Salthill airshow 2007 pictures

daveg

Some pre-airshow pictures. These were taken today (friday) during the practice sessions. Maybe others could add their pictures to this thread from the weekend flying.















More to follow... uploading now.

daveg

More to follow... uploading now.

daveg

swalsh

can't wait till sunday, was working today so could hear them but not see them

daveg

daveg

daveg

Right thats the best of my pics from today. My ears are still bloody ringing from the Typoon.

Steyr

Dave get to the Car Park in Salthill or better still the Slipway at the Car Park, thats show central. Were you by chance using AV priority for these shots? Looks as if you could do with upping the shutter speed a bit as they all look a tad soft.

aidan_dunne

Man, oh, man, I can't wait until Sunday! Seeing daveg's pics there and the ones Dave (Steyr) posted up earlier in the week is really getting me all fired up for this show! I think I might have to break out the old 'Top Gun' soundtrack and have it blasting away in the car on the drive over on Sunday! I FEEL THE NEED........ THE NEED FOR SPEED!!!!

Steyr wrote:

Dave get to the Car Park in Salthill or better still the Slipway at the Car Park, thats show central.

That's the best spot to watch from then, is it Dave? How early would you need to get there in advance to make sure you got a good viewing spot then, do you reckon?

Oh, by the way Dave, regarding the static helicopter display, how close are you actually allowed to get to the choppers? Are you allowed go right up to them and have a look inside and all that or are they cordoned off with barriers or tape and you can't get any closer than that? Just wondering as I'm hoping to get a good look at the Merlin and the Air Corps' new AW139 and get some good, up-close-and-personal pics, that's all!

daveg

Steyr wrote:

Dave get to the Car Park in Salthill or better still the Slipway at the Car Park, thats show central. Were you by chance using AV priority for these shots? Looks as if you could do with upping the shutter speed a bit as they all look a tad soft.

I just borrowed the camera from work (really good camera) - pointed and clicked. Didn't bother trying to learn how to use it first. Will try some of the settings advised for Sunday.

I was directly in front of the Salthill hotel development. The earlier Thunderbirds display had them flying just to the right of the hotel for the flyovers and then back right over my head (defening me!!).

Will bear the car park/slip in mind for Sunday but that area is always packed for the airshow. With a child in tow I might opt for a quiter slot up the prom.

Thanks for the tips.

Archytas

daveg wrote:

I was directly in front of the Salthill hotel development. The earlier Thunderbirds display had them flying just to the right of the hotel for the flyovers and then back right over my head (defening me!!).

Looked like a good spot - Im in Galway now since yesterday so might see if I can get down to Salthill today to scout some good spots... Might take a while as I had a long night in some local establishments....

How far from the shore will they be? What kind of zoom were you using for these today?

oscarBravo

Heh - daveg's last shot makes it look like the Irish Navy have an aircraft carrier...

daveg

Archytas wrote:

What kind of zoom were you using for these today?

Cannon powershot A550 - 4X optical zoom.

Steyr

You would need to be in Salthil for 10AM, The Helo's arrive around 11AM i will be in the static park around 10AM to keep it closed off. It's up to the crews really as to how close you can get but im sure you will be able to walk around them.

aidan_dunne

Thanks for the info, Dave. Needing to be in Salthill by 10? Christ, looks like I've got a really early start tomorrow morning so! :eek:

By the way, when you say "i will be in the static park around 10AM to keep it closed off", does that mean that if you're not there by 10am the whole area is closed off and you won't be able to get into the static park after that? Or are you referring to just closing it off to traffic? I thought you would have been able to walk in and around the area freely at any time (except when the choppers are taking off or landing, of course). Or am I just getting totally mixed up here?

Steyr

I am there just to make it clear for landing and T/O and then i hand over to the Civil Defence around 2pm.

electric69

is there a TFR around galway all day?

skelliser

here is the best of my photos taken with a fuji s5500








click on each for bigger size

skelliser

click on them to get a bigger size

skelliser

BostonB

I've a 1900x1200 screen and even I had to scroll to see those last few. Could you resize them to something reasonable, you don't need to post them full res.

skelliser

sorry fixed them back to thumbnail view, click on them to get a bigger image, think they came out well considering the camera i had and the fact the planes were moving so fast!!:D
hopefully better quality photos will follow from others as every second person there had high spec dslr's!

dloob

Here are my shots taken with a Fuji F30 and sparingly with a panasonic fz20 with a low battery

Salthill Airshow 07

Here's a few of the best












And finally the door


I was underneath the merlin as it came over the beach I have a video of it and you can see the door dropping slightly before coming off completely.

oscarBravo

Some crappy camera phone videos.

RAF Merlin doing an impromptu display before the show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8oxM6wUXjw

Merlin approaching the park from the sea:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyJlxnH0Zlk

Merlin taking off from the park:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJPXnufjNSA

Royal Navy Sea King approaching the park:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfxvYDxX3pA

Aer Arran ATR72-500:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KRyylUEmrE

Typhoon high-speed flyby:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8waBRj_8PU

daveg

My best one's part 1:

daveg

Part 2:

daveg

Part 3:

daveg

Finally part 4:

highlydebased

They are very good. Would be even better with a bit of cropping/optimising lol

electric69

cool pics. resizing would have helped

LiamDuff

Heres some pics from the show. Not too sure how to embed them.

http://picasaweb.google.com/thomas.d.farrell/SalthillAirshow

Archytas

LiamDuff wrote:

Heres some pics from the show. Not too sure how to embed them.

http://picasaweb.google.com/thomas.d.farrell/SalthillAirshow

The last photo in that group is amazing - A really really good shot.

Throwing mine into the hat - http://www.archytas.net/gallery/?level=album&id=10

alz

My 2 cents:

Steyr

alz...............what can i say...........stunning pictures, welcome to the board and on behalf of myself and the guys we hope you will be a regular poster here, and i personally hope you enjoyed the 2007 Salthill Airshow as my father is the Organiser the only thing we couldnt control was the weather..... Either way welcome!:)

alz

Steyr, thanks for welcoming. I'll try to post as many photos about aviation as I can take but theres not too may events around
Whats the preferable resolution for posted pics here? 800 x 600 format loose a lot of details

Steyr

IMO The way they are is perfect with me, they are stunning. Im goind to EIDW on Saturday do you go spotting there?

hobie

alz ..... you are definetely going to have to enter the next RTE weather photo competition ....

excellent photo's .......

ps. I got into the 'last 12' photo's, one time, with a 1meg camera .... believe it or not

alz

Steyr, the original size looks slightly better, check it out :rolleyes:
Saturday is booked for Skerries Road Racing, if weather permits, doubtfully...

Hobie, what competition r u talking about? Shame on me but never heard

Thanks lads!

hobie

alz wrote:

Steyr, the original size looks slightly better, check it out :rolleyes:
Saturday is booked for Skerries Road Racing, if weather permits, doubtfully...

Hobie, what competition r u talking about? Shame on me but never heard

Thanks lads!

here you go .... have a look at the past entries too ....

http://www.rte.ie/weather/photo.html

alz

hobie wrote:

here you go .... have a look at the past entries too ....

http://www.rte.ie/weather/photo.html

"HOW TO ENTER:
The Summer quarter of the RTÉ Weather photography competition is now closed."

Thanks anyway, hope they will open a next round soon...

hobie

alz wrote:

"HOW TO ENTER:
The Summer quarter of the RTÉ Weather photography competition is now closed."

Of course it is ....... :rolleyes:

the $$$$$ summer is over .......

we are now experiencing autumn weather ...... central heating on .... $$$$ with constant rain and wind ..... :mad:

They run it every qtr so keep a look out for it ...... watch the RTE weather forcasts ......

enough of this thread creep .....