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by Monty
Thu 13 Jul 2017, 12:55 pm
Forum: Airshow Photos
Topic: RIAT Arrivals... LIVE! 2017
Replies: 203
Views: 97087

Re: RIAT Arrivals... LIVE! 2017

Driving down the A420 near oxford at about 1 thinking how unfortunate it was I can't make it to RIAT this year when what pops out from behind the trees right in front of me? Just the IL-76 and both flanker in a banked topside turn at about 500ft :yahoo:
by Monty
Thu 18 Jul 2013, 9:48 am
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: Mildenhall CV22's
Replies: 13
Views: 3201

Re: Mildenhall CV22's

SOG doesn't fly on weekends ...

A CV-22 has been up every afternoon this week so far, so it seems like you should see them if you went on a weekday at the moment.
by Monty
Wed 17 Jul 2013, 1:09 pm
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: US flying hours are back....Until October
Replies: 9
Views: 2610

Re: US flying hours are back....Until October

Lakenheath are busy today, lots of F-15 action over the house. It has been missed!
by Monty
Sun 07 Jul 2013, 11:38 am
Forum: Airshow Photos
Topic: Shuttleworth Evening Air Display 06/07/2013
Replies: 2
Views: 887

Shuttleworth Evening Air Display 06/07/2013

Spent a very enjoyable evening at Shuttleworth yesterday for their evening air display. The weather was perfect and the flying superb. Didn't intend to take many photos but I couldn't resist with a few items. Just a few to start with, might put a few more on later. Sea Hurricane taking off at start ...
by Monty
Mon 24 Jun 2013, 8:11 pm
Forum: Modern Military Photos
Topic: Ospreys at Mildenhall at last
Replies: 13
Views: 3382

Re: Ospreys at Mildenhall at last

I believe these two are new builds (SLightly worrying considering how many attempts they had to get over the pond!). Given they are SOG birds I think the markings they are in now will be all they wear.
by Monty
Sat 01 Jun 2013, 6:26 pm
Forum: Airshow Photos
Topic: Duxford - My First Airshow
Replies: 37
Views: 3641

Re: Duxford - My First Airshow

These are two great shots, personally I think shots like these are much better when photographing display teams than close-ups. :clap:
by Monty
Sun 19 May 2013, 5:05 pm
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: A350
Replies: 21
Views: 3416

Re: A350

Foxfour - I hope the seats are more comfortable than on the Boeing 777. As much as I like the aircraft, the seats are not great for 12/13 hour flight in economy! In a few weeks I have a Brisbane > Singapore > Dubai > Manchester flight in a 777 Economy seat Thankfully there's a free bar on the fligh...
by Monty
Wed 01 May 2013, 9:02 am
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: Hiya Folks, Moley Here
Replies: 118
Views: 14056

Re: Hiya Folks, Moley Here

Stab in the dark here but:

If it is not coming from the east end, it would come from the west end (famous for musicals).
Is there a west end musical that can be linked into the other music clues?
by Monty
Wed 10 Apr 2013, 7:51 pm
Forum: General Photography
Topic: Under the waves at Sharm el-Sheikh
Replies: 15
Views: 2245

Re: Under the waves at Sharm el-Sheikh

Off to the Great Barrier Reef in July and really want to get some photos anywhere near the quality of yours! Can you give a bit more info about this 'Aqua bag' you used?

Octopus and the shoal of tangs feeding are the best two for me!
by Monty
Fri 08 Mar 2013, 1:03 pm
Forum: General Photography
Topic: Wildlife 2012
Replies: 20
Views: 2231

Re: Wildlife 2012

Wow, Those pictures are brilliant! The amount of hours put in to get these shots must have been huge. Do you work professionally as a wildlife photographer? I love the Great White shots the second especially is a brilliant composition.
by Monty
Wed 31 Oct 2012, 9:01 pm
Forum: Modern Military Photos
Topic: Lithuanian AF Mi-8 SAR demo
Replies: 3
Views: 2894

Re: Lithuanian AF Mi-8 SAR demo

That is a cracking paint scheme! Second to last is my favourite but they are all great :up:
by Monty
Wed 17 Oct 2012, 10:26 pm
Forum: Airshow Photos
Topic: Very Late Duxford September show
Replies: 4
Views: 1268

Re: Very Late Duxford September show

Hey Jack,

Second one is great, not seen one like that from duxford before! Like the last of the T-33 as well. :up:

Dan
by Monty
Sun 29 Jul 2012, 7:38 am
Forum: Modern Military Photos
Topic: Clare Scott does Mildenhall ~ 26.07.2012
Replies: 12
Views: 2273

Re: Clare Scott does Mildenhall ~ 26.07.2012

Another vote for the black and white B-1 :clap:
by Monty
Tue 17 Jul 2012, 9:06 pm
Forum: Airshow Photos
Topic: sfw@RIAT wet to the bones! After cleaning the drawer.
Replies: 47
Views: 10111

Re: sfw@RIAT wet to the bones! UPDATE!!!

Lancaster wins for me this time. Why one of wheels is rolling and another is not? It is a good question. I really don't know. Has she just touched on the port mainwheel & you've caught her on the bounce? I don't know when the photo was taken but if on take-off i would have thought that the brak...
by Monty
Thu 05 Jul 2012, 8:04 am
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: When is the B2 landing ?
Replies: 49
Views: 10309

Re: When is the B2 landing ?

Heard its already arrived last night.. check a reply i had on youtube, shame i was looking forward to seeing it on friday aswell .. m Pretty sure that guy is wrong. Starters would have thought someone would have picked up an Air Res or something for it. Secondly why on earth would it land at Brize ...
by Monty
Wed 04 Jul 2012, 8:52 pm
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: Weather
Replies: 549
Views: 86308

Re: Weather

Lots of doom mongering on here at the moment! In terms of car parking i believe the majority is on concrete (Red and Green) and the Blue car park had the heavy duty plastic strips laid down throughout the whole car park. Would have though this would prevent the field from getting churned up as apart...
by Monty
Sat 23 Jun 2012, 8:00 pm
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: Turkish F-4 'vanishes' near Syria
Replies: 34
Views: 5491

Re: Turkish F-4 'vanishes' near Syria

What are the chances of turkey bombing the syrian military in retalitation ? Not likely. If indeed it proves that the Turkish aircraft was in Syrian airspace i would reduce the likelihood to none. Without Russia and China getting "offside" with Syria (resulting in a UN resolution) i would...
by Monty
Sat 23 Jun 2012, 12:44 pm
Forum: IWM Duxford Events
Topic: Flying Legends 2012
Replies: 531
Views: 124635

Re: Flying Legends 2012

Will be volunteering with our cadet squadron on the flight line walk again this year and we have been told to expect 51 aircraft on the flight line.
by Monty
Thu 21 Jun 2012, 3:43 pm
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2012 Participants
Replies: 2402
Views: 485748

Re: RIAT 2012 Participants

Well they have Slovakia listed as ongoing in terms of invite so maybe a Mig-29?
by Monty
Thu 21 Jun 2012, 3:38 pm
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2012 Participants
Replies: 2402
Views: 485748

Re: RIAT 2012 Participants

raffairford wrote:Place your bets place your bets my moneys on the following . B2 spirit , U2 , Russian bear , The Knights









These comments are my own and nothing to do with RIAT or RAF Fairford Base.


You do know the update has happened already don't you?
by Monty
Mon 07 May 2012, 5:17 pm
Forum: General Photography
Topic: Albatross! (Updated! Now with Penguin and Petrel)
Replies: 11
Views: 1663

Re: Albatross! (Updated! Now with Petrel and Peguin)

Another few images for you, thought i would add a couple different species in here as well as another of a couple of Wandering albatross squabbling over food. The other two images are of a yellow-eyed penguin and a sooty petrel. The photo of the penguin was taken at a Nature center on the Otago peni...
by Monty
Fri 04 May 2012, 8:17 pm
Forum: General Photography
Topic: Albatross! (Updated! Now with Penguin and Petrel)
Replies: 11
Views: 1663

Re: Albatross! (Updated 04/05/2012)

Great shot, but being picky it'd benefit from the horizon levelling Yes, didn't particularly notice it due to the swells, thanks for pointing it out. For those who wanted more here is another. Not the best picture but think it gives a better sense of the sheer size of the Wandering Albatross. This ...
by Monty
Thu 03 May 2012, 9:21 pm
Forum: General Photography
Topic: Random shots from the garden
Replies: 3
Views: 798

Re: Random shots from the garden

Regards the last shot, think it works better as is than it would do cropped in on the bird merely because of the positioning of the birds wings. Personally i think that a cropped in photo of the bird when you can't see its head would look a little odd, but that is my personal opinion. Agree with Cra...
by Monty
Thu 03 May 2012, 8:46 pm
Forum: General Photography
Topic: Albatross! (Updated! Now with Penguin and Petrel)
Replies: 11
Views: 1663

Albatross! (Updated! Now with Penguin and Petrel)

So finally getting round to starting to edit some of the hundreds of photos i took whilst backpacking around New Zealand, hopefully in the coming months you should be seeing some more threads such as this appearing in the general photography section. As an enthusiastic, but amateur, bird spotter i t...
by Monty
Sun 29 Apr 2012, 10:29 am
Forum: Airshow Photos
Topic: RNZAF 75th Anniversary Airshow
Replies: 30
Views: 4720

Re: RNZAF 75th Anniversary Airshow

Great photos of the show. I was debating attending this but it didn't quite fit into my schedule and ended up out on a dive boat at the Poor Knight's instead. We had pretty terrible weather that day so i'm glad it was better further south. Did the NH-90 do a demo in the end as originally it was list...