This is one of BMI babies fleet of 17 Boeing 737 aircraft taxiing at Manchester Airport. I haven’t taken photographs at the Airport for over a year and I think that it will be a location I will be trying to visit more over the next couple of months. Especially now that I can borrow a 70-300mm lens. This was taken with a 200mm from the “unofficial” viewing area (that is, where most of the plane spotters congregate).

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I don’t believe there is any way to photograph the whole of this huge RAF Avro Shackleton plane inside the air and space hall of the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. This was the best I could do with a 10mm super wide angle lens and the 120 foot wingspan was just too much. Maybe with a 180 degree angle fish eye lens, but then the wings would look really curvy! Still I like the very threatening front of this huge aircraft.

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A closer view of the Hot Air Balloons at Bristol Balloon Fiesta 2008. The weather was a huge let down in the end and so it is doubtful that we will return this year. However, it was fascinating to watch this house shape balloon slowly inflate. As you can see the chimney was the last part of the shape to fill with air. This balloon is sponsored by the Stroud and Swindon Building Society – hence the Mortgages and Savings on the side.

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In my opinion this is the hardest stunt to photograph. After seeing the Red Arrows in action on three separate occasions I finally nailed this exposure at Farnborough Airshow 2008. This was also the first time I had seen them do such a close double cross over like this. I wasn’t in the perfect place, but the light really worked in my favour here and I feel that the smoke trails add to the image. Just a quick disclaimer, I have no idea what the technical name for this stunt is so I just call it a double cross over. I am sure there is a cooler name, but unfortunately I don’t know it.

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