Royal International Air Tattoo 2006, RAF Fairford, 15th Jul'06 (Sun Airshow (Day off - Photography day for me))
Lazy lunch (quiet planes for an hour) means walkies, food, cold beer & static a/c photos...! Then after lunch the big boys came out to play, the stars of the show in my view....!
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A20-261 B707 R.Australian AF
Nose art and an inflatable Kangaroo...! well, they had come the furthest to attend the show!
..??.. T-43 Gator USAF
Unusual angle I though, of the gleaming B737-200 to you and me!
9241 Saab Gripen Czech AF
Another 1st time visit, the brand new Czech AF weapon of choice
ZJ222 Typhoon RAF
1st 3 SQN jet marked a/c I've seen
White156 MiG-29OVT MiG
What an aircraft this is.....! Two MiG Test Pilots attended, taking it in turns to perform the display
White156 MiG-29OVT MiG
Pulling up into a normal climb? Not quite, stalls, loops, flat spins, back flips & cobra strikes!
White156 MiG-29OVT MiG
Here sinking deliberately after a back flip...look at the smoke trail, almost no forward speed at all!!!
White156 MiG-29OVT MiG
Again pulling lots of "G" as you can see from the clouds forming on the upper surfaces. Test Pilot!
White156 MiG-29OVT MiG
BACK FLIP in the length of your a/c.....!!!! Fancy a go at this?? (Smoke off or you can't see him!)
White156 MiG-29OVT MiG
Another deliberate angle showing the direction/speed of flight by the smoke trails.....amazing
White156 MiG-29OVT MiG
In his own jet exhaust heat haze, as he pulls up for another crazy back flip.....
White156 MiG-29OVT MiG
and a full vertical flat spin
166673 F/A-18F USNavy
Boeing Test Pilot Ricardo Traven follows the MiG as best he can without thrust vectoring....!
166673 F/A-18F USNavy
Amazing amounts of "G" pulled throughout the display, an airshow favourite for certain
166673 F/A-18F USNavy
Final pass was a flat out topside one, thanks Ricardo, see you at the party later...!
G-FRBA Falcon20 and friends
FRA Aviation & the Royal Navy hawks "Chobham Formation"