A catch up on the ongoing Victor restoration in the conservation hanger, had a chat with Andrew in there and he tells me the paint is on order and we should soon see paint going on, it will be rolled on as was done in service apparently, the scheme chosen will be green / grey upper with white unders...

Spitfire run up today, there were a few spit movements;

Spitfire run up by Mark Handley, on Flickr

So I was walking the trade stands at RIAT 2019 and come across a lens and equipment outlet, they had a lens I had been considering for a good "show" price a Tamron 100-400, and on a moment of weakness I snapped it up, wandered back to the fenceline and ............................. https:/...

Buy a decent scanner like Nikon cool scan v or Plustec optic film 7400 or above and scan all your film and slide media, then sell the scanner, you should recoup most of what you paid , I actually sold my 2nd hand Coolscan that I brought new for several hundred pounds more than i paid for it thanks t...

I used to contribute in a small way to Duxford Dairy, but the site "upgrades" made it hard work, happy to see it on here, here's one of mine from Duxford this year; https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48770029287_4281a91251_b.jpg Bearcat Maintainance by Mark Handley , on Flickr

On Saturday, you can visit the spottersday at Kleine-Brogel ( http://www.spottersday.be ) or explore the region. During the spottersday, you can see the departure and landing of planes that have to rehearse at Sanicole and some of the participants will taxy past the audience when they depart or ret...

Tickets booked for Fri & Sunday, what happens on the Saturday?

My gear list will be Nikon D300 body with 11-16mm + 35mm+70-210mm plus Nikon 18mm-200mm zoom all to use for static and close shots
Nikon D7200 body with Nikon 300mm F4 plus Nikon1.4 teleconvertor (630mm)
Manfrotto Tripod with gimbal head +
Monopod

Airshowhammer wrote:Worst airshow i've ever been without a shadow of a doubt.

Agree

The Eagle flyby clinched it, Ticket booked

Seems Duxford missed a trick with the D Day 75th, a woeful show by the looks of it.

Fortunately I'm off to Normandy for a week 1st -8th June to catch all the events over there including a visit booked to Caen airfield to see all the Dakotas there.

I wouldn't have posted if I was not sure, here's a cut n paste from early booking email; Last Year at Kempsford Camping for Us We are very sad to say that 2019 will be our last year running Kempsford Camping. The owners of the land will be taking over from next year and they will be around this year...

Kempsford early booking email states final year for camping at Kempsford this year, new owners on site during camping week but unclear if camping will continue to be available on current site
Current organisers looking for new venue for 2020.


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Will they be over Normandy on D Day week, I'm there 1st-8th June photographing the Dak's

Be fantastic if Sally B could join the flypast!

I use a Plustek 7400, happy with results, good as my Nikon coolscan was, checkout website; https://plustek.com/uk/products/film-an ... -scanners/

Yes, the fee isn't that bad, but clearly a lot of users are simply going to go find alternatives/stop using Flickr. For me and I know many others, Flickr has been so much more than just free photo storage. I've been asked for the use of my images via Flickr, I've made friends through Flickr, and ha...

Price rises over time, that is fine, it is the way of the world. However. Increasing fees 100% in one hit without adding anything substantive over and above your current service isn't. It is nothing short of a profiteering rip off. No it isn't, there's been no rise to my pro account ever, so in fac...

It's also a kick in the teeth for long term Pro account holders. I've held mine since 2012 - because I had it before Yahoo! put a 1TB cap on new Pro accounts - I already have unlimited storage and was allowed to keep it when they changed. I currently by $25 a year. So basically, they've just put up...

What's your point then? the point is its pay the fee or lose your images and your website functionality in a lot of cases. i'm not against paying for the service, but flickr is crap for anything other than photo storage. the free 1Tb of storage was why people went to flickr. no other reason So pay ...

What's your point then?

50 Dollars = approx. £38 per year or £3.16 per month, not exactly a large fee

I maybe getting old and grumpy, but, I’ve never really seen the point in having a fun fair at DX, nor a mobile pub!! No issues with loo’s here either. You’ve just gotta know where the ones that never get anyone queuing as people can’t be bothered to walk up a flight of stairs in Airspace! Not a lot...

I'd imagine, given the lack of numbers of F-35s in the UK, the fact that they need to start working up to deploy on to HMS QE, and the fact they've only been in the UK for a few months, that spending all that money and time on developing a display team and routine is not anywhere near the top of th...

I don't think flying fast along the runway and pulling up with some nice vapour really constitutes a "Display" ? do you? Thing is, we all paid to go to an Airshow, I can go to RAF Marham and see a flypast for free