Monday, May 6, 2019

Another Privilege

The great air-to-air photographer Gavin Conroy took some shots of the plane before the Air Show.  A suggestion was made that more shots could be taken once the vineyard leaves start to turn colour. That was arranged but it was also arranged that I would have a first hand experience of flying along side her in a Tiger Moth - what an experience! It gave me a much better appreciation of what those WW1 pilots had to put up with in terms of keeping the head moving to see just where the opponent might appear from. My photos are not as good as Gavin's though.  But here are my versions anyway:

An odd coupling: 1916 Russian Nieuport with a 1950s Chinese trainer (chase plane)

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