NZFF

Posted: **Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:07 pm**

Friggen Gorgeous Gavin

, my brother Allan was there teasing me with a few photo's during day the bugger but nothing like these

Posted: **Sat Nov 30, 2013 1:11 pm**

Posted: **Sat Nov 30, 2013 8:09 pm**

Excellent work Gavin. Thanks for sharing these, we seem to have missed out on your photographic work lately - or maybe I'm senile and forgetful?

Posted: **Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:31 am**

The latest edition of Classic Wings is due out very soon.

Posted: **Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:36 am**

Gav .. that F-18 dose not have a chance ... Look at that Grin , wipe the smile off any Hornet!

Posted: **Sun Dec 01, 2013 10:48 am**

Great stuff ..., love the close up B & W of the Spitfire.

Posted: **Sun Dec 01, 2013 11:42 am**

Naki wrote:
QUOTE (Naki @ Dec 1 2013,11:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Great stuff ..., love the close up B & W of the Spitfire.

First Pic is pretty awesome along with the rest

Posted: **Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:03 pm**

The good thing about the flight with the Hornet was that I was given the job to hand signal the pilots to make the most of the time so with the already high angle of attack and putting the Hornet down as far as I could he almost looks like he is climbing at 80 degrees.

Posted: **Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:19 pm**

Power of that Prop ..

SO BRILLIANT !

Posted: **Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:11 am**

If the prop looked exactly like this in FSX my first thought would be: a yellow circle, how unrealistic

Posted: **Mon Dec 02, 2013 7:44 pm**

Last few for now, and check out the latest Classic Wings magazine.

Posted: **Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:13 pm**

Nice photos Gavin some of the best I have seen

Posted: **Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:19 pm**

Gavin Conroy wrote:
QUOTE (Gavin Conroy @ Dec 1 2013,9:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The latest edition of Classic Wings is due out very soon.

And may I say that it is an excellent issue as well one of those that you cannot put down until you have read it from cover to cover.

I'm not really a jet fan but those Hornet shots are ace , not to mention the Sabre

Posted: **Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:08 am**

Wicked shots Gavin- what was the camera ship used for the Hornets? What sort of airspeed were they back to for those snaps?

Posted: **Wed Dec 04, 2013 2:40 pm**

very nice....

That mustang with the the blue prop spinner did they get the mixture problems right when idleing.

Posted: **Thu Dec 05, 2013 11:44 pm**

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Dec 1 2013,10:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Power of that Prop .. SO BRILLIANT !

Posted: **Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:37 am**

Trolly wrote:
QUOTE (Trolly @ Dec 3 2013,10:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Wicked shots Gavin- what was the camera ship used for the Hornets? What sort of airspeed were they back to for those snaps?

Believe it or not the photos were taken from a DH Caribou doing just over 130 knots.

Posted: **Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:56 am**

Gavin Conroy wrote:
QUOTE (Gavin Conroy @ Dec 7 2013,7:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Believe it or not the photos were taken from a DH Caribou doing just over 130 knots.

Not so hard to believe , I recall the 1987 Christchurch Airshow the debut of the F-18 in New Zealand , commentary mentioning as the Hornet flew past "flying the same speed as you drive home"

Looking again at those photos that Boomerang got in close , that would have been a thrill !

Posted: **Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:01 pm**

Normally when they do the slow alpha pass at airshows they are light on fuel and carrying nothing under the wings or fuselage.

These guys had weapons, extra hard points, drop tanks, and enough fuel to get back to Williamtown which made things a lot harder for them.
Talking to one of the pilots the next day they set the flaps in auto mode, then concentrate on flying the jet in close formation.
Interesting to watch and they burnt a lot of fuel flying as they did, could clearly hear them which was a bit of fun.

One of the Sabre photos on this cover.

NZFF

A few photos from Temora.