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Stansted 12-07-2018

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Stansted 12-07-2018

Post by andygolfer » Fri Jul 13, 2018 6:46 am

2 hours at STN yesterday in a friendly farmer's field which he opened up for enthusiasts for the arrival of POTUS and his entourage, excellent location - thank you.
MY camera went all mardy on me and totally locked up just and the helicopter formation approached, button wouldn't even press, turned it off and on, battery out and in (I'd just recharged it)and then got a message ' card not accessible' took it out and put it back and it finally worked - annoying to put it mildly! ?Stil lthe ones I missed were military so you won't be too interested (a few later ones are on FC) if you are).

here we go, would have been more but to make a bad day worse I knocked the AF switch on my lens to AF (it's done it before but I've noticed in time, the Sigma slider isn't really tight enough) so some were out of focus, rescued a few of them okay......
ImageF-HZFM A.320 Air Corsica Stansted 12-07-2018 1469 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ImageUR-AJC A.320 Atlas Global Stansted 12-07-2018 1494 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ImageA6-SAJ CL.605 Stansted 12-07-2018 1524 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ImageM-MNDG Gulfstream G.5 Stansted 12-07-2018 1547 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Primera are still struggling on with this 757 on the New York run - it was only 2 hours late yesterday which must be a record. A new A.321 NEO is due in today so hopefully they will be using that instead soon
ImageN175CA B.757 National Airlines Stansted 12-07-2018 1598 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ImageG-SIRS Ce.560 Stansted 12-07-2018 1622 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Image5B-DCU A.319 Cobalt Stansted 12-07-2018 2031 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

for a moment I thought it was Gareth Southgate waving, he's a great leader too!
ImageA6-EQH B.777 Emirates Stansted 12-07-2018 2105 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ImageT7-RAK CL.604 Stansted 12-07-2018 2158 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ImageHL-7423 B.747-400F Asiana Cargo Stansted 12-07-2018 2215 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ImageOE-LUC Gulfstream G.650 Stansted 12-07-2018 2265 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and 3 of the POTUS fleet as that was the main quarry...
Image90016 C.32 USAF Stansted 12-07-2018 1678 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Image29000 VC-25 B.747 USAF Stansted 12-07-2018 1793 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Image168292 (04) MV-22 Osprey USMC Stansted 12-07-2018 1854 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
(two of the MV.22s flew back out our way but the others were too far west :mad: )

and finally the Met police escort having a good look at us
ImageG-MPSA EC.145 Metropolitan Police Stansted 12-07-2018 1834 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

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Re: Stansted 12-07-2018

Post by wiggy » Fri Jul 13, 2018 8:38 pm

Sounds like you had a classic dose of Murphy's Law, Andy.

I had only one business meeting I couldn't move this week and you guessed it, it was on Thursday afternoon; so my plans to see the POTUS entourage were stymied at the outset.

All the best

Denis.

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Re: Stansted 12-07-2018

Post by andygolfer » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:56 am

wiggy wrote:
Fri Jul 13, 2018 8:38 pm
Sounds like you had a classic dose of Murphy's Law, Andy.

I had only one business meeting I couldn't move this week and you guessed it, it was on Thursday afternoon; so my plans to see the POTUS entourage were stymied at the outset.

All the best

Denis.
that sums it up pretty well Denis. Shame you missed it - quite an impressive show!
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Re: Stansted 12-07-2018

Post by welshdan1927 » Mon Jul 16, 2018 3:37 pm

Those green ospreys :cool: :thumbs:

Can see what you mean on one or two re. The focus but I'd still be happy to get shots of all of these. For the most part they're excellent pics and you nailed the stars of the show for sure.

Air Force One is one of the last on my life list that I really want to get. One of these days!

Thanks for sharing

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Re: Stansted 12-07-2018

Post by andygolfer » Mon Jul 16, 2018 4:58 pm

welshdan1927 wrote:
Mon Jul 16, 2018 3:37 pm
Those green ospreys :cool: :thumbs:

Can see what you mean on one or two re. The focus but I'd still be happy to get shots of all of these. For the most part they're excellent pics and you nailed the stars of the show for sure.

Air Force One is one of the last on my life list that I really want to get. One of these days!

Thanks for sharing
thanks Dave- those slide switches are just too soft and I'm always accidentally knocking them to the wrong position, I check regularly to make sure thye are correct but forgot for a while. I've now resorted to a bit of white insulation tape over all of them, doesn't look good but if it solves the problem then that's fine by me.
note anyone who sees an old fart with a big black sigma lens apparently held together by white tape - it's probably me so come and say hello!
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