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English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: CaptainMike1 on July 25, 2009, 17:17:26

Title: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: CaptainMike1 on July 25, 2009, 17:17:26: Just a selection of photos taken at the show today.

First batch are of a rather sorry looking Princess Anne
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: CaptainMike1 on July 25, 2009, 17:22:37: More
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: CaptainMike1 on July 25, 2009, 17:25:41: Still more
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: CaptainMike1 on July 25, 2009, 17:28:56: Still coming
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: CaptainMike1 on July 25, 2009, 17:32:11: Yet More
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: CaptainMike1 on July 25, 2009, 17:36:12: Even more
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: CaptainMike1 on July 25, 2009, 17:37:29: Last one for now, unfortunately I missed the Freedom 90 doing a beach landing, will try and get it tomorrow!!

:doh: :doh:
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: Shipaddict on July 25, 2009, 17:49:47: Hi :)

Nice pics!

I went to see this myself today :) Pretty good :)
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: CaptainMike1 on July 25, 2009, 17:51:35: Didn't see you there!!
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: Shipaddict on July 25, 2009, 18:06:12: Haha too crowded :P :D
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: Wave Music on July 25, 2009, 18:49:55: Great shots there, Mike! Thanks for sharing with us! :2thumbs: Hope you had a great time there. hehe
I wish I was there too. :doh:
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: CaptainMike1 on July 25, 2009, 23:07:40: Quote from: Wave Music on July 25, 2009, 18:49:55
Great shots there, Mike! Thanks for sharing with us! :2thumbs: Hope you had a great time there. hehe
I wish I was there too. :doh:

Hope you can name them all!
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: firestar12 on July 26, 2009, 00:50:08: Very good pics, Mike. Amazing that that huge thing can actually hover?
Also, the last pic in the first batch-I have a very similar shirt to the one that boy was wearing way in the back.
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: CaptainMike1 on July 26, 2009, 09:41:52: Quote from: Firestar on July 26, 2009, 00:50:08
Very good pics, Mike. Amazing that that huge thing can actually hover?
Also, the last pic in the first batch-I have a very similar shirt to the one that boy was wearing way in the back.

Thought I saw you there!
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: Nathan|C on July 26, 2009, 13:05:37: Really nice photos Mike, very interesting :2thumbs:
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: The Ferry Man on July 26, 2009, 21:18:19: I visited The Hovercraft Museum today :)

It was really good, and I will post pics soon :)
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: Wave Music on July 26, 2009, 21:19:03: Looking forward to it too, TFM!
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: The Ferry Man on July 26, 2009, 21:20:03: I was quite pleased, as I got to go up ionto the Cockpit of the Princess Anne!
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: Shipaddict on July 26, 2009, 21:21:01: I don't know what it was like today but it was hot and stuffy inside that yesterday lol

Still can't get how big it is :)
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: capn_cal on July 26, 2009, 21:22:44: that was really cool! now i wish i was there ;D

Princess Anne is a hovercraft?
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: Wave Music on July 26, 2009, 21:27:43: Quote from: capn_cal on July 26, 2009, 21:22:44
Princess Anne is a hovercraft?

capn_cal, let me know if you need help.
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: Shipaddict on July 26, 2009, 21:30:13: Quote from: capn_cal on July 26, 2009, 21:22:44
that was really cool! now i wish i was there ;D

Princess Anne is a hovercraft?

Yep, I highly doubt that the Princess Anne of the Royal Family will allow visits to her cockpit. :)

This is not meant rudely so don't take it rudely please anyone.
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: CaptainMike1 on July 27, 2009, 10:15:02: Quote from: capn_cal on July 26, 2009, 21:22:44
that was really cool! now i wish i was there ;D

Princess Anne is a hovercraft?

If you read the first post of this topic, and looked at the photos you would not have to ask endless silly questions.

:police: :police: :police:
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: CaptainMike1 on July 27, 2009, 13:24:44: Got her at last, Freedom 90 leaving the beach slipway at Lee-on-the-Solent this morning!!
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: The Ferry Man on July 27, 2009, 13:26:15: Nice. I was hoping to see her yesterday, but the wind kicked up and she was delayed and came after I went :(
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: CaptainMike1 on July 27, 2009, 13:28:38: I waited in the rain until 4pm yesterday, in the drizzle and gave up and went home!
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: The Ferry Man on July 27, 2009, 13:43:40: Quote from: CaptainMike1 on July 27, 2009, 13:28:38
I waited in the rain until 4pm yesterday, in the drizzle and gave up and went home!

It was a shame because The weather reports said yesterday was supposed to be the same weather as Saturday (nice) but when I left it was cloudy, and the sun just never cam out, and the wind picked up and it just drizzled...
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: Wave Music on July 27, 2009, 14:17:12: Great shots there, Mike! :2thumbs:
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: Cat320DL on July 27, 2009, 14:47:15: Nice shots Mike. :2thumbs:
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: The Ferry Man on July 28, 2009, 11:02:01: Okay a few pictures from me:

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2667.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2667.jpg)

Advertising Poster at Gosport

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2672.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2672.jpg)

The vintage open-top double decker bus doing the Gosport-Hovercraft Museum service

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2687.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2687.jpg)

View of The Princess Anne, taken from the Open-top Double Decker Bus

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2688.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2688.jpg)

The Princess Margaret from Bus

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2696.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2696.jpg)

The SR.N6 Twin prop on the beach

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2834.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2834.jpg)

The Open bow door on The Princess Anne

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2952.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2952.jpg)

Propeller Pylon seen from the cockpit

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2944.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2944.jpg)

The Cockpit of The Princess Anne

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2957.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2957.jpg)

Cockpit switches and dials

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2970.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2970.jpg)

'Drivers' view coming off the Princess Anne

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2712.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2712.jpg)

Part of a SR.N5, undergoing a restoration

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2714.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2714.jpg)

The main body of the SR.N5

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2722.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2722.jpg)

BH7 cockpit

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2720.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2720.jpg)

BH7

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2748.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2748.jpg)

Need some skirt...? (Probably from the SR.N4 Swift)

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2812.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2812.jpg)

Model of the Twin Prop SR.N6

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2977.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2977.jpg)

The Former Sultan of Oman's hovercraft

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2995.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2995.jpg)

One of the James Bond Hovercraft

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_3118.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_3118.jpg)

One of the Scrapheap Challenge craft

(http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/th_DSC_2759.jpg) (http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww134/The-Ferry-Man/Portsmouth%20and%20Hovershow%202009%2026th%20July%202009/?action=view&current=DSC_2759.jpg)

A small racing Hovercraft
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: Wave Music on July 28, 2009, 12:52:38: Great shots, TFM! :2thumbs:
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: SRN4 on June 08, 2011, 18:11:04: Hi guys ;D i just wanted to say i am at most of the hovershows because my grandad is a member :captain:
Title: Re: Hovershow 50 - Lee-on-the-Solent July 2009
Post by: The Ferry Man on June 08, 2011, 18:18:12: Ahh nice - Great place the Hovercraft Museum :)