Airshow Review - Duxford Airshow a Great Day Out With Some High Flyers
With a keen interest in photography and aircraft the chance of spending a day incorporating the two is one I find hard to resist.
I was fortunate enough to get just that opportunity with the Duxford Airshow, held in October it is the stamp of closure for United Kingdom Airshows for the year.
As with any outdoor event the weather is a major factor and added to that the importance of good weather for aircraft to fly it becomes the key to a good or bad day out...
Rain also has a dramatic effect on the use of photographic equipment, unless of course you happen to have an underwater camera on hand.
Duxford Airfield is already a museum with several massive hangers full of old and new aircraft from all over the world.
Due to having such a mixture of some of the greatest aircraft in the world all under cover and warm and dry it makes an ideal way to take some fantastic photographs, producing pictures like the professionals.
Outside there are also several larger aircraft that can be accessed and viewed.
One of the hangers houses tanks and military transport and memorabilia, there is even a tank track outside where you can experience first-hand exactly what it is like to be driven around in a tank.
There are plenty of choices for food and drink as the museum boasts three eateries with two having full restaurant food and facilities, but if this is not enough then on event days they have many catering food stalls located all over the museum.
On Airshow days there are also side stalls selling everything and anything to do with flying and aircraft as well as an array of produce that are of general interest.
For a few pounds, before the airshow you can get air-side where you can take some great photographs of all the aircraft that will be flying on the day, I found this a highly unique opportunity that is not available at a lot of other airshows due to security risks etc.
The runway that the aircraft all take off and land is far enough away to make it a safe distance, but also close enough for some great take off and landing photographs.
On top of that once the aircraft have actually landed they taxi past all of the spectators giving another camera opportunity that is rarely experienced where aircraft are concerned.
All in all it is well worth a day out of your life and you are guaranteed to have a great time no matter what the weather does...
I was fortunate enough to get just that opportunity with the Duxford Airshow, held in October it is the stamp of closure for United Kingdom Airshows for the year.
As with any outdoor event the weather is a major factor and added to that the importance of good weather for aircraft to fly it becomes the key to a good or bad day out...
Rain also has a dramatic effect on the use of photographic equipment, unless of course you happen to have an underwater camera on hand.
Duxford Airfield is already a museum with several massive hangers full of old and new aircraft from all over the world.
Due to having such a mixture of some of the greatest aircraft in the world all under cover and warm and dry it makes an ideal way to take some fantastic photographs, producing pictures like the professionals.
Outside there are also several larger aircraft that can be accessed and viewed.
One of the hangers houses tanks and military transport and memorabilia, there is even a tank track outside where you can experience first-hand exactly what it is like to be driven around in a tank.
There are plenty of choices for food and drink as the museum boasts three eateries with two having full restaurant food and facilities, but if this is not enough then on event days they have many catering food stalls located all over the museum.
On Airshow days there are also side stalls selling everything and anything to do with flying and aircraft as well as an array of produce that are of general interest.
For a few pounds, before the airshow you can get air-side where you can take some great photographs of all the aircraft that will be flying on the day, I found this a highly unique opportunity that is not available at a lot of other airshows due to security risks etc.
The runway that the aircraft all take off and land is far enough away to make it a safe distance, but also close enough for some great take off and landing photographs.
On top of that once the aircraft have actually landed they taxi past all of the spectators giving another camera opportunity that is rarely experienced where aircraft are concerned.
All in all it is well worth a day out of your life and you are guaranteed to have a great time no matter what the weather does...
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