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GWJPhantom
24th Oct 2006, 22:28
Gents,
My first post here on PPRune but felt this may be of intrest today as seen in that famous(infamous) roundabout in Central Wales . I am one of those (Sad?) people that trek up a Welsh hill in all weathers in the hope of catching one of you lot past the lens and today we had a very photagenic GR4 plus the steed of a VIP don't know if he was flying it though!
The writing under the cockpit of the Typhoon is
"ACM Sir Glenn Torpy"
Cheers Gareth
http://hometown.aol.com/GWJPhantom/Bwlch+24-10-06+2.jpg
http://hometown.aol.com/GWJPhantom/Bwlch+24-10-06+4.jpg
http://hometown.aol.com/GWJPhantom/Bwlch+24-10-06+9.jpghttp://hometown.aol.com/GWJPhantom/Bwlch+24-10-06+3.jpg
AlphaMale
24th Oct 2006, 22:33
Nice Pics :ok:
spectre150
25th Oct 2006, 05:39
Very very nice - good work.
breakscrew
25th Oct 2006, 07:10
Ah, but was it him flying it?
QFIhawkman
25th Oct 2006, 10:30
It's good that he has an aircraft allocated to him personally.
I mean, it's highly plausible that he himself will have to take to the skies to defend us all isn't it?
Isn't the RAF PR machine great. Well I guess it pleased the CAS anyway.
As it's his personal run steed, does he get to mod it with bit's and bobs from Halfords?
Bigger and noisier exhaust, fake bullet holes, cool ICE etc? What are the alloy options?
Razor61
25th Oct 2006, 11:44
Nice pics
But the Typhoon looks bloody terrible with that soot mark above the wing. Atleast the GR4 has recently been 'cleaned' but even that is multi-coloured with different shade of panels all over the place....looks like it has been sat around for some time waiting for parts canibalised from others..to get it airborne ? :hmm:
Kolibear
25th Oct 2006, 13:43
The GR4 has been properly cleaned - its just come out of The Wash. :)
Rigex
25th Oct 2006, 15:11
Quote "But the Typhoon looks bloody terrible with that soot mark above the wing...."
APU exhaust..not a Tonka problem.
Should the CAS not be running the RAF instead of whizzing around Wales?
diginagain
25th Oct 2006, 15:45
It's his train set...........
hobie
25th Oct 2006, 16:52
GW .... I have to ask :confused:
Camera/lens info? ..... :ok:
GWJPhantom
25th Oct 2006, 17:21
Gents,
Thanks for all your kind words, sorry two of the pics ended up
side by side!
I thought the Typhoon might of been of intrest and I could not resist the GR4 as the light was superb when he came through.
Hobie,
I use a Canon 350D coupled with a Sigma 80-400 OS lens and I marry this up with a Bucket load of patience and cast iron pants to keep a lid on the adrenalin rush when these chaps thunder past :)
Finally I thought you might like to see 1 more as a follow on to Ricko's thread from a few days ago.........same subject different part of Wales a few months ago in awful weather ,
http://hometown.aol.com/GWJPhantom/A5+01-08-06+3.jpg
Cheers and thanks again
Gareth
hobie
25th Oct 2006, 18:20
I use a Canon 350D coupled with a Sigma 80-400 OS lens
Many thanks for the info GW .....
I had a feeling it wasn't something I could put on my Christmas list .......... :{
Some of these photo's coming out of Wales are really superb ... :D
It must be the "Air" ..... :ok: