Red Checkers At Woodbourne last week

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Postby Gavin Conroy » Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:11 pm







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Postby Ian Warren » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:44 pm

Ripper pics Gavin , I think we need a name change ! :unsure: Red Checkers ? ... What about the ..... NZ BUZZY BEE's , :ph43r:
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Postby Peppermint » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:28 pm

Everytime I see these I want to do it in flightsim, just a shame the only model of them is an AI model.
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Postby ardypilot » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:50 pm

Absolute stunners, all of them! Were you in the air with the team for every picture, or are the last few captured from the ground?

Also- would it be possible to have a 1024x768 version of the first photo uploaded or sent to me for a desktop background please?
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Postby Charl » Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:03 pm

Yeah, great stuff Gavin, some people have really tough jobs...
imagine having to go up and photograph all those aeroplanes!
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Postby Naki » Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:15 pm

Wow nice pics Gavin - thanks for posting - was this a practice flight for the Checkers?
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Postby Gavin Conroy » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:02 pm

Hi,
Some of the photos were taken in the air and some on the ground.
Flew for 40 minutes and changed formation 16 times including formation loops, mirror, and mirror corkscrew so we covered everything and will post more photos once the magazines are finished with them.
The RNZAF guys were brilliant to work with and the flight was hard work with a lot of very demanding flying.


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Postby AlisterC » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:50 pm

I've had a few of your awesome shots on my desktop a number of times in the past, and love these just as much. You do great work! Look forward to many more gracing my desktop :D Thanks heaps.
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Postby FlyingKiwi » Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:42 am

Those shots are beauties Gavin, must have been fun!
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Postby Matthew » Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:15 pm

Those pics are excellent :D :drool:

I'm glad the weather was good ;)
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Postby deaneb » Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:49 pm

The weather sure was good that day - 35 degrees !!

Fantastic shots Gavin. I saw the display along with many others form base.
Personally I did not think it was quite as polished as previous years, but still good none the less.

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