One of the volunteers came up to me and asked me if I would like to photograph this aircraft. It turned out to be a Diamond DH42, owned by Diamond Aviation. Here are some images that I sent to them.
Just parked up waiting for the MD to arrive by car from Darley Moor. There are some very large canards on the wing tips. As you can see great for advertising.
Taxing ready for departure with the MD on board, not in the pilot seat as you can see.
This shot shows the sleek lines of the aircraft.
Another view showing the slim lines of this aircraft.
Whilst photographing this and chatting to the pilot, I discovered that he had taken off from the microlight concrete strip at Darley Moor, which is the first time since the WWII that a plane had taken off from there, as they have only recently cleared the strip, so a little bit of history here. The MD had to travel by car from there to Tatenhill due to the restrictions of such a short take off. The MD came out to travel back to Gamston, and saw I had taken some photo's, so gave me his card, and sent these images to him, and gratefully received.
The company has many interesting briefs, including carrying equipment to test radar installations at airfields as well as taking passengers in style (no trolley service though). More to pursue here though.
There were a few other aircraft there, there was an Islander in the hanger undergoing a refit with the registration of G-JPEG, used for Aeriel photography. There was also a Slingsby Firefly (aerobatic aircraft) and an interesting discussion was had with Neil, the pilot, about his parachute and how he would have to turn the aircraft upside down to get out!
These are 2 straight images with no enhancement work done to them at all, but shows the difficulties in taking images like this on the hoof so to speak. With a client brief it may be possible to get some clearer shots, and some better backgrounds.
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