That Dot There

Some planes from the Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight flew over work today, a Lancaster Bomber, and two other single engined aircraft I couldn't tell if they were Hurricanes or Spitfires but it was a fantastic sight nethertheless, the drone of the aircraft as they went by is something that you rarely hear nowadays either. It is sobering to think that once the skies were once full of aircraft like these, now there is only one Lancaster flying in Britian now and a handful of original spitfires.

It looked a bit like this except for Buckingham palace in the background of course.

I wish I had my camera with me but I didn't. Mind you it wouldn't have mattered because in the time it takes for my camera to turn on, start working and actually focus on anything the Lancaster would have either of been out of shot or too small to make out. Or I would have taken a photo of the floor like the last time I tried to take a photograph in a hurry with my digital.

The instant feedback that I get with my camera is wonderful the not so instantaneous response to the shutter button being pressed is not so good. I suppose it is because the camera is relatively cheap what I got in mega pixels when I bought it last September I lost in speed of response.

I like aircraft as you may be able to tell, I suppose it is partly in the blood my Grandfather worked on the team that designed the lights for Concorde. He had a chance to fly on Concorde on a test flight but he turned it down. Such as shame it would have made a wonderful story. I know aircraft are noisy create lots of pollution but they are beautiful machines when it flight, more lumbering when on the ground, all except Concorde I've seen it taxi-ing it always looked beautiful.

Edited 18/3/07 because the RAF changed their links