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The Big Bird!

PostPosted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:15 pm
by Sir_Jon
Hi all,
Just got back from a very rainy Farnborough, and the que to get through the town to the airfield were terrible. Just as we got into the car park, the A-340 finished its display and I missed getting any airbourne shots of it and its bigger brother, and what a display it was considering the size of the aircraft. However, I did manage a few shots of it on the ground. Sorry about the rubbish quality, the weather was very overcast and it was my first go at this :P. The wierd sizes are me trying to crop people out of the photo's.
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Thanks for looking,
John.

Re: The Big Bird!

PostPosted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:18 pm
by cspyro21
The pictures make it look big already; I imagine seeing her in real life makes you realise just how big it is :o

Nice stuff Sirjon 8)

Re: The Big Bird!

PostPosted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:20 pm
by Hagar
Well done considering the conditions. Shame about the weather. Hope you enjoyed it anyway.

Re: The Big Bird!

PostPosted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:20 pm
by Sir_Jon
The pictures make it look big already; I imagine seeing her in real life makes you realise just how big it is

When I saw it in the air doing its display, its amazing to think something that big could get off the ground, let alone do what it was doing. And those engines :o they are massive!

Edit: Thanks Hagar, it was a nice day, the MiG 29 OVT was the highlight in my opinion, and you get used to the rain at public events in Britain eh ;D

Re: The Big Bird!

PostPosted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:30 pm
by Mobius
That is one big bird! :o

I like the tail-number, F-WWOW.  WOW! ;D

Re: The Big Bird!

PostPosted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:56 pm
by FsNovice
nice shots. Shows you its true size.

Re: The Big Bird!

PostPosted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 3:59 pm
by Harold
[quote]That is one big bird! :o

I like the tail-number, F-WWOW.

Re: The Big Bird!

PostPosted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:25 pm
by Omag 2.0
That is huge! Must be overwhelming in real life! How I would like to see that one come to Brussels...

Re: The Big Bird!

PostPosted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:03 pm
by flyboy 28
Very nice. Too bad its so ugly. ;D

Re: The Big Bird!

PostPosted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:05 pm
by Alonso
Impressive, did you take those pics? ::)

Re: The Big Bird!

PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:10 am
by Sir_Jon
Impressive, did you take those pics? ::)


Yes... thats why I posted them here.

Re: The Big Bird!

PostPosted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:16 am
by Mictheslik
Just got back from Farnborough also! Shame about the thunderstorm :-[

When the A380 Taxied out the right wing went right over my head. Considering the huge distance between the barriers and the plane that is quite a wingspan :o :o

I was to the right of the ac, on the corner between the taxiway barrier and the crowdline barrier, on the far left of no.3. i moved to crowd centre after the rain though

LOTS of pictures to come in a few minutes when I've put them all on the PC!

.Mic

Re: The Big Bird!

PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:51 pm
by C
Well done considering the conditions. Shame about the weather. Hope you enjoyed it anyway.



Maybe they'll eventually move it back to September - normally much better weather! ;D