#150_500mm

A PBY-5a Catalina in her natural habitat, soaring gracefully above the water. When I heard that Miss Pick Up (G-PBYA) was going to be displaying at Weston Air Festival, there was one shot that I knew I wanted to get. Even if I didn't get any other usable shots, I wanted to come home with a shot like this! (at Weston-super-Mare)

Another wide shot of PBY-5a "Miss Pick Up", just as she's beginning to stretch her legs, coming around for her first gear down pass. Such a graceful, slow paced display from such a gorgeous aircraft, the last time I saw her was at Sywell Airshow in 2014, but I can't wait to see her again now! (at Weston-super-Mare)

Diamond DA42 Twin Star (G-CTCC) overhead Bournemouth Aviation Museum, owned by CTC Aviation, a commercial pilot training school. This one is from back when skies were a lot more blue than they are in Wales currently! I'm running out of pictures worth posting at the moment, thank goodness Weston Air Festival is just around the corner! I'm on my knees begging for decent weather! #aviation #aircraft #diamond #twinstar #cpl #atpl #aeronautical #engineering #planesofinstagram #nikon #d3300 #sigma #sigmalens #150_500mm (at Bournemouth Aviation Museum)

(at Weston-super-Mare)

Airbus Beluga 1 (F-GSTA) spotted over Chester Zoo on 31st May One of these flew over on the drive into Chester, I was gutted that I wasn't able to get a picture, but someone obviously heard my sorrows and sent another right over the zoo later in the day! Certainly seems an appropriate place to see a Beluga! 😂 Turns out they operate out of Hawarden Airport, so perhaps not such a rare spot over this way! #aviation #aircraft #airbus #beluga #aeronautical #engineering #nikon #d3300 #sigma #sigmalens #150_500mm (at Chester Zoo)