Glenrothes/Fife family day. 4 July 2009.

[G-NIPR]

Well all four Nippers made it, and a pleasant afternoon ended with a stream take off and formation departure.
My pics are below.

Paul Gibbs G-NIPR
John Brompton G-AVXD
Des Hart G-CCFE
Larry Johnson G-OVAG.

Hopefully someone got a shot or two of our overflight.

Paul.
G-NIPR

Getting ready to go.

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Enroute to Fife.

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Typical Highlands terrain, at least no fast jets at the weekend!

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The line up.

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Yes there were 4!

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The intrepid aviators.

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[DesH]

Paul, a few stills from the videos I have......will hopefully get them to you and John tomorrow in full quality....

Nipper formation...or the "Red Sparrows" as my missus called us...

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Looks pretty tight, not bad for our first go together....

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A low high speed (for a Nipper) pass...

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....and pull-up into a Chandelle...

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Nipper Aero practice in the overhead....

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Cheers

Des

[DesH]

And a few pics....

Paul arrives to be greeted by John...

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....followed closely by me...!

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All 4 nippers together...

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...from another angle...

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...and another...!

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[DesH]

FE just landed after our formation fly-past.

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Proof that you can fit a 6'3" bloke in a Nipper !!!

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Reverse Parking....!

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[G-NIPR]

Thanks Des,
Not bad for amateurs eh?

Paul.
G-NIPR.

[G-BLMW]

Looks like a good day was had by all , well done.


Best wishes
Stuart

[Pat Blenkinsopp]

Excellent photos and info. Well done guys.
Pat,
ASXI

[Neil Spooner]

Nice formation.......well done!!