Hello,

The airshow season is over for this year...allas. I was only able to go to 4 airshows this year so I didn't make very much photos...around 2500 I guess. Anyway, it's not only quantity that's important!

It was my first year with a Canon L lens and I was (and still am) very happy with my photos of this year. Here are the five best ones. Just my humble opinion, but for me they all have something special. I see them like my little babies. 

Here they are...

KLu Apache at Fairford: the first time I saw flares at an airshow! It was a pretty impressive sight, and I'm not the only one that has this opinion. This demo got the award for best demo at RIAT '05. 


French Mirage 2000: just another demo with a simple pass, but here, Fabrice turned the belly of his 2000 nice into the sun creating a very sharp image.  8) In the full size image, every rivet is visible...that's what I like to see in good aircraft photos...DETAIL! 


Does this need an explanantion? The best European display team in formation with three recce Spitfires. One of them the Griffon powered contra prop.  8) Truly a moment of Britisch glory and a sight and sound to behold. When they came over, the crowd went 'WOW'. I have nothing more to add!


The Sanicole airshow was filled with heavy rain showers and cloudy skies. Thanks to the humidity and the fast turn of this incredible bomber, I got to catch this shockwave.  It went fast, it was loud and it was wet, but it was definitaly worth it!  8)


A Belgian A109. Not very special, but thanks to the sun that came through the clouds for just a brief moment, I could get this sharp image. Like the Mirage photo, every detail is visible (in the hi res version). Once again, detail is what I like.


Hopefully I can make much more and better photos next year. Thanks to that dang school, I missed many good shows last year.  For now, Duxford, Fairford and Sanicole are the ones I will visit for sure in 2006. Cya there!

Thanks for watching. 

great shots as always Ken

Excellent shots! I look forward to seeing more!

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Hmmm, critical...I like that. 

I'm not so keen on spreading high resolution photos on the internet. Not that I don't trust you guys, but I wouldn't be the first one who discovers his photos used somehwere else without his permission. I hope you understand that.

As far as the A109 goes, I can give you the link to the photo on airliners.net: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/904196/L/ ; It's not the 6mp straight out of the camera photo, but it's better than the 800pix version. 

Stunning photos!  

They must be some of the best airshow shots I've seen on this Forum - cant wait to see more!  

STUNNING,
BRILLIANT,
PROFESSIONAL!!

GREAT WORK KEN!!!   

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Didnt read that.. Sorry.

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Close, but if you look closely its PL965, the PR XI (right of photo), and two standard 5 bladed PR XIX's, PM631 of the BBMF (in the middle), and PS853 of Rolls (on the left of the photo). I don't think the contra prop XIX has ventured over the channel as yet...