Jessie The Jeep Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) It's been a while since I've been to the FAAM, and in the past, I've visited without a decent camera. This was my first visit with a DSLR. Some of the hangars are very dark, and without a tripod, imaging was challenging. I ended up shooting at ISO1600 at shutter speeds as low as 2 seconds. Shooting in RAW mode, most pictures came out pretty well. Here's a small selection. Pup Scout Flycatcher Edited September 5, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) Walrus Swordfish Wildcat Fulmar Edited September 5, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) Avenger Firefly Hellcat Seafire Edited September 5, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) Corsair Sea Fury Dragonfly MiG-15 Edited September 5, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) Attacker Sea Vampire Wyvern Sea Hawk Edited September 5, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) Sea Vixen Buccaneer Hunter Phantom Edited September 5, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) Harrier Concorde Edited September 5, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanter Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Very nice Steve, I'd forgotten the firefly had gone there from Duxford, haven't been there for about 10 years so due a return. Do they still have the bits of Shorts 184 on display? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) Perhaps, but if they do, I didn't notice. There was a Sea Gladiator in the restoration hangar in the early stages of restoration. Edited September 5, 2020 by Jessie The Jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanter Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Didn't know they had a glad under rebuild wonder if it's a true sea gladiator? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 I think it is. In my original photo, there's a name card on the floor that says Gloster Sea Gladiator N5???? and the rest of the serial can't be seen due to the trolley supporting the aircraft. Wiki says only 60 Sea Glad's were built, Serial numbers: N5500 – N5549 and N5565 – N5574. So it could well be one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fesm_ndt Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Nice share as i haven't been there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanter Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Just had a quick google and turned up this http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fleetairarm.com%2FUploads%2FFiles%2Fen-GB%2Fgloster_sea_gladiator%2520low%2520res.pdf&rct=j&q=faa%20museum%20gloster%20gladiator&ei=eKq7U7DsF8SN7AbiyIHoCQ&usg=AFQjCNGMyYRdriUs-Mu7BwAdnpb_1Tn_8Q it implies they have a large number of parts of gladiator possibly a mix of sea glad and raf glad and quite rightly are rebuilding as the airframe they believe it is until someone tells them it's not. Good luck to them it'll be nice to see when completed. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Great photo's Steve. Never been there but then again, the UK has so many museums I'd like to visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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