Having already been to the Dawlish Airshow last Saturday and watched the Red Arrows here in Torbay on Wednesday I thought it best for domestic harmony to miss the Red Arrows at Dartmouth this evening. Dartmouth is a mere six miles away as the Hawk T1 flies so there was scope to watch a bit of the display using binoculars which is what I did. At that distance, though, photographing them was out of the question so the 7D stayed safely tucked up inside.
After a few passes in diamond formation they turned away from Dartmouth and, still in perfect formation, headed towards me... they flew right over the top of my house so low I thought the chimneys were in jeopardy and, just as they did so, the rearmost group of aircraft made smoke. And with no camera to hand I could only stand and watch!
I have no idea why their display was cut short, maybe just low cloud, but in future I think I'll listen to the saying: keep calm and carry cameras!
Cheers,
John
After a few passes in diamond formation they turned away from Dartmouth and, still in perfect formation, headed towards me... they flew right over the top of my house so low I thought the chimneys were in jeopardy and, just as they did so, the rearmost group of aircraft made smoke. And with no camera to hand I could only stand and watch!
I have no idea why their display was cut short, maybe just low cloud, but in future I think I'll listen to the saying: keep calm and carry cameras!
Cheers,
John
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