I managed to chalk off another trip to an air museum this weekend, the relatively short hop for me to Newark. With a good collection of aircraft, both indoors and out, along with an interesting number of engines as well.
Also a first trip out with the new Nikon Z5 and I’m pleased to say it passed with flying colours. It’s quite unnerving when shooting indoors in less than ideal light and you know you’ve set it to auto ISO, but you’re still surprised to see the viewfinder saying 12800 ISO and the photo is better than some you’ve taken one your old camera at 6400 ISO. Definitely bought for the right reasons.
Having been to Newark before, I knew what to expect, aside from the roundabouts at the junction to and from the A1 which are always a nightmare. The museum itself doesn’t really have any of the aircraft types I’m most interested in, but it does have a number of others which provide excellent background and input to the “stories”.
However, what the museum does have are a large number of well maintained aircraft and helicopters, a number of which you won’t see anywhere else and some you can see elsewhere are in vastly better condition. Since my last trip, it’s obvious a number of the aircraft displayed outdoors have had work done to preserve them and a new coat of paint; the MiG-27 and Lightning T5 especially.
Out of all the photos I took at Newark, the forlorn looking remains of the surviving Avro Ashton is my favourite, rather sums everything up.
Next stop…no idea. To get volume 1 out, I need another visit to the RAF museum at Cosford as a minimum and that’s a full day as it’s a lot of aircraft and a five hour round trip.
