Baldeagle wrote:
I should give credit Dave, I found the above link at
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=airshowErrol, is that the Fokker that had engine failure and landed downwind??
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Yes, not that there was a lot of wind, or a shortage of space for something with its rollout length. For a bit more context, the seven Fokker triplane replicas take off basically line abreast, and do a few passes. As the few dozen re-enactors (with a british tank, a couple of field guns, MGs etc) start their fight, the other ww1 types scramble (Fokker D.VII, Bristol Fighter, Camel, Sopwith Triplane, DH.5, Pup) then a couple of the triplanes land. There is pyro area between the re-enactors an runway 25, with MG 'bursts', bangs, flaming onions etc. Runway 30 was active. So the dogfight happens pretty much over the field, which is basically circular, with the public show area taking up a large chunk of the north side, and a couple of wedges of vineyards also encroaching. Light wind from NW/NNW.
I focus on getting photos of the ground fight, as the aircraft are not typically being helpful photography-wise. I did manage to get a reasonable context shot with the wide lense, showing re, -enactors with 5 airplanes wheeling above. Anyway, I noticed one of the Fokkers with a stopped prop, and snapped a few as he curved down, and landed about runway 12 in the middle of the field. A couple of the ground handlers ran over and got him out of the way as the show carried on!
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