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Yeovilton Air Day 8-7-17 civilian registered

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Yeovilton Air Day 8-7-17 civilian registered

Post by LondonEye » Mon Jul 10, 2017 6:58 pm

Another sweltering hot day. The cider went down well. A nice day, nice venue - but, why with so much space, do they place barriers up close to static aircraft ?

For me, the most interesting aircraft was the Short SC7 Skyvan OE-FDP

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Richard Goodwin Pitts S-2S G-EWIZ

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An interesting older type Gardan GY-80 Horizon G-ATGY

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Visiting air ambulance with apt reg G-DSAA. An AW-169 - to me an Agusta-Westland, I will struggle to call them Leonardo.

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One of the pleasure flight helicopters Bell 206B G-BYBI

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Now a few Yaks
Yak 18T G-YAKJ

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Yak 52 G-YAKX / 27 red

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Yak 52 G-YAKH / 33 white

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Yak C-18A G-BMJY / 07 yellow

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Mig 15UTI N104CJ / 18 red

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Finally, both of the Martin-Baker Gloster Meteor's, used for ejection seat testing, are now civil registered.
G-JSMA WL419

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G-JWMA WA638

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Hope you all find something of interest in this mixture .
Pete.

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 8-7-17 civilian registered

Post by andygolfer » Thu Jul 13, 2017 10:18 am

A very nice set Pete, the Skyvan is nice and I also particularly like the Meteors.

I agree the placing of barriers close to the aircraft is a pain, a bit of space between spectators and aircraft makes all the difference for photography and just for general viewing - you get a far better perspective for both.

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Re: Yeovilton Air Day 8-7-17 civilian registered

Post by LondonEye » Thu Jul 13, 2017 3:54 pm

Thanks.
The Skyvan was a nice surprise, used for parachute dropping (The Falcons).
The barrier issue is also mentioned in the review on the UKAR (UK Aviation Review) website. I appreciate that some folk want to get up close, but when it is in a special colour scheme, or unusual type, the barriers could be close one side, but distant opposite to allow a clear view. Even with wide angle lens, some aircraft were difficult to shoot without including the barriers.
The frustrating thing at Yeovilton is that they have so much space ! Grumble over, still a nice venue and enjoyable day.
Pete.

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