Northolt Night Photoshoot VIII

Post by **Graf Zeppelin** » Mon 25 Oct 2010, 7:59 pm

We are now formulating plans to hold the next Night Photoshoot in Mid January 2011. More info soon! :biggrin:

Post by **DerekH** » Mon 25 Oct 2010, 8:05 pm

I'll be there!

Post by **A380FWWOW** » Mon 25 Oct 2010, 8:07 pm

Excellent, we both hope to be there, (please not during wc 23rd Jan) as I will be on OIT at you know where!

Post by **Harlequin67** » Mon 25 Oct 2010, 8:08 pm

I probably don't need to confirm my interest! :grin:

I am like a stick of seaside rock, break my open and "Northolt Nightshoot" would be written all the way through me. :heyhey:

Post by **PorkScratching** » Mon 25 Oct 2010, 8:27 pm

About time you got around to announcing this Phil :grin:

Post by **Blackbird** » Mon 25 Oct 2010, 8:37 pm

Great news!!

Andy :biggrin:

andyxh558 · Post by **andyxh558** » Mon 25 Oct 2010, 9:06 pm

oh dear i will n... nope i cannot say that!!!! so i will be there with the usual suspects with me. :yahoo:

Post by **Pen Pusher** » Mon 25 Oct 2010, 9:45 pm

Probably have the wrong type of snow on the rail tracks but I'll still be there. :biggrin:

Brian

Post by **IanOlder** » Mon 25 Oct 2010, 9:51 pm

Why not indeed, hope we've got some planes left by then.

Post by **rjlaker** » Mon 25 Oct 2010, 10:04 pm

Stick my name down again! Great news!

Post by **D90Man** » Mon 25 Oct 2010, 10:06 pm

Count me in.....

Leon

Post by **tommercer** » Mon 25 Oct 2010, 10:45 pm

Any chance it will be a weekend shoot? Only time i can get back from uni

Post by **Graf Zeppelin** » Mon 25 Oct 2010, 10:54 pm

Sadly not. It is 99% certain it will be on a Thursday evening as with earlier events.

Post by **tommercer** » Mon 25 Oct 2010, 10:56 pm

Rubbish, I really wanna go to one of these! lol How often are they held?

Post by **Mictheslik** » Mon 25 Oct 2010, 11:37 pm

Hopefully it'll be during the exams and I won't have any on the subsequent friday....if so I'm there

If not, then I might have to miss a few lectures

.mic

Post by **Saracen** » Tue 26 Oct 2010, 8:15 am

OH YES add me as always please Phil :yahoo:

Post by **Pen Pusher** » Tue 26 Oct 2010, 8:16 am

tommercer wrote:Rubbish, I really wanna go to one of these! lol

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few :biggrin:

Brian

Post by **theskunk** » Wed 27 Oct 2010, 8:27 pm

sounds good Phil, put me down on the list.

cheers

Gary

Post by **TUGGIE** » Wed 27 Oct 2010, 8:30 pm

And me please

Post by **Fouga** » Wed 27 Oct 2010, 9:04 pm

Hi all, Just curious to know, where does everybody stay for this? Local Hotel im assuming? I have never been but wouldnt mind going sometime, I know our Irish Air Corps used to attend this too? How long do you get on base etc? Do you get a Ramp Tour etc??

Kind Regards,

Dave.

Post by **Pen Pusher** » Wed 27 Oct 2010, 9:21 pm

Fouga wrote:Hi all, Just curious to know, where does everybody stay for this? Local Hotel im assuming? I have never been but wouldnt mind going sometime, I know our Irish Air Corps used to attend this too? How long do you get on base etc? Do you get a Ramp Tour etc??

Kind Regards,

Dave.

I don't think any one stays overnight for the night shoots, unless they are from across the water. I do a return journey on the train from Cambridgeshire. The nearest hotel is the Days Inn which I did stayed at for the arrivals day/night shoot in the summer. On base time is about 2 hours and there is no ramp tour although if there are no aircraft movements you have been allowed closer to the aircraft than the double white lines on the taxi way.

Brian

Post by **PeterR** » Wed 27 Oct 2010, 9:29 pm

Yesssss!

Post by **Harlequin67** » Wed 27 Oct 2010, 9:35 pm

Fouga wrote:Hi all, Just curious to know, where does everybody stay for this? Local Hotel im assuming? I have never been but wouldnt mind going sometime, I know our Irish Air Corps used to attend this too? How long do you get on base etc? Do you get a Ramp Tour etc??

Kind Regards,

Dave.

I stay at my house! I only live 8 miles away! :grin:

Sorry about that, Northolt is 4/5 miles North of Heathrow, so plenty of Hotels nearby. Buses and tubes run nearby so routes to Central London and the hotels there.

The normal routine is get to base around 5-30'ish, check in with Graf or his team of Rustlers! We then meet near the entrance to the 32Sqn pan for a safety brief and a talk about where we are allowed to stand. This normally means behind the yellow line. Graf and the staff at Northolt try to position the aircraft for good photography from the yellow line. Also, a set of air stairs maybe available to use as a high level vantage point.

The shoot lasts to about 8.30 to 9.00'ish.

No ramp tour. However, hangers are sometimes opened and photography allowed from the doorway. Also sometimes other bits of the pan are opened up, but that is at the discretion of the Northolt team.

Also remember to bring a hi-viz vest or jacket. No flash photography. Recommended is a tripod, remote shutter release and probably warm clothes as it is being held in January!

For a report from a Northolt shoot see:
http://www.airshows.co.uk/reports/uk/2009/northolt-nightshoot-5/

Hope that helps.

Post by **Fouga** » Wed 27 Oct 2010, 9:38 pm

Cheers fellas, maybe someday il hope over on an EI into LHR.

Thanks,

Dave.

Post by **Mictheslik** » Wed 27 Oct 2010, 10:15 pm

Pen Pusher wrote:
Fouga wrote:Hi all, Just curious to know, where does everybody stay for this? Local Hotel im assuming? I have never been but wouldnt mind going sometime, I know our Irish Air Corps used to attend this too? How long do you get on base etc? Do you get a Ramp Tour etc??

Kind Regards,

Dave.

I don't think any one stays overnight for the night shoots, unless they are from across the water. I do a return journey on the train from Cambridgeshire. The nearest hotel is the Days Inn which I did stayed at for the arrivals day/night shoot in the summer. On base time is about 2 hours and there is no ramp tour although if there are no aircraft movements you have been allowed closer to the aircraft than the double white lines on the taxi way.

Brian

For the arrivals shoot I stayed in a YHA in London....very cheap and very convenient....got there at midnight and went straight to bed....woke up at 6:30 to catch a train back to bristol

.mic

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