These are great - I love the one of the banana shaped runway!

Aerobatic Flyer - would you mind if I borrowed a couple of your pictures, not for commercial use, of course, just to send to some friends?

Can you tell us the story behind the inverted snow plough?

Be my guest. The curved runway is an airstrip called Mont Gerbier des Joncs. It's a one-way strip, with a 20% upslope for the first 100m or so, then a bit of a curve to the right and a slight downslope, before levelling out. Going around isn't possible, and crosswinds (like the one we had on the day the photo was taken) can make life very entertaining.

The accident was caused by the right ski on the Jodel hanging down slightly at the frong. It dug into the snow, and flipped the aeroplane onto its back. Moral: do a proper pre-flight check before each take-off, even if you've only stopped for a short time.

Aerobatic Flyer

Thank you on both counts! The ski plane fly ins will start up here shortly, but hopefully none will end up like the one in your picture!

I don't know if its okay to add this to this collection, plus, as they are not my pictures, I am including the link rather than adding the actual pictures on here but....... This guy takes photos from a kite, and, as the article says, the pictures are on display at the EAA museum at the moment. The pictures taken over the ice are absolutely stunning and well worth taking a look at...

http://www.kitelife.com/archives/iss...ging-thread33/

No idea...but i'll try'''''''''''......here goes.......http://www.fototime.com/inv/9E6006F7C759BA2

Here are a few from October's trip through Africa....
http://www.fototime.com/inv/C1D3243315ADBF0

...........I would if I weren't such a pauper........

Megeve Altiport.....

http://www.southernflyers.org.uk/images/P3290049aa.jpg

http://www.southernflyers.org.uk/images/P3290051aa.jpg

http://www.southernflyers.org.uk/images/P3290055aa.jpg

WF.

Just a few from Western Australia

Perth city

http://www.jetblasters.com/albums/al...City.sized.jpg

Fremantle Harbour

http://www.jetblasters.com/albums/al...bour.sized.jpg

Swan River

http://www.jetblasters.com/albums/al...iver.sized.jpg

Cross country over the wheatbelt

http://www.jetblasters.com/albums/al...lt_1.sized.jpg

There are some reasonably good photo's of Eastbourne and Beachy Head here www.flyingfellows.com just go to gallery and the Lydd Rochester section.
Cheers

My friend who I took flying a few weeks ago just sent me these photos, so I thought i'd haul this topic back up :D

I've been flying around this area for quite a while now and only just noticed this! I was impressed anyway! Its a couple of miles SE of Calveley as far as I remember

Calveley is South of Oulton Park (SE of Liverpool zone)

http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft...284.6335124884

http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft...8284.637000625

http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft...284.6342736574

I like this one too:

http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft...284.6315317014

This is a good one from when he was on an exercise...

http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft...284.6353704861


Spikeee

edit: ow its only added the links!

http://www.brockfordtechnology.co.uk...20F10V3695.JPG



That's Pitts 2112 and me and FormationFoto took the snap at the beginning of this year.

We boys do have some fun!

Stik

http://www.eludlow.flyer.co.uk/veep.jpg

Me, just before securing the deal on my beautiful VP-1.

tKF

PS That's stik on the starboard wingtip, with his others Pitts in the background :)

not powered I know, but I'm only two weeks into my PPL so haven't had time for pics yet :D here are some of my pics from gliding over the past 4 years:

http://www.eusu.ed.ac.uk/clubs/glidi...3/108_0844.jpg

http://www.eusu.ed.ac.uk/clubs/glidi...3/107_0781.jpg

http://www.eusu.ed.ac.uk/clubs/glidi...4/img_2108.jpg

http://www.eusu.ed.ac.uk/clubs/glidi...4/img_2126.jpg

More here :- http://groups.msn.com/Flyinpix
P.S. Would someone let me know if this link is working, please?
P.P.S. Click on "pictures" in the left-hand column. There are 28 to look at.

West Scotland
 

Le Touquet
 

Hello! Here are some pictures I shot when my instructor and I flew down to Le Touquet in the Summer :ok:

1) 'Cap Griz Nes'

2) Approaching 'Cap Griz Nes', mid channel

3) Leaving England for a few hours; heading South, position: six miles East of 'Dover Port'

4) Overview of 'Dover Port'

5) 'Boulogne Sur Mer'... wow, last time I was there was four/five years ago on my first school trip... and was at 0 ft. AGL as opposed to 2,500!

6) The port at 'Boulogne'

7) Some beautiful sand formations en route 'Boulogne -> Le Touquet'

8) 'Zulu November', the fine girl that got us there safely and in which I will be undertaking my first solo in one week's time! (I will discount the close encounter with two fighter jets along the French coast!)

And one of my favourites:

Hercules formation

Cloud69, very nice picture! Did you take that?

Halfbaked_boy

Yes I did. We were lucky enough to be formated (sp) on by these guys on the way back from Kemble a couple of months ago. Fired off half a dozen piccies and reckon not many can match the experience. We were in a Cessna 172 at the time and they were in a huge orbit waiting to display at Lyneham we believe. We were lucky sods that day :cool:

The dorking gap, heading West early one morning...

http://www.pbase.com/kbmphotography/image/24287284.jpg


Left base at Bembridge with a certain LHR ATCO...

http://www.pbase.com/kbmphotography/image/24976033.jpg


Even I can stick it down at this secret Oxfordshire airbase...

http://www.pbase.com/kbmphotography/image/24976029.jpg


Snazzy air-to-air...
http://www.pbase.com/kbmphotography/image/24972001.jpg

More here