-300 Lance II, G-OJCW Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Nice colours
Piper PA-32RT-300 Lance II, G-OJCW Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 (2) by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Then as I said before, the tiger moth coming in right over my head....
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth, G-AXBW T5879 Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Just to add this one from yesterday with the sun setting...
Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II, G-WNTR Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Thanks for looking as always.
Last edited by FastJetsBest on Sun 30 Mar 2014, 6:33 pm, edited 4 times in total.
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Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+
Lovely tiger!!
Don't bother running, you'll only die tired!!
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Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+
It is, we are lucky and get a lot of tiger moths, bring on the summer.
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Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+
That first picture don't half look like a model. Nice pictures hope your getting on ok with the big 800
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Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+
Thanks Phil,
Your not the first person who said that to me today, wonder why it looks like that. Now I look at it and think about it I also think that,
Your not the first person who said that to me today, wonder why it looks like that. Now I look at it and think about it I also think that,
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Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+
Hey,
Went on my morning bike ride and took my camera just in case, went all around the base and just took a few pictures on a cloudy day.
Think I must have just missed this as the engines were still running and was parking up....
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Socata TBM850, M-SHEP Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Stood at a bus stop snapping away
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Commander 114TC, N395TC Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 (2) by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
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Commander 114TC, N395TC Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 (4) by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
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AgustaWestland AW139, G-CGIJ Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
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Westland Scout AH1, G-BXRS XW613 Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
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Piper PA-28-181 Archer III, G-BWUH Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Went on my morning bike ride and took my camera just in case, went all around the base and just took a few pictures on a cloudy day.
Think I must have just missed this as the engines were still running and was parking up....
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Socata TBM850, M-SHEP Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Stood at a bus stop snapping away
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Commander 114TC, N395TC Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 (2) by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
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Commander 114TC, N395TC Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 (4) by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
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AgustaWestland AW139, G-CGIJ Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
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Westland Scout AH1, G-BXRS XW613 Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
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Piper PA-28-181 Archer III, G-BWUH Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 by SupaSmokey, on Flickr
Last edited by FastJetsBest on Wed 26 Mar 2014, 2:38 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+
Nice one Richard,good post as usual.Have you got a heavy duty trailer on your bike for the 800
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Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+
colper wrote:Nice one Richard,good post as usual.Have you got a heavy duty trailer on your bike for the 800
Colin
Well I can do it on my bike, but it's pretty hard as the black case that comes with it only has one strap. But today I cheated I went down the beach stopped of for a drink, and got it dropped of to me for a little bit.
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Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+ Update 1
Nice set,...Well taken and love the close-up stuff. Especially the scout and that AW.139 .Great work, keep sending em in FJB..
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Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+ Update 1
Love the IJ shot. Nice and sharp. Not long left now for our local one at Portland. Do they rotate the work between IJ and SARD as we have had SARD in Dorchester before but not seen IJ
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Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+ Update 1
I'm not to sure, think they do rotate a lot. Not to sure how many they have in that huge hanger. Know they have 2 a lot of the time.
Been seeing G-CGWB a couple of times over the last month as well.
Been seeing G-CGWB a couple of times over the last month as well.
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Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+ Update 1
Hey,
Just a few pictures I took while the showers kept on coming, little bits of blue sky mixed in. Only took my 100-400mm today with 6D.
1. Britten-Norman BN-2T-4S Islander G-GMPB
2.Britten-Norman BN-2T-4S Islander G-GMPB
3.Beech A36 Bonanza 36, G-JLHS
Overhead, never landed at Lee.
4.Eurocopter EC120B Colibri, G-PWAD
Took this while hiding under a bus stop waiting for the showers to past.
5.Britten-Norman Defender AL2, ZG997
Just a few pictures I took while the showers kept on coming, little bits of blue sky mixed in. Only took my 100-400mm today with 6D.
1. Britten-Norman BN-2T-4S Islander G-GMPB
2.Britten-Norman BN-2T-4S Islander G-GMPB
3.Beech A36 Bonanza 36, G-JLHS
Overhead, never landed at Lee.
4.Eurocopter EC120B Colibri, G-PWAD
Took this while hiding under a bus stop waiting for the showers to past.
5.Britten-Norman Defender AL2, ZG997
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Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+ Update 2
Hey all,
Hazy day down the beach and around the airfield, pretty gusty down the beach, feel like my face has been blown off A plus today was a Pembroke doing many touch and go's. Need to get on base soon, won't have the silly fence.
29th of March....
1.Percival Pembroke WV-740 (G-BNPH) Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
2.Percival Pembroke WV-740 (G-BNPH) Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
3.Percival Pembroke WV-740 (G-BNPH) Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
4.Percival Pembroke WV-740 (G-BNPH) Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
5.Percival Pembroke WV-740 (G-BNPH) Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
6.Percival Pembroke WV-740 (G-BNPH) Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
Few others from the day....
7.Aerospatiale AS355F1 Ecureuil II, G-OHCP Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
8.Aerospatiale AS355F1 Ecureuil II, G-OHCP Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
9.Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk, G-BNDE Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
10.Piper PA-28R-201 Arrow, G-CBZR Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
11.Piper PA-28R-201 Cherokee Arrow III, G-BEWX Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
Hornet Moth came in and then took the pilot home in the PA28. Lots of aircraft getting dropped of at Hanger P at the moment, maintenance I guess.
12.Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow B, G-AYPU Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
13.Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow B, G-AYPU Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
14.De Havilland DH.87B Hornet Moth, G-ADKC Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
Hazy day down the beach and around the airfield, pretty gusty down the beach, feel like my face has been blown off A plus today was a Pembroke doing many touch and go's. Need to get on base soon, won't have the silly fence.
29th of March....
1.Percival Pembroke WV-740 (G-BNPH) Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
2.Percival Pembroke WV-740 (G-BNPH) Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
3.Percival Pembroke WV-740 (G-BNPH) Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
4.Percival Pembroke WV-740 (G-BNPH) Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
5.Percival Pembroke WV-740 (G-BNPH) Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
6.Percival Pembroke WV-740 (G-BNPH) Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
Few others from the day....
7.Aerospatiale AS355F1 Ecureuil II, G-OHCP Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
8.Aerospatiale AS355F1 Ecureuil II, G-OHCP Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
9.Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk, G-BNDE Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
10.Piper PA-28R-201 Arrow, G-CBZR Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
11.Piper PA-28R-201 Cherokee Arrow III, G-BEWX Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
Hornet Moth came in and then took the pilot home in the PA28. Lots of aircraft getting dropped of at Hanger P at the moment, maintenance I guess.
12.Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow B, G-AYPU Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
13.Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow B, G-AYPU Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
14.De Havilland DH.87B Hornet Moth, G-ADKC Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
Last edited by FastJetsBest on Sat 29 Mar 2014, 8:14 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+ Update 3/Pembrok
Nice shots Rich, saw Pembroke in circuit but I was on the way out with domestic authority! Can you email me your mobile number and I will send you mine, could be useful.
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Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+ Update 3/Pembrok
Will do Terry, shame you didn't get any static shots while it was parked up, I did try but with the fence in the way sort of messed up my picture.
Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+ Update 3/Pembrok
Some lovely shots in those updates .Squirrel on the bank in is sweet as is the Pembroke..
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Another belting set of images, good to see the ex Greater Manchester Police Defender 4000 in your neck of the woods. That Pembroke looks lovely
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Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+ Update 3/Pembrok
Another great set from England's most inaccessible GA airfield! I was down on the beach for a few hours yesterday and saw most of those apart from the Pembroke. Is the Waco still there as I am sure I saw it over Portsmouth a few weeks ago and have been after seeing it for ages?
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Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+ Update 3/Pembrok
Thanks for the comments guys.
Seen a few people with cameras down the beach the last few days.
As far as I know the Waco is still at Lee, last time I saw it coming into land was the 20th of January. Should come out more as the weather gets better.
Just a couple from today...
30th March....
1.Beech 58 Baron, N678J Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
2.Diamond DA 40D Star TDI, G-SOHO Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
farnboroughrob wrote:Another great set from England's most inaccessible GA airfield! I was down on the beach for a few hours yesterday and saw most of those apart from the Pembroke. Is the Waco still there as I am sure I saw it over Portsmouth a few weeks ago and have been after seeing it for ages?
Seen a few people with cameras down the beach the last few days.
As far as I know the Waco is still at Lee, last time I saw it coming into land was the 20th of January. Should come out more as the weather gets better.
Just a couple from today...
30th March....
1.Beech 58 Baron, N678J Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
2.Diamond DA 40D Star TDI, G-SOHO Lee on Solent Airfield 2014
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Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+ Update 4/Pembrok
The Waco is still based on Lee.
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Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+ Update 4/Pembrok
Great catch on the Pembroke, I never knew we had one flying!
Is this the Sigma 800mm? How you getting on with it?
Is this the Sigma 800mm? How you getting on with it?
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Re: Lee on Solent Airfield 2014 March 24th+ Update 4/Pembrok
Most are taken with the Sigma 800mm, a few are taken with the Canon 100-400mm L.
Yeah it's a lens I pretty much use all the time. My arms must be getting stronger as I can handle it longer. All handheld as I find a tripod a little restricting. Will be taking my tripod to airshows tho, I don't fancy holding it all day
Never used the Canon version, but I find the image quality great. Not great in low light, but I knew that. Look forward to taking it to my first airshow in May. Just need it to be sunny
Yeah it's a lens I pretty much use all the time. My arms must be getting stronger as I can handle it longer. All handheld as I find a tripod a little restricting. Will be taking my tripod to airshows tho, I don't fancy holding it all day
Never used the Canon version, but I find the image quality great. Not great in low light, but I knew that. Look forward to taking it to my first airshow in May. Just need it to be sunny