Royal International Air Tattoo 2006, RAF Fairford, 12th Jul'06 (Wed arrivals)
Wednesday dawned bright and warm. 1st planes started arriving just around 0900. Not a hugely busy day, but some good planes none the less...
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M-509 Merlin R.Danish A/F
A first for me and the airshow, brand new helicopter gleaming in the early sunshine
346 Hercules R. Jordanian A/F
Seen taxiing in for parking, as always, immaculately clean..!
39168 Saab Gripen Swedish A/F
All 3 arrived in formation, seen here just shutting down. The 2 seater in the middle...!
68-0342 F-4 Phantom Turkish A/F
Taxiing in with parachute still billowing behind
68-0374 F-4 Phantom Turkish A/F
The 2nd one taxies in. Great to see a pair of "Tooms" once again
Me assisting the refuel of one of the Phantoms
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160867 A-7 Corsair Greek A/F
One of two "SLUF's" that arrived, parked next to the Turks....!
..??.. A-7 Corsair Greek A/F
No serial seen this side of the a/c, due to the special Tiger markings
60-0011 B-52 USAF
The might Stratofortress in the afternoon sunlight. The crew were cleaning this a/c by hand after it arrived from California
HB-HZC PC-21 Pilatus
Both the experimental PC-21's with the Pilatus support a/c and the Swiss A/F Learjet behind
HB-HZA PC-21 Pilatus
I love these a/c, hope they get to sell lots of them
ZA552 Tornado GR4 RAF
13Sqn jet arrives for the static display with dummy Laser Guided Bombs under the belly
The Fuels team
"Nuff said"