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[Andy77]

Who's going to this years royal international air tattoo

 

[hyakuhei]

I'll be there

 

[Andy77]

have you got tickets

 

[hyakuhei]

Yeah, Mach1 for me and Day ticket for Mrs.Rob

 

[Andy77]

i really want to go but funds are tight at min i might be able to scrape the money for me and the wife to go, she does'nt know about it but she love airshows and i want to do it for part of her b'day present... just hoping i can sort the funds out though

 

[hyakuhei]

Best of luck mate. I hear there are some really good spots near to the airfield to watch from too

 

[Andy77]

Cheers rob, what time does it start and what time is best to get there??

 

[hyakuhei]

You can see the details on the website mate: http://airtattoo.com but as I recall flying starts from 10am though there's usually something in the air before then.

 

[Andy77]

ive got a sigma 150-500 at the min but im in process of selling it, what do you think of the canon 100-400mm is for airshows??? whats your rating on the sigma??:shrug:

 

[hyakuhei]

Providing the sun is out you should have no problems with either.

I'll be taking my Nikon 300 F/4 and a 1.4TC

 

[Andy77]

And what if the sun's not out??

 

[hyakuhei]

Then the Sigma will struggle to focus. The Canon would fair a little better but if the suns not out were going to get crap atmospherics and a poor sky to shoot against anyway so I'd put the camera away and enjoy the show

 

[Andy77]

good answer rob lets just hope the suns out then buddy, just hope i can make it there.... if not then

 

[spanner28]

im going to go along and have a look, will be doing the best my abilities allow with only a 300mm lens *** but its worth it for the amount of stuff that should be flying

 

[Weetobix]

not got my tickets yet, but I'll be there!

 

[neilw]

Got tickets for Saturday. Can wait. Hopefully it'll be dry, but I'll be glad if it just goes ahead after last year.

 

[buckas]

got my tickets for either day - depends on the weather forecast

drew

 

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Providing the sun is out you should have no problems with either.

I'll be taking my Nikon 300 F/4 and a 1.4TC

Rob you might be better off with a canon :nono:

I will be there

 

[Rodintee]

I'll be there with a mate from work (who's just retired at 60 jammy bu***r).

Got tickets for the Sunday, room booked at a Best Western near Swindon and tickets for the departures on Monday.

Hoping for two things;

1. Good weather after last years washout

2. Some more interesting aircraft but getting a bit late now for anything really special.

I'll be using my 100-300 EX, still getting comfortable with it but Cosford was a good practise run.

Fingers crossed the sun participates too !

Russ