The
Museum of Army Flying, Middle
Wallop - 31/07/2008
We
were joined first thing the
next morning by my good friend
Paul
Dunn and having sat for
three hours on the Plain having
seen nothing other than a
Chinook transitting to and
from one of the Danger Areas,
it was pretty obvious that
most areas were still out
of bounds to training aircraft,
and with rain looking set
in for the afternoon we elected
to retreat to the shelter
of the Museum of Army Flying
at Middle Wallop.
This
was my second visit, the first
having come three years earlier
when I was new to the wonderful
world of digital photography,
and when I had no access to
a wide-angle lens, so I was
quite looking forward to getting
back.
Despite
the opening of a new extension
to one of the hangars, many
of the exhibits were still
rather cramped, despite there
seemingly being plenty of
space at the other end of
it!
One
thing the museum does have
is an extensive collection
of very good 'scenes' laid
out from days gone by.
The
lighting from a photographic
point of view in the second
hangar is extremely low and
orange in colour, making life
very tricky indeed.
After
completing our wander we headed
upstairs to the restaurant
where a couple of movements
were captured from an open
window.
At
least we'd got something worthwhile
out of an otherwise wasted
day.
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