Pre-season Shuttleworth Collection Warm-up (April 2010)

[Rob Leigh]

Here's a selection of photos from this year's Training Week at the Shuttleworth Collection. Training Week is the practice session where display authorisations are renewed, type conversions are carried out and everything's prepared for the season ahead. That's the business side of Training Week, the other facet of Training Week is that it's a great opportunity for friends to meet again for the first time in a while to immerse themselves in what they enjoy most - operating a collection of rare and unique vintage aeroplanes and sharing some great banter.

Without further ado....

The Shuttleworth Pilots



Some of the Ground Crew Team

[Rob Leigh]

The departure of Peter Holloway's FW.44 Steiglitz

[Rob Leigh]

This year we're trying out a new super-accurate flour bomb. Here you can see Peter Holloway carrying out handling trials with the Mk.I Shuttleworth Smart Bomb



It's behind you!

[Rob Leigh]

Gloster Gladiator






Westland Lysander






PT-22s






A very welcome return for the Parnall Elf




Blackburn B2 (BAe Systems)

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Gliders

EoN Primary Glider

Ready



A quick skip



And up!




Assembling the Kirby Kite






SCUD II






Something New

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Quick hangar update

AR501







PO2



You can find higher resolution versions (2,000 pixels wide) of these photos and plenty of others from Training Week in my Flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shuttleworthpix/sets/72157623922796948/

[Kokpit]

A brilliant set Robbo, well laid out and and telling a story too, thanks.

Kev.

[NeilH68]

Fantastic set...can`t wait until later on

[Arno 01]

Great set, some great angles Nice to see all the work that goes into bringing us the excellent shows at OW

[SuffolkBlue]

Fantastic set mate - from start to finish

[Ben H]

Superb set Rob. Was good to see you that week, what a superb place OW is!

[AndyBeau]

Superb set of shots Rob.

[T_J]

Superb, Rob. A real pleasure to view!



TJ

[mr pabs]

These are great... the quality is outstanding.

Can I ask what equipment you use?

[Rob Leigh]

Thanks Pabs, the majority of these photos were taken with a Canon 5D MkII and 400mm f4L DO IS lens, the close-ups with a Canon 5D and 24-105 f4L.

[mr pabs]

Hi Rob.

Thanks for that, the reason I ask is because I currently use the 10d still and have some great photos using a 75-300 lense.... but I think the quality of yours are awesome, I've been thinking for a while now to upgrade to the 7d and possibly the 100-400 lense shortly after.