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by **Gavin Conroy** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:58 am

Gear is the same, just found a nice quiet spot and took more ground to air photos which I do enjoy but never get time to do due to the time the Air 2 Air stuff swallows up.
On the Saturday we spent 4.5 hours on the Hunter Air 2 Air, from planning through to actually doing it and had around 5 minutes of "together time"
Well worth it though.

by **Bazza** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:47 am

Thanks Gavin. I was there as well and thoroughly enjoyed the day.

Re your neat shot of the old veterans, can you tell me if my old hero, Bryan Cox - author of "Cats only have 9 lives" is amongst them.

I know he lives in Tauranga and as an old Corsair pilot he would certainly have qualified to be amongst that group.

I sat beside a 747 captain who banged away all day with a pretty decent looking Nikon - I wonder if any
of his shots came out as well as yours...

by **Ian Warren** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:48 am

The Chap , 3 in from the right , No.485 Squadron , met him and had a good chat two years back in the Hotel after the show back then .

by **mustang808** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:54 am

Which Mustang is that in one of Gavin's pictures? The 'Hurry Home Honey' picture. Have not seen it before. Possibly a 'Titan' or have one of the P51's been re-painted ?

by **Nzeddy** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:05 am

by **Bazza** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:10 am

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jan 30 2012,10:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The Chap , 3 in from the right , No.485 Squadron , met him and had a good chat two years back in the Hotel after the show back then .

Wish I'd gone along with you.....

From the photos in his book he looks like a bit of a "shorty" but if you say it's him, I'll believe you.

by **Charl** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:47 am

Glad you could spend some time on the ground, Gavin!
I imagine framing this shot was much more difficult than most would believe

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g173/gavsgt/1454copy-1.jpg

I'm very glad to have seen my first Hawker Hunter in anger (the plane, not me)
It is an impressive and very fast airshow performer.

by **Ian Warren** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:50 am

Bazza wrote:
QUOTE (Bazza @ Jan 30 2012,11:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
From the photos in his book he looks like a bit of a "shorty" but if you say it's him, I'll believe you.

Yeah , was meet up and have a further chat , Mike was with us so figured we had better check how correct the AGN was for Tauranga and missed catching up again , Bugger !

@ Eddie great cockpit shot

by **AlisterC** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:28 am

A bit disappointing to see all the "V" advertising on the Strikemaster

But nice pics as always Gavin.

by **lowflier** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:41 am

AlisterC wrote:
QUOTE (AlisterC @ Jan 30 2012,12:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
A bit disappointing to see all the "V" advertising on the Strikemaster But nice pics as always Gavin.

I agree, they seem to have done a great job of bastardising it.

by **AlisterC** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:50 am

Seems money can buy anything these days.. I remember the good times when stadiums, sports teams, tv shows, buses, events etc weren't owned by adverts..

Now you can't even see a Strikemaster fly in her natural colours it would seem..

by **Charl** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:05 pm

AlisterC wrote:
QUOTE (AlisterC @ Jan 30 2012,12:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
A bit disappointing to see all the "V" advertising on the Strikemaster

Glad you mentioned that, I thought it might just be me - at first it looked like a paint job in progress, but no! it is ghastly.

by **Gavin Conroy** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:23 pm

The Strikemaster certainly looks different, and if the sponsorship helps the owner operate the aeroplane then all good. Looked a bit like a RENO racer.

by **ZK-MAT** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:40 pm

Well my son (15yrs) thought that the "V" signwriting was awesome...

I guess it depends on the target audience

by **Charl** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:15 pm

ZK-MAT wrote:
QUOTE (ZK-MAT @ Jan 30 2012,4:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I guess it depends on the target audience

I rest my case... I didn't even know it was advertising something, I just averted my gaze.
Mind you I am somewhat one-eyed about this, the aircraft is so ugly to start with, it seems like kicking a man when he's down...

by **Gavin Conroy** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:54 pm

Last few from me, the rest will be on my website when I get around to it.
Probably should have put them in the photography section but never mind.

by **Splitpin** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:04 pm

by **Adamski** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:44 pm

My oh my oh my!!

Speechless!

by **ZK-MAT** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:55 pm

Jaw-dropping!

by **Nzeddy** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:29 pm

Awesome photos!

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