RAF Air Tattoo Fairford 17-7

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RAF Air Tattoo Fairford 17-7

Post by Thermal »

Went to Fairford today. In the beginning the weather was cloudy, not many photo oppertunities. Later on it became a bit better.
Here some pics

I found the static a bit dissapointing for such a large (and expensive) airshow, lot's of the same. 8 F-16's, 6 Tornado's, 4 C-130, 4 Harriers etc etc. The Americans however made an effort. Especially the BUFF was niiiiice
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Dutch Air Force doing at what they are good at :twisted:
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What I came for
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Ok out of focus, but still liked the shot
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Sidewinders!
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High speed pass, but my lense just can not cope what that high speed stuff :(
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The BUFF
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I must say the Apache had the most boring demo ever! No one was watching (maybe the fact that the Vulcan was taxying by and the B-52 was circling in the back had something to do with it)
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OK crappy shot, but it's not every day that I get these two in one shot in front of my camera
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All in all still a good day, with a happy ending :wink:
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Re: RAF Air Tattoo Fairford 17-7

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Thermal wrote:I must say the Apache had the most boring demo ever! No one was watching (maybe the fact that the Vulcan was taxying by and the B-52 was circling in the back had something to do with it)
Nice try with the shots, unfortunatly the UK-audience really favor their history so indeed all attention goes to the Vulcan instead of the AH-64 (the most spectacular helie demo this year to be seen :wink: ) ... Other thing that really kills the spirit is the ban on flares (but this comes with a reason).

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Hurricane wrote:
Thermal wrote:I must say the Apache had the most boring demo ever! No one was watching (maybe the fact that the Vulcan was taxying by and the B-52 was circling in the back had something to do with it)
Nice try with the shots, unfortunatly the UK-audience really favor their history so indeed all attention goes to the Vulcan instead of the AH-64 (the most spectacular helie demo this year to be seen :wink: ) ... Other thing that really kills the spirit is the ban on flares (but this comes with a reason).

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What's the reason for the Flares ban?
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Verry nice, raptor shots are GREAT !!!!!!
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CoHaBa wrote: What's the reason for the Flares ban?
fire on the ground
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Some more shots from me:

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I went to Fairford with 4Aviation... it was a good and smooth trip with some nice company. Thanx and well done!!! Anyway here some of my first results of the flying display... often under challenging light conditions. I hope you like them anyway:

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I guess there is much more to come :-)

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Better change the title to RIAT 2010, so all pictures can go in one topic.

Here one of the Raptor on Friday:
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Was there too with 4aviation, bus was a little bit to cramped :( ,

and my 100-400 L IS broke down at the biginning of the show :help: (got stuck at 400 mil's), but I had a good day with enjoyable company of Jan-Arie Marcel and andreas

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To me, one of the best ones at the static:

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And ... great demo, never saw this kind of flying before!

2 for now, more will follow probably:

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3rd time a saw a raptor demo still amaze me!

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one for the wall,

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Some from me,

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also a nice one,

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and a video made with my canon 7-D @ 400 mm's
You can hear me taking a photo at 1,09 sec.

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I also took the 4Aviation coach. We were extremely fortunate with the weather in the afternoon. Almost clear skies and nice temperatures.
Thanks to all who joined us.
I must say the Apache had the most boring demo ever! No one was watching (maybe the fact that the Vulcan was taxying by and the B-52 was circling in the back had something to do with it)
The Apache manoeuvres were very exciting and unique for a helicopter. A helicopter is, however, much slower than a jet. The demo team tried to please everyone by performing a manoeuvre on either end of the long runway and this took way to much time. They should have centred their show at show centre, in the middle.

A couple from the static.
With a bit of patience some decent shots could be made.

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And a few from the birds in the sky.
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'Switching to guns'

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Always impressive.

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Highlight of the show.
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another cinema shaped,

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