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Boeing’s T-38 Finally Comes Out in the Sun
I have struggled to get shots of the Boeing chase aircraft in decent light. Whether it is the T-33s or the T-38s, my encounters have generally been on overcast days. Finally my luck changed and one of the T-38s came … Continue reading
Posted in aircraft, civil, military, Pacific Northwest, photo
Tagged aircraft, airplane, chase, civil, Everett, jet, kpae, military, Northrop Grumman, Paine Field, photo, t-38, talon, trainer, washington
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Northrop Grumman Firebird
Northrop Grumman brought the Firebird to Fairford for RIAT. RIAT is a big public show but it has developed a significant trade element to it and Firebird was clearly aimed at that audience. It is a Scaled Composites design (with … Continue reading
Posted in Air Shows, aircraft, military, photo, Travel
Tagged air show, aircraft, airplane, Firebird, gloucestershire, military, Model 355, Northrop Grumman, photo, piston, RAF Fairford, RIAT, Scaled Composites, travel, uk
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Odd F-16 Vortices
With a sharp LERX, the F-16 regularly pulls a nice vortex on each side as it maneuvers hard. Getting a shot of that is not a surprise. However, I have recently been slowly making my way through shots from RIAT … Continue reading
Posted in Air Shows, aircraft, military, photo, Travel
Tagged air show, aircraft, airplane, Belgian, Belgium, f-16A, fighter, Fighting Falcon, gloucestershire, jet, Lockheed Martin, military, photo, RAF Fairford, RIAT, uk, vortex, vortices
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Apache Wall of Fire
The British Army display of the WAH-64D Apache is one I have seen plenty of pictures of but I haven’t had much of a chance to shoot it myself. The majority of the display is pretty standard stuff with them … Continue reading
Posted in Air Shows, aircraft, military, photo, Travel
Tagged air show, aircraft, Apache, British Army, gloucestershire, helicopter, military, photo, pyrotechnics, RAF Fairford, RIAT, uk, wah-64D, wall of fire, westland
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Turkish Phantoms
F-4 Phantoms are rapidly disappearing from service. They remain in a few countries but their replacements are lined up in most cases. The Turkish Air Force is still using them and brought some examples to RIAT. They made their way … Continue reading
Hansajet Throwback
The Hansajet was an odd airframe and one of those examples of manufacturers trying innovative things out that didn’t really go anywhere. It had a slightly forward swept wing to improve efficiency but forward swept wings have largely failed to … Continue reading
Patrouille de France Takeoff Configurations
I was working through some RIAT photos of the Patrouille de France display. I had some tight shots of the first four jets as they took off and, as I looked closer at them, I was confused as to why … Continue reading
Posted in Air Shows, aircraft, military, photo, Travel
Tagged air show, aircraft, airplane, alpha jet, Armee l’air, configurationflap, Dassault, display team, dorkier, French, gloucestershire, jet, military, Patrouille de France, photo, RAF Fairford, RIAT, settings, takeoff, trainer, uk
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Smokewinders Not Smoking
My F-16 shots from RIAT didn’t just throw up vortices (like this post). They also showed something that seems to be a common occurrence in flying displays. That is the failure of a Smokewinder to perform. Smokewinders are a smoke … Continue reading
Posted in Air Shows, aircraft, military, photo, Travel
Tagged aircraft, airplane, Belgian, display, f-16, failure, fighter, Fighting Falcon, gloucestershire, jet, military, photo, pod, RAF Fairford, RIAT, smokewinder, UK air show
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Ukrainian IL-76
The IL-76 is a beast of a transport. It is a rugged plane and looks like it could handle anything thrown at it. I have seen them on a variety of occasions – most recently the modernized versions used for … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft, airplane, airshow, candid, gloucestershire, Ilyushin.IL-76, jet, military, photo, RAF Fairford, RIAT, transport, uk
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The Avanti Couldn’t Escape Me Forever
When I heard an Avanti had showed up at RIAT while I wasn’t there, I was a touch annoyed. I am such a fan of the type that I thought missing it would be very frustrating. Fortunately, it was still … Continue reading