Another day in paradise (aka Kirkwall Airport)

Kirkwall 1944

And at 1945Z the crew of watchdog Alfa were in the pub.  Just kidding!  I received a couple of pictures from Paul Warrener to stick on the blog.  The first is the above prior to take off for the last time from Kirkwall.  From left to right: Paul Warrener, "Tactical Director", George Jack, Extreme skier and First Officer and Simon Eardley, Fitness fanatic, chocolate cake expert and Captain.

Next we have a phot of G-BLDV lined up on 33 as G-SFPA was doing the fly past for the last time and I was taking the picture in my previous post.

I took a couple of pictures this morning of a lovely PA28 which had arrived last night after I had finished.  They left this morning en route Shetland and I promised I would write a short note to prove the occupants had visited Kirkwall Airport so hello to David Stone and David Williamson.  Enjoy yourself in Shetland.

Here are the pictures, first G-BRXD

And the inside

I mentioned in my last post that I was waiting on a new camera.  It has arrived and the next two photos show the difference in the zoom from the same spot.  the first is from my trusty S5600 and the second from the S8100.  The difference is only the S5600 has a 10x optical zoom and the S8100 an 18x equivalent to about 465mm on a standard lens.

That's it for now, thanks for taking the time to look

Regards

N

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PPS Congratulations to Natasha Groundwater who has got into the final 20 of Miss Scotland.