Wat an awesome engine... Do you know how long it will stay at Carlisle? I'm afraid it was a day trip only. She returned to Crewe (via Chester) later the same day. If you have a look at Railway Herald: Railtours she is scheduled to head a return trip from Blackpool to Carlisle on Tuesday 02nd July, ...

A pristine Sir Nigel Gresley leaving Chester in glorious early morning June sunshine bound for Carlisle. As the loco was sidelit I have had to tweak the contrast and shadows quite harshly to achieve the details in the running gear. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54581262717_40119f46c0_b.jpg 011...

Absolutely fantastic especially #1 (metadata please).
I have a neice who lives in Singapore whom I visit occasionally, her inlaws live in Langkawi for 9 months a year
yet somehow this show has passed me by DOH!
Thank you so much for the heads up.

I think I read somewhere many years ago:- An F4 Phantom in a 45 degree dive at mach 1 requires a minimum
8,000 ft vertically to level out. True or not I don't know, either way it doesn't leave much wiggleroom.

As an aside to all of the above. In October/November 2003 on the last night of our trip (a Sunday) four of us went out for a meal in Pheonix. When it came to paying the bill my credit card was declined (I can't remember the reason why) however after several attempts and blind panic our friends paid ...

Belting set of shots.

Bet you're pleased with the R7!!

I made it this far twice - fantastic!!

The F-111 at night was always the best part of the Avalon airshow. Those were the days. Great pics. Are you attending Avalon next weekend? I'm afraid not. I have family in the Melbourne area and it's just possible I could get over to Australia in 2027 by which time I'll be 74 (health permitting). I...

Thanks guys, I will get around to 2011 soon I hope.

Hi Mike, thanks for posting these. I was there in 2007 too; volunteered as part of the marshalling team, so these brought back lots of memories! Great stuff. My profile picture was taken there during the night show on the Friday night. Andy Hi Andy, Glad you enjoyed them. Yes it brought back memori...

The stuff of dreams - subject matter and what quality - made my day.
Thank you.

Absolutely fabulous set and so well presented - what memories.
Oh for some sound of that Hunter Blue Note now.
Thank you.

What's the saying? Fact is sometimes stranger than fiction!!!
What an experience and absolutely quality photographs.
Thank you.

Love these old jets - they have charisma.
Class photography helps too.

Superb effort!!
Did you you cable release or timer out of interest?

Stunning simply stunning!!

Thanks guys.

Red Dragon: when I returned from Australia I gave a talk and slideshow at one of the VAS meetings (April or May 2007).
I'm sure you would have been there!!
These probably haven't seen the light of day since then apart from a few I've printed.

Cheers,

Mike.

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Nice, thanks for sharing. The F-111 looks nice....and the Hawk with brake-chute....and the Caribou!
Looking forward to 2011!

Thank you.
2007 part 2 just posted, 2011 soon I hope.

The other highlights of this show were:- F111's - unfortunately for the last time. Night flying/displays. Some of these photographs while not the best I've ever taken hopefully will be of interest to some of our older members. The two head on shots of the 'torching' F111 have been cropped hard (mayb...

In 2007 and 2011 I was very fortunate to have access to the trade days at the Australian International airshow at Avalon, Victoria. To say it was challenging photograpically is an understatement it was blisteringly hot, freezing cold, windy, dusty, raining, appalling light and sometime brilliant lig...