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As part of the Strobist Bootcamp III, I went down to my local air museum - Farnborough Air Sciences Trust (FAST). Despite living in Farnborough for the last 30 years - I'd never been to FAST before. They have a wide range of memorabilia "From Cody to Concorde".

For those of you that don't know Farnborough, Hampshire, UK, has been the testing ground for many of the most influential planes, jet engines and advances in aeronautics. The first of these was on October 16th 1908 when Samuel Cody flew the first powered flight in the UK (just 5 years after the Wright brothers flew in the USA). There was no airstrip then and the learning was very much on the job! The learning went on and Farnborough tested many RAF and commercial planes and helicopters including testing wing designs for Concorde. I had a great time with the team at FAST and will be sending them both some prints and negatives. They have expressed an interest in using these photos on their new website.

You can find out more about them here: www.airsciences.org.uk/ or here: www.codyflyerproject.com/

Strobist Info: Two 580exII both on light stands at about 5ft.

If you look closely you can see them in the shot. (follow the bottom wing until it's intercepted by a black line. I believe they were both on 1/2 power for this as it was midday and bright sunlight outside, which turned the hanger into a giant soft box.

As part of the Strobist Bootcamp III, I went down to my local Air museum - Farnborough Air Sciences Trust (FAST). Despite living in Farnborough for the last 30 years - I'd never been to FAST before. They have a wide range of memorabilia "From Cody to Concorde".

For those of you that don't know Farnborough, Hampshire, UK, has been the testing ground for many of the most influential planes, jet engines and advances in aeronautics. The first of these was on October 16th 1908 when Samuel Cody flew the first powered flight in the UK (just 5 years after the Wright brothers flew in the USA). There was no airstrip then and the learning was very much on the job! The learning went on and Farnborough tested many RAF and commercial planes and helicopters including testing wing designs for Concorde. I had tremendous fun with the team at FAST and hope to have these photos published on there new website.

You can find out more about them here: www.airsciences.org.uk/ or here: www.codyflyerproject.com/

Strobist Info: Two 580exII both on light stand at about 5ft of the ground.
1st, camera left., LTP softbox 1/2 power.
2nd camera right snooted 1/4 power.

These shots were taken at midday in (as you can see) a very big dedicated softbox!!