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UK visit - Military (Cottesmore-Mildenhal-Northolt)

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Been ages ago since I last posted on here.

During the last two weeks of march my missus and I have been in the UK to find a home for our oncoming move. Despite being across for practical reasons one could not leave the camera at home and I selfishly dragged the missus along for a few short photo sessions %)

First stop was Cottesmore en route to Scotland to visit friends. 45 minutes by the fence produce the below:
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What a lovely place Cottesmore was. The 3-ship aircraft all made 3-4 Touch and go´s at different speeds and heights, on even hovering and bowing for the photographers. I loved the fact that the runway is so close to the low fence that one can litterally spit onto it :Yahoo!:

After an extended week end in Glasgow we drove to Wales. Weather was great leaving Glasgow (weird really %) ) but upon crossing into Wales the rain started. Next day I had a quick visit on top on Cad East stil in rain and with no aircraft in sight. I decided not to stick around and we headed to England again. Shortly after exirting Wales sun started shining :sorry:

On the way to our Hotel in Stansted I decided on a quick diversion past the Hall. Been ages since I was last at Mildenhall and got lucky with a few goodies in the 45 minutes I was there:
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Not bad for 45minutes ehh? Light was a little tricky but I was well chuffed with catching the Awacs circuit bashing :good:

Next was a pre-planned photo shoot; The Northolt Night Shoot. What a fantastic event this was. A BIG :good: to the organisers.
Here´s just a few select shots all taken with use of my trusted beanbag. Damn hard work, but well worth it me thinks:
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Well thats all folks. C & C welcome as always.

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Post by vuurwerkreeshof »

:respect: especially to the last pic :D
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That Chinook is really astonishing
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Woot man that Chinook and the Tornado and the sunset awacs :respect: :worship: :respect:
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The Chinook is amazing and that side-on Tornado isn't to bad either!
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Fantastic set, from A to Z. :yourock:

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These are the shots that make me realise I've got a looong way to go....
What a very very very good shots! :respect:
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Post by Maurice »

Wonderful series! Looks like you had an excellent trip to the UK!
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The last nightshot is fantastic!
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Great shots!!! Thanks for sharing
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Post by Andras »

Excellent work! Very good compo's and light. Hat's off for the eveningshots, Chinook is great, Hawk is great, all is great.

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That was fu***** awesome!! :respect: lovely shots


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Post by TAZZ »

Very nice pics !

Great show !!!

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