Airshows late 1960's & 1970's
Airshows late 1960's & 1970's
I have recently bought a new slide scanner to digitise some of the slides I have and have been busy going through those taken at airshows
in the late 1960's and 1970's. I have now loaded them onto my aviation photos website under the Scanned Photos category and the address
is listed at the bottom of the post.
Below is a sample selection from each year and if anyone knows the registration of the Fiat G91 could they please let me know as I have
been unable to find it so far.
56-1002 Convair F-102A Delta Dagger taken at Bentwaters on 10/05/1969
56-0117 McDonell RF-101C Voodoo taken at Bentwaters on 10/05/1969
XP564 Hunting Jet Provost T4 taken at Lakenheath on 06/06/1970
Various McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II's taken at Bentwaters on 19/06/1971
3296 Fiat G91R3 taken at Upper Heyford on 12/08/1972
TG511 Handley Page Hastings T5 taken at St Mawgan on 08/08/1973
MM6239 Fiat G91 taken at St Mawgan on 07/08/1974
WJ682 English Electric Canberra TT18 taken at St Mawgan on 06/08/1975
63-12738 Boeing KC-135F Stratotanker taken at St Mawgan on 04/08/1976
XJ782 Avro Vulcan B2 taken at Binbrook on 03/09/1977
C-10 Fokker F-27M Troopship taken at Greenham Common on 24/06/1979
IanM
http://www.aviation.ianmphotos.co.uk
in the late 1960's and 1970's. I have now loaded them onto my aviation photos website under the Scanned Photos category and the address
is listed at the bottom of the post.
Below is a sample selection from each year and if anyone knows the registration of the Fiat G91 could they please let me know as I have
been unable to find it so far.
56-1002 Convair F-102A Delta Dagger taken at Bentwaters on 10/05/1969
56-0117 McDonell RF-101C Voodoo taken at Bentwaters on 10/05/1969
XP564 Hunting Jet Provost T4 taken at Lakenheath on 06/06/1970
Various McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II's taken at Bentwaters on 19/06/1971
3296 Fiat G91R3 taken at Upper Heyford on 12/08/1972
TG511 Handley Page Hastings T5 taken at St Mawgan on 08/08/1973
MM6239 Fiat G91 taken at St Mawgan on 07/08/1974
WJ682 English Electric Canberra TT18 taken at St Mawgan on 06/08/1975
63-12738 Boeing KC-135F Stratotanker taken at St Mawgan on 04/08/1976
XJ782 Avro Vulcan B2 taken at Binbrook on 03/09/1977
C-10 Fokker F-27M Troopship taken at Greenham Common on 24/06/1979
IanM
http://www.aviation.ianmphotos.co.uk
Last edited by ianm on Sat 14 Jan 2012, 10:03 am, edited 1 time in total.
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The G.91 coded 13 is MM.6239
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Beautiful shots! Look at the state of the tail on the T-birds slot F-4.
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dazzagreenwood wrote:Beautiful shots! Look at the state of the tail on the T-birds slot F-4.
Deliberately painted black for obvious reasons given the J79s coal power!
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Great scans, beautiful shots!
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Ian,
Fantastic scans!
One (really minor) criticism - a few would benefit levelling!
Arthur
Fantastic scans!
One (really minor) criticism - a few would benefit levelling!
Arthur
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Great Photos I was at Bentwaters in 71 and 73 for the TBirds and Angels respectively, great memories
Thanks
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I just had a trouser accident when I saw that T'birds shot
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They are all excellent, but the 7 Squadron Canberra TT18 -
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ianm wrote:I have recently bought a new slide scanner to digitise some of the slides
and what scanner do you use? they looks real good to me !
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Wont easily forget that F27 Greenham common 1979....wonderful stuff!
also,will never forget the HP Hastings,saw it most days for several years in the 50s,believe the last time I saw one fly was at Coningsby 1977....
some lovely memories in these pics.
also,will never forget the HP Hastings,saw it most days for several years in the 50s,believe the last time I saw one fly was at Coningsby 1977....
some lovely memories in these pics.
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An interesting selection from days gone by - though I think you will find the F-102 that begins the selection (61002) was actually at Bentwaters in May 1969. I have a similar shot of the same aircraft and the date on the slide mount clearly says May 1969. Unfortunately, the Scramble show report site doesn't have a list for that year's Bentwaters open house, but I remember that it was a very damp and gloomy day.
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Nice scans, interesting period, I would be interested to know what scanner you used as well, was the slide film Kodachrome ?
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F-102 61002 is indeed at Bentwaters on 10 May 1969.
All great shots.
All great shots.
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Thank you for all the comments and am glad the photos brought back some memories for some of you. It's certainly been a nostalgia trip for me whilst doing the scans over the past
few weeks.
Having reviewed the slides again I agree that F-102 61002 was indeed taken at Bentwaters in 1969. For some reason that slide had W68 written on it which was obviously a mistake and as
the date on it had faded wasn't able to check it. I also found 2 others that I thought were taken at Wattisham so have corrected them on my website.
I have also added MM6239 to the Fiat G91 photo on my website. Just got an error trying to edit the original post so will have to change the captions later on.
I used to use mostly Kodachrome 64 for the slides although some of the static shots later on were shot on Kodachrome 25 film.
After reviewing the specs of several scanners I went for a Plustek OpticFilm 7600i SE. Still getting to grips with some of the features on it. As mentioned on the website after
scanning the slides I then process the photos using Photoshop Elements 9.
Have just started going through my slides from the 1980's and will put another post up once I have updated my website.
Ian
few weeks.
Having reviewed the slides again I agree that F-102 61002 was indeed taken at Bentwaters in 1969. For some reason that slide had W68 written on it which was obviously a mistake and as
the date on it had faded wasn't able to check it. I also found 2 others that I thought were taken at Wattisham so have corrected them on my website.
I have also added MM6239 to the Fiat G91 photo on my website. Just got an error trying to edit the original post so will have to change the captions later on.
I used to use mostly Kodachrome 64 for the slides although some of the static shots later on were shot on Kodachrome 25 film.
After reviewing the specs of several scanners I went for a Plustek OpticFilm 7600i SE. Still getting to grips with some of the features on it. As mentioned on the website after
scanning the slides I then process the photos using Photoshop Elements 9.
Have just started going through my slides from the 1980's and will put another post up once I have updated my website.
Ian
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Please do post more, these are superb!
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PeteM wrote:They are all excellent, but the 7 Squadron Canberra TT18 -
I flew in one of those at St Mawgan in 78' - didn't record the serial as it was just a pax ride.
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Abingdonman wrote:Wont easily forget that F27 Greenham common 1979....wonderful stuff!
also,will never forget the HP Hastings,saw it most days for several years in the 50s,believe the last time I saw one fly was at Coningsby 1977....
some lovely memories in these pics.
Agree - For what its worth Greenham 79 was the best show of hundreds I have attended. Watched it all on the South Side as I had travelled up with the RN Sharks team from Culdrose. Awesome free beer tent for aircrew was opened the second the last participants wheels touched the runway..
As an Abingdonman also, I too have fond memories of the Hastings - when did the last Squadron example retire and where from?
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ianm wrote:56-1002 Convair F-102A Delta Dagger taken at Bentwaters on 10/05/1969
Hi Ian,
This Deuce was from 32nd FIS, Soesterberg, it was seen there on 09-05-1969:
http://home.tiscali.nl/sberg.sixties/SBMay69.htm
Gr,
Rob Martaré.
gear: Sony's, 16-80, 70-400
pics @ http://www.airfighters.com/photosearch.php?phgid=3423
Rob Martaré.
gear: Sony's, 16-80, 70-400
pics @ http://www.airfighters.com/photosearch.php?phgid=3423