Beautifully restored Meteor T.7 being put through it's paces at the Duxford Jubilee airshow, one aircraft I was really happy to be able to shoot during the 2012 airshow season
Suprisingly, this was the only time that the Belgian Air Component 2012 display team brought their specially painted Viper to the UK, flown by Capt Renaud "Grat" Thys.
Star of the staic display at RIAT 2012 was the B-2A "Spirit of New York" from the 509thBW/13thBS 'Grim Reapers' seen here backtracking 09 after arriving from Whiteman AFB in typical english summer rain as "Death 11"
A Harrier GR5 from the HOCU "Harrier operational conversion unit" No 20(R) Sqdn at RAF Wittering arrives for static display at the 1993 show at Woodford, still in the original NATO green scheme that the next gen Harriers carried when first del to the RAF
Royal Air Force 3(F) Squadron 100th Anniversary (1912-2012) Eurofighter Typhoon seen during the Northolt Night Photoshoot XII that coincided with the Olympic Guardian exercise, recently in London.
A 111 Sqdn 'Tremblers' Flick Knife carrying a pair of 'big juggs' departs RIAT 2010 for the last time, hard to think both the jet and the squadron are no more.
Seen arriving from Keflavik, BFO480 a Moroccan AF CL415, the second of five on order is seen here on its delivery flight from Canada still wearing its Canadian build reg C-GKCX
Seen at Netheravon camp during exercise Pashtun Jaguar that took place on the SPTA to prepare both air and ground forces for their OP HERRICK 14 deployment
Seen at Netheravon camp during exercise Pashtun Jaguar that took place on the SPTA to prepare both air and ground forces for their OP HERRICK 14 deployment
PA08, what would have been the fifth production Nimrod MRA.4 seen at Woodford awaiting its fate following the SDSR announcement that the aircraft was to be axed before it entered service with the RAF having already cost the UK tax payers millions.
PA05, the second production Nimrod MRA.4 is seen being towed across the airfield at Woodford to the scrapping compund following the SDSR announcement that the aircraft was to be axed before it entered service with the RAF having already cost us millions
A first at low level for me, I have waited a very long time to get a Cobham Falcon 20 low level, a really nice pass that was the only movement for the day, worth the wait though
A 6 Sqdn Flying Canopeners Jaguar T4 is seen on a low level training mission through LFA17 on a cold January day, this was one of a pair of jets, the last operational Jags I ever saw at low level in the UKLFS