If anybody is interested I have for sale in excellent condition... Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM - Canon EF Fit This lens has both Mode 1 and Mode 2 optical stabilisation, ideal for aircraft in flight! Complete with Sigma lens hood, lens caps and case. Also included is a Hoya 86 mm UV filter...

Thanks, Stagger2 and Thoughtful_Flyer for your replies, it’s unfortunate that we live in a throw away society and because of that we are reaping the benefits in terms of cost, Environmental impact etc. If there’s one thing that I’ve learned in my life is that we as humans keep on re-inventing the w...

I can't give a recommendation but this type of fault is normally caused by a failing "flex cable" that has to bend, often quite sharply, every time either the zoom or focus changes. A flex cable is effectively a very thin flexible printed circuit board. Some models are so prone to this tha...

Although I go to Old Warden quite regularly and I am a great supporter of the place, I did raise an eyebrow at this new arrangement. That said, whatever losses they have as a result of today's cancellation, probably considerable, have to be covered somehow to keep the place viable. I an not really s...

I used to work in the museum field (art not aeroplanes) but the same concepts apply. In most cases the exhibits are out of copyright (more than 70 years since the end of the year in which the artist died). However by going into the museum, even if there is no charge, you enter into a contract to com...

I have not tried Lightroom denoise but I have experimented with the trial versions of DXO and Topaz. I have found both to be almost unusably slow on my desktop and laptop (both with 16 GB of ram and SSD) taking 10 to 30 mins. Both get hot with the cooling fans cranking up to full chat. Although &quo...

Given the excellent weather forecast for tomorrow, can anybody suggest what time I would need to arrive to be reasonably confident of parking in the area in front of the hangars / control tower rather than down near the runway extension? I realise there are no guarantees! I don't often go to day tim...

I don't do all that much photography these days but I picked up an immaculate EOS 80D at an attractive price. What however is disappointing is the equally mint looking 18 to 55mm series III USM lens that came with it! I have an older series II version that seems significantly sharper. However that m...

I still can't understand how anyone is so dumb to actually pay to watch his streams, he can only recognise about 8 different types of aircraft and then he leaves it to the paying members on the chat to tell him what the missing answers are. I watched about half an hour of his first stream from Anch...

Re the above post and the criminal trial - I think you will find that the pilots medical experts claimed he may have suffered cognitive impairment but could not definitively state he had. The jury felt they had to take this into account when they cleared him of manslaughter charges. Which is what I...

I use the Canon 100-400 Mk 2 which is a very good lens and streets ahead of its predecessor the Mk 1 which was soft at lengths above 300mm and was also a notorious dust magnet due to the trombone telephoto action. Don't know about the 600mm F11, but if you can get one at a decent price, then a 100-...

While there might be some truth in this press tittle tattle , this is the Daily Mail we’re looking at here. Just from extracts published previously on this and other fora we know that accuracy is not a strong point of this rag, especially on aviation related matters. Whilst I share your reservation...

The latest instalment of this disgraceful saga....

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... false.html

There are certainly grounds to question the Red Arrows' safety record over the years. As far as I am aware it is worse than most (all) other comparable teams. I'm willing to bet that when compared to the number of hours they fly (and the time they've been around for) that they're no worse than the ...

...Are you for real? The worst year in the history of the Reds. No question... Can I put this in context for you...? 1969: Flt Lt Jerry Bowler † 1971: Flt Lt Clem Longdon and Flt Lt Richard Storr, and four other fatalities (two separate accidents). † 1978: Flt Lt Stephen Edward Noble and Wg. Cdr. D...

Why these extra layers of management? They survived, and thrived , for decades without this. Depends what you meant by "thrived". I am sadly old enough to remember watching them when they flew Gnats. Even without social media, allegations similar to the current ones circulated then! You'r...

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Sat 19 Nov 2022, 2:46 pm

Why these extra layers of management? They survived, and thrived, for decades without this.

Depends what you meant by "thrived".

I am sadly old enough to remember watching them when they flew Gnats. Even without social media, allegations similar to the current ones circulated then!

Sorry about the "newspaper" in the link....

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... orces.html

I'm surprised nobody has commented on the latest developments.

Some interesting discussion amongst (presumably) mainly people with a service background here (from post 185 I hope I have linked correctly).....

https://www.pprune.org/military-aviatio ... ds-10.html

In the last few weeks NAM has received multiple visits from some people from '558, to try and understand some items in the bomb bay of our Vulcan, XM594. On each occasion they have told anyone who will listen to them; staff, volunteers, visitors etc., that the preferred option is a wheels down flig...

Another forum is reporting that an engine was damaged / destroyed in this incident?

Does anybody have some definite information?

I'm wondering that as well Mike. I think most display teams have operated from Cambridge in the past, but time will tell. In the past certainly. However recently I think the Red Arrows and some others operated from Stansted for Duxford shows. No idea if that was for a specific reason or a more gene...

Like them or loath them, VTST got this thing in the air and operated it fairly satisfactorily for a number of years. I wonder how the "know all" detractors would have managed? If you’re only allowing anyone who has successfully restored and returned a Vulcan to flight, as the only people ...