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by **Mayfly** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:33 pm

yippee as it was delayed 24hrs from yesterday it meant I could get some pics today

typhoons

nimrod

Queen of the skies

Mr Ugly

by **Saracenman** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:59 pm

agreed re "Mr Ugly" - not the most eye-catching craft is it

VC10 though.....

thanks Mayfly

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by **Mackrick** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:52 pm

Are they with the new camera MF ?

by **Mayfly** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:57 pm

yeah still playing with it - only the second time I've taken it out....

by **Saracenman** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:58 pm

sounds like you need a job in the RAF =))

by **Jigsaw** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:16 pm

Great pics MF, thanks for sharing

Agree also, that is one bugly astard of an aircraft.

by **Mackrick** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:44 pm

Nice shots MF for second time out

by **Gully** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:09 pm

Thanks for the piccies, MF!

Gully

by **Mayfly** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:17 am

As SM pointed out they are a little dark, but are untouched and was taken facing south - it was a funny day big black clouds one second blue sky the next. Any suggests for reccommended settings appreicated bearing in mind it is a 'bridge' camera.

The other problem I have found is I don't like using the screen I prefer the view finder but lose sight of the a/c :))

by **Bovril** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:39 pm

must admit i usually frame up a picture so its about 2/3 ground and 1/3 sky and get meter readings of that then set camera manually to use those or set it to over/under expose accordingly if using auto exp

so i'd like a few tips too

always good to learn and get better results

by **Mayfly** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 1:51 pm

well I've just sent a snotagram to the BBC re their lack of coverage of the flypast - it rated about 30secs on BBC News of whch the first 15 secs was watching the back of the news presenter & then he got the aircraft type wrong AND it was interupted to go to a bloody news conference in Iran

ps heard the typhoons taking off from Coningsby - what a racket... $\:D/$

by **Joey45** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:09 pm

they went past my house....

by **Mackrick** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:39 pm

They appeared at Brize today as well :ymapplause:

by **Sooty655** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:20 pm

The flypast went directly overhead my boat on the Regents Canal this lunchtime. Hope her maj. enjoyed it, I certainly did.

Makes being away from 655 (almost) worth it.

by **Saracenman** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:11 pm

bloody BBC ~x(

but i guess that Iran IS more important the a man dressed as a bear! :((

will check iPlayer shortly - there might be better coverage on there

sm

by **Saracenman** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:45 pm

Mayfly wrote:well I've just sent a snotagram to the BBC re their lack of coverage of the flypast - it rated about 30secs on BBC News of whch the first 15 secs was watching the back of the news presenter & then he got the aircraft type wrong AND it was interupted to go to a bloody news conference in Iran

ps heard the typhoons taking off from Coningsby - what a racket... $\:D/$

i watched it on iPlayer last night - full coverage of the flypast at the end of the highlights programme

watch it here (BBC iPlayer)

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by **Mayfly** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:06 pm

I haven't seen it yet but did hear the iplayer coverage was good

still not on tho' not everyones got internet access [-x

by **Saracenman** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:10 pm

it MUST'VE been shown on live TV at some point though - iPlayer only regurgitates programmes that've already been broadcast on BBC TV and Radio after all - there's nowt unique to iPlayer

perhaps the coverage was on the highlights programme, rather than the live one ???

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by **Mayfly** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:48 pm

what I quoted in my prevoius post I saw on BBC news live [news24] as was - on BBC1 they had a rerun of question of sport ~x(

by **Saracenman** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:53 pm

isn't Trooping the Colour usually on Beeb 1 every year? i watched the full version on iPlayer, and it had no coverage of the flypast at all - only a brief mention that HMQ was off to watch it

the highlights definitely covered it though, so perhaps the BBC ran out of time in the schedule???

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by **Mayfly** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:57 pm

yeah so they could rerun Q of S

by **Mayfly** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:49 am

well I got a reply from the BBC

I note you were disappointed with the lack of the RAF fly past.

As in previous years, BBC One's live coverage on Saturday 13 June was of the Army's Trooping of the Colour ceremony from Horse Guards Parade in central London. The RAF's flypast tribute to celebrate the Queen's birthday is later during the day thus not part of our live Trooping of the Colour coverage in the morning.

The flypast itself was extensively covered by us live on the BBC News channel from 1pm and also covered briefly during 'Tennis' coverage on BBC TWO.

So wonder what part of

"Out of 30 seconds coverage aired on the BBC News channels' 1o'clock news, 15 seconds of which we saw the presenters back, it was then cut short to go to the News conference from Iran" he doesn't understand then.......

If the coverage on the BBC News channel was extensive I dread to think what 'brief' means!!!!!!

by **Saracenman** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:42 pm

that's complete bollocks!

I've watched Trooping the Colour LIVE on Beeb 1 for Y-E-A-R-S and they always used to show HMQ travelling back to the Palace and then watching the flypast - all part of the same programme!

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by **Mayfly** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:53 pm

yeah I know they did coz I use to watch & record it for DT when he was on BBMF

by **Saracenman** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:59 pm

so he could give the formation stragglers a bollocking on Monday morning? =))

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