Fantasy Airshow

[Seight_Returns]

As well as the aircraft - please could the Fantasy Airshow also include stalls that sell those burgers they used to sell at Mildenhall Air Shows in the '80s and early '90s.

I've tried for years to recreate that sauce/marinade but without success.

[Eric Mc]

The highlight of the Mildenhall Air Fete.

[Seight_Returns]

Eric Mc said:

The highlight of the Mildenhall Air Fete.

And that's saying something at shows where I remember seeing SR-71 flying displays, formations of a ridiculous number of C-130s, the Thunderbirds, an actual demonstration of the Fulton Recovery system and much more - but I agree.

Closest I've come to recreating the sauce based upon what I've read elsewhere is a bottle of US style BBQ sauce simmered with a can of Budweiser - it's close but not quite right. There must have been a secret ingredient - quite possibly the remnants of Jet-A1 from those oil drum BBQs they used !

[Jake899]

pablo said:

Here’s my dream, no cameras.

You can use the one on your phone if you have one, but that’s it. The world doesn’t need a million more pictures of the same old aircraft. There are professionals who do a far better job, leave it to them, enjoy the experience.

I completely understand this viewpoint.
For me, photography has become a big passion and I really enjoy taking the camera to air shows. I'd like to say I've got pretty good and had a few published.
But if you're not interested in photography and just like the aircraft, my lot must be a right pain. Always have to be at the front, often standing up on ladders blocking others views, all swinging their stupid compensation lenses in unison.
Often shows put photographers in a different area and I think that works well for all. I find people using their phones faintly ridiculous in the flying displays because you'll never pick up an aircraft on those things. You are just shooting sky with a noisy black dot in it.
I went over to Sweden for their air forces 90th, and I took a local friend to the photo session on the other side of the runway. My friend was the only one without a camera, and he really enjoyed just being there and watching without having to worry about shutter speeds and ISO. The photo guys thought he was insane but i was rather envious. Glad i have the photo memories though.

[Yertis]

Jake899 said:

pablo said:

Here’s my dream, no cameras.

You can use the one on your phone if you have one, but that’s it. The world doesn’t need a million more pictures of the same old aircraft. There are professionals who do a far better job, leave it to them, enjoy the experience.

I completely understand this viewpoint.
For me, photography has become a big passion and I really enjoy taking the camera to air shows. I'd like to say I've got pretty good and had a few published.
But if you're not interested in photography and just like the aircraft, my lot must be a right pain. Always have to be at the front, often standing up on ladders blocking others views, all swinging their stupid compensation lenses in unison.
Often shows put photographers in a different area and I think that works well for all. I find people using their phones faintly ridiculous in the flying displays because you'll never pick up an aircraft on those things. You are just shooting sky with a noisy black dot in it.
I went over to Sweden for their air forces 90th, and I took a local friend to the photo session on the other side of the runway. My friend was the only one without a camera, and he really enjoyed just being there and watching without having to worry about shutter speeds and ISO. The photo guys thought he was insane but i was rather envious. Glad i have the photo memories though.

I've got a vaguely professional interest in this. Would you still attend the airshow if photography were prohibited? In other words, is photographing the aircraft the main attraction for you, or secondary? I attend a major airshow every year, but gave up photographing the aircraft long ago and enjoy the show much more as a result. That said, I enjoy looking at photos I took at IAT in the '70s, and have no record of anything post 2004 .

[irocfan]

Yertis said:

I've got a vaguely professional interest in this. Would you still attend the airshow if photography were prohibited? In other words, is photographing the aircraft the main attraction for you, or secondary? I attend a major airshow every year, but gave up photographing the aircraft long ago and enjoy the show much more as a result. That said, I enjoy looking at photos I took at IAT in the '70s, and have no record of anything post 2004 .

TBH I get this - I love going to car shows and used to get a whole stack of pics. Then I realised that other were taking similar phots to mine (albeit better!) so I ended up leaving the camera at home, enjoying the show and then enjoying someone else's pictures.... win/win