48 Hour Photo Comp: Hidden Gems

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Andyph
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48 Hour Photo Comp: Hidden Gems

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This competition is for the photographs you have been wanting to enter but not found a competition (so far) to enter them in!
Anything and everything is allowed (as long as it is aviation!) - Only rule is we should not have seen any pics entered before.

3 shots per entry max.

Good Luck

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DerekF
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Re: 48 Hour Photo Comp: Hidden Gems

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I've dug out three that I like anyway.

A380 gets airborne to display at Farnborough in 2014 in a shower of heat, grass and dirt.
ImageD7000_01_DSC_8120x by Derek N.Ferguson, on Flickr

Grob cast shadows at Cosford in 2017.
ImageD600_02_DSC_2237x by Derek N.Ferguson, on Flickr

Concorde G-BOAF arrives at Farnborough in 1998.
Image1998337_03x by Derek N.Ferguson, on Flickr

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Gonna go for something a bit different this time.....might be a bit marmite for some.

ImageBoeing B-17G Flying Fortress - 17 (mod) by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

ImageRed Arrows - 9 (mod) by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

ImageBeech D18S - 4 (mod) by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

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Oh for goodness' sake Nick :clap: :worship:
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Great idea for a comp. These haven't been seen before I don't think. Two taking off, one departing at great speed.

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F-14 Tomcat taking off at Fairford, 1993 by N, on Flickr



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Blackburn Buccaneer by N, on Flickr



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Tornado F3 by N, on Flickr

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AndyXH558
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Good Idea.
Well I had to put a vulcan. didnt I?
Image558 power! by andrew abbott, on Flickr

Dedicated to all those who lost their lives in the RAF During WW2 around Malta. The RAF Memorial.
ImageDSC00089 by andrew abbott, on Flickr

Finally the edit of this pic I didnt like but thought I'd show it anyway. Yes the sky was moody.
Imagemoody lanc number2 by andrew abbott, on Flickr

This isn't included in the competition....... This is a round of What happened next?
ImageIMG_1760 by andrew abbott, on Flickr
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Remote control warbirds
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These two screen shot off Gopro footage.
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Three of mine:
Overflying AMARG - my attempt at the iconic image of the "broken" B-52s
ImageIMG_6735-1 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

I stopped by at Port Hardy airport in British Columbia and asked if I could have a look around. The guy just said come on in, and within a few minutes this Grumman Goose arrived. Built in 1942 she was still in commercial use 65 years later.
ImageGrumman Goose C-FPCK. by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

If you're bored, count the aircraft you can see on the ground!! AirVenture 2018.
ImageFlying over Oshkosh by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

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PeteFenwick
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Hard to pick 3 but what ho-

Reminds me of when the Mach Loop had fairly regular traffic-a cold early november morning with nice light-
ImageRAF C-130J Hercules Low Level in Mach Loop by Peter Fenwick, on Flickr

Lucky enough to make Oceana in 2005 for the F14 swansong, what an aircraft-
ImageOceana 2 by Peter Fenwick, on Flickr

My last airshow visit before this virus took hold-hopefully a reminder of a brighter aviation future-
ImageDanish C-130 at Sanicole Twilight show by Peter Fenwick, on Flickr

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A gem hidden away from us here in Britain, the world's last flying Vautour, an ex CEV machine with a Mirage 2000 nose radar, kept airworthy in civilian hands for about 10 years and regular around the French airshow circuit at that time. seen here at Nancy awaiting its display slot in 1994.
Imageimg110 by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Oh those French and their secretive CEV machines, this was their last airworthy Mirage IIIE, with a recce nose, seen just before retirement taxi-ing back in at Cazaux in 2005.
Imageimg167 by Paul Downes, on Flickr

staying on the 1950s designed delta theme, one type I always wanted to see fly was the Sexy Six, the F-106 Delta Dart, I managed just once when this QF-106A arrived from Tyndall at Nellis in April 1997 for the Golden Air Tattoo. It never managed to land due to high cross winds , and had to make the short journey down from Indian Springs the next day, at least it made an approach for us.
Imageimg287 by Paul Downes, on Flickr
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I've gone for a theme of 'hidden gems' within my RAW image files for my three entries, all of which are images I've previously not processed until the past few weeks. As I'm sure lots have others have been doing through this year, recently I've gone through my external hard drives and been editing shots that I didn't look at on the first sweep. All three shots today are from 2015 and images that for whatever reason I didn't bother to process five years ago but please that I have done so now...

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First one from Farnborough 2012, taken from the Southwood playing fields that used to be a popular watchpoint for Cove residents.

ImageFarnborough_Airshow_2012 (3) by John Dixon, on Flickr

Now a USAF C-130 from Farnborough 2010, taken from the same location:

Image2010_07_19_Farnborough_C130J by John Dixon, on Flickr

Finally back to 1978 and one of my few scans: Red Arrows Vixen Break with Gnats. Taken on one of my first ventures into the showground, as a sixteen-year-old stripling.

ImageRed_Arrows_Vixen_Break_Gnat by John Dixon, on Flickr

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1. My favourite Herc pic - Airpower Zeltweg 2011
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2. How low you can go?
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3. Heli action somewhere in Swiss Alps
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I've gone for 3 slightly menacing RIAT static shots, that stand out for me whenever I have a 'flick through'.

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DSC04959 by Chris Strawson, on Flickr

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DSC02532 by Chris Strawson, on Flickr

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DSC00242 by Chris Strawson, on Flickr
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When I first saw the new theme name, I immediatly thought about one of my most surprising aeronautical surprise: the Vigna di Valle Air Museum, in Italy.
Hidden gems for sure are exhibited there: unique and magnificent machines !
Only 3 pictures shown here, but more on my Flickr.

ImageMacchi M.39 -1 by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageMacchi M.67 -3 by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

ImageMacchi MC. 205 -4 by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

A place worth the visit and even the trip (as soon as possible).

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lots to enjoy..

Honorable mentions to Paul's 106 - I'd have loved to have seen one!
Peters' Tomcat 4 ship (phaor!)
Andy' Goose (My misses wants us to buy a campervan - might show her this as an option!)

but i'm going to go with..

3) Derek's Concord - I like the heads in the foreground - gives it scale - I used to work 2 minutes walk away from here at Farnborough and had my first solo flight from the same runway!

2) Nicks wonderful B/W Beech 18 - beautiful aeroplane and a beautiful photograpgh

1) Peters Slovak Mig-29 - win's because I can feel the afterburner vibrating my chest!
I love watching fast jet displays at sunset - and this photo captures why.

Yours Peter:

As an aside I don't usually see military aircraft flying day to day (I live in the South Island of New Zealand) - but today had 4 singleton RNZAF Texan's come low over the house.
Each time trying to (quickly) find my glasses and choose the right door to bail out of to see the aircraft before it disappears - sometimes more successfully than others!

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Thanks Andy, nice morning surprise to wake up to. :sunglasses: The Fulcrum shot was taken at Radom 2015, performing as one of the final displays of the day during the setting sun.

New topic coming soon...!

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