Royal International Air Tattoo 2006, RAF Fairford, 14th Jul'06 (Fri arrivals & practise)
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00:25 not quite a full moon, but made for a nice photo, after a few beers, just before bed.
C-168 Challenger R.Danish A/F
Nice addition, brought in VIP's and stayed until Sunday morning
LJ-2 Learjet Finnish A/F
Another VIP transport, no other Finnish a/c seen this year, shame
6063 L-159 Czech A/F
Flying I think for the 1st time I think at a RIAT airshow
Can you tell what it is yet....? Is it related to the preying mantis?
7353 Mil-24 Hind Czech A/F
The mighty Hind helicopter weapons machine, nice tiger colours too....!
ZE396 HS125 RAF
Another VIP transport jet, in the new colour scheme
J-055 F-16a R.Netherlands A/F
Me by the display jet, parked the far side as it was armed with flares for it's display
Me with the flying F-15c from the USAF, quite a large fighter for a single person....! (Thanks Jason for taking these few photos)
My partner in crime, and driver of the renowned "photo bowser" Jason, posing with the rear of the F15c...!
Me again, with the F/A-18F Super Hornet (click here for larger) that Boeing test pilot Ricardo Traven thrashes about the sky later...!
85-0061 B-1b USAF
departing for a practise display at Farnborough
166391 V-22 Osprey USMarines
Parked on Friday, in between practises and visits to Farnborough
166391 V-22 Osprey USMarines
You can see the span of the rotors, or are they props...?
166391 V-22 Osprey USMarines
Me again, to set the scale of how small the aircraft is
(click here for larger photo)
The flaps are almost 90 degrees, must help the transition from forward to the hover. Nice to see the a/c up close in the flesh.