Some more photos from RIAT 2018
More Aircraft from RIAT 2018 (3)
Category: Aviation
More Aircraft from RIAT 2018 (2)
More photos from the weekend at RIAT 2018. These are in no particular order, just as they are being processed after culling (half way through the culling now 🙂 ).
More Aircraft from RIAT 2018
Here are a few more of the photos I took at RIAT 2018
BBMF at RIAT 2018
Here are some photos from the BBMF displays over the 3 days of the Royal International Tattoo 2018 (RIAT 2018). The Trenchard and the Trenchard+ displays are probably the best display that the BBMF have ever put on! They really do bring a lump to the throat when they all fly past in formation.
Busy evening on the feeders
With the evening coming up fast and the cold, wet and windy weather we have had today, the local bird population are desperately trying to top up their energy levels to last the night, especially as many of them have young to feed as well. There is regularly a half a dozen birds either feeding or waiting to get on the feeder this evening.
Duxford Photoshoot – Spitfire Mk24
Some more photos from last week’s photoshoot. This is the Spitfire Mk24. Unfortunately we were only allowed to look into the cockpit and not sit it it. Amazingly this Spitfire was in service from 1947 to 1983 where it flew with the Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force.
Duxford Photoshoot – Tornado GR1
Another selection of shots from the recent photoshoot at Duxford. This Tornado GR1 was first in operation in 1983 and took part in the Gulf War. This is one of the most ‘un-restored’ aircraft we saw, it looks as though it has just come in the hangar straight from a sortie, it looks great and ‘authentic’ not like a museum piece.
Duxford Photoshoot – De Haviland DH9
Another set of photos from this weeks photoshoot. This is the Airco De Havilland DH9. Built in 1918. This WW1 bomber has recently been restored and looks great. I love the wicker pilots seat!
Duxford Photoshoot – Hastings C1A
Another set of photos from the Duxford open viewing photoshoot. This time it is the Handley Page Hastings C1A, a troop carrier from the late 1940’s. This is the first time I have been in one of these aircraft and the upward slope of the cabin when on the ground is amazing. As usual with military troop carriers of the time all the seats for the troops faced backwards as that is the safest way in the event of a crash. A marvelous aircraft.
Duxford Photoshoot – Lancaster
We had a great evening out at Duxford last night. There was a photoshoot for IWM members. We got to look around several aircraft and here are some photos from inside their Lancaster bomber. It felt a real privileged to just be able to climb into one of these iconic aircraft. One day I would like to fly in one.
B24 Liberator Dugan at Duxford
I do love engines! This is the B24 Liberator ‘Dugan’ at Duxford.
Chipmunk at Duxford
I saw this lovely Chipmunk at Duxford this weekend. I just had to photograph it 🙂
Hurricane P3700 at Duxford
Another photo from Duxford. This is another Hurricane, a Mk1 P3700 with the squadron code of RF-E. Personally although I love Spitfires, my first love is definitely the Hurricane.
In the Limelight
A great shot of the Mk 1 Hurricane P2902 at Duxford. This is a really nice looking machine, so I processed the shot so that it looked as though it was in a dark hangar with the sunlight lighting her up.
Typhoon
Typhoon FGR4 taking off from RAF Fairford in 2016 with a lot of noise and heat from the exhausts.
B17 Flying Fortress Sally B winter maintenance
Another view from Duxford. I love going in the winter months as you get to see the aircraft under winter maintenance, this appeals to the engineer in me. Here is the B17 Flying Fortress ‘Sally B’ undergoing engine maintenance.
Three two seat Spitfires at once.
If anything shows the changes since the law on historic pleasure flights came in, it is this shot of three 2 seat Spitfires in a hangar at Duxford.
Red Arrows
Here is a photo to remind me of summer and the great airshows around the country. I really love watching the reds and greatly admire their precision. I would love to get to fly as a passenger…. if only….. Imagine the photos I could get!
Belgian Sea King Helicopter
Another view of the Belgian Air Component’s Sea King Helicopter at RIAT 2017.
P51 Mustang at RIAT 2017
P51 Mustang doing a flypast at RIAT 2017