Sunday, July 10, 2011

Wales National Airshow, 2011

Apologies for the non-nature post, but I was itching to put my big lens into action for the first time in a while, and yesterday's airshow over Swansea Bay provided the perfect opportunity. The only previous one I'd attended, two years ago, was washed out due to bad weather, so I headed down the short distance to Swansea Beach, and found a comfortable viewing point in the sand dunes near the university.
The first plane that flew over, at 12.05 p.m., was a Lancaster Bomber:


Followed quickly by the Breitling Wingwalkers:




The Meridian Tower is visible here to the right of the planes:


Then came the Royal Navy Merlin helicopter:



Tutor:


Tucano ZF378:



Upside down:



Hawk:


Search and Rescue Sea King helicopter:








Royal Navy Black Cats helicopter display team:



The R.A.F. Falcons parachute display team:


The penultimate act was The Blades aerobatic team:






Finally, the event which many seemed to have been waiting for, the famous Red Arrows:









A final flourish over the Mumbles, and they were off:


The five-hour show went amazingly quickly, and was definitely worth getting sunburnt for. I might even go back for more on Sunday!


2 comments:

  1. Very good shots Jeremy, it's a very nice serie.

    Greetings, Joop

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  2. Awesome shots!
    Time I dumped the compact : )

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