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I captured an RAF Chinook flying low near Goodwood in Sussex with its twin rotors clearly visible. Faint engine exhaust plumes trail behind the aircraft and drift upward against the bright clouds. Its position in the frame shows the aircraft moving steadily across the open sky.
RAF Typhoon display pilot passing in front of a cloud covered sun. Even managed to capture the sun spots!
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IF L6739 (G-BPIV) at the #battleofbritainairshow
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A Supermarine Spitfire begins its take-off roll, carrying the distinctive red star of the Soviet Air Force.
Although best known for defending Britain during the Battle of Britain, the Spitfire also served far from home. Through the Lend-Lease programme, hundreds were supplied to the Soviet Union during the Second World War, where they were used by Soviet pilots on the Eastern Front.
Powered by the legendary Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, the Spitfire’s combination of speed, agility and high-altitude performance made it a valuable addition to Soviet units. For many pilots, it represented a rare example of British engineering arriving on a very different battlefield.
Typhoon display teams newly painted jet in honour of D-Day 80th Anniversary. Captured performing a high speed low pass over Coningsby.
The skilled volunteers of the Ulster Aviation Society carry out remarkable restoration work on historic aircraft such as the famous Fairey Swordfish, returning these iconic wartime machines to pristine condition. Their dedication, craftsmanship, and attention to historical detail help preserve an important chapter of military and aviation history for future generations.
"City of Lincoln" Lancaster, from The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
Photographed from my garden.
"City of Lincoln" Lancaster, from The Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight, based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
Photographed from my garden.
Flying Legends Airshow and Imperial War Museum,
Duxford Airfield (2015) - United Kingdom - All Duxford visits
Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk.XIVe, G-SPIT as Royal Air Force (RAF) MV268\JE-J.
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.V, G-LFVB as RAF EP120\AE-A
Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk.XIX, G-RRGN as Royal Air Force PS853\C
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Royal International Air Tattoo - 100 Years of Flight Experience
Fairford (2003) - All Fairford visits
Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter, MM54554 Italian Airforce coded \4-48
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RAF Typhoon display pilot passing in front of a cloud covered sun. Even managed to capture the sun spots!
Flying Legends Airshow and Imperial War Museum,
Duxford Airfield (2015) - United Kingdom - All Duxford visits
Hawker Fury I, G-CBZP as RAF K5674
First flight 1935 and transferred to South Africa in 1940.
New serial 215. Force landed in 1941.
Restoration started in 1992.
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Biggin Hill Air Fair, Biggin Hill (1990) - United Kingdom
Shorts S.25 Sandringham, G-BJHS
Former Royal Air Force ML814 Sunderland MR.5 and New Zealand Air Force NZ4108.
Converted for civil use as Sandringham for Ansett VH-BRF.
Sold to Virgin Islands as N158J in 1974 and returned to the U.K 1979 as G-BJHS.
Finally sold to Kermit Weeks in Polk City as N158J in 1993.
On display at Fantasy of Flight
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Shorts - Sunderland and Sandringham
Pre-Digital - Great memories from the past
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International Air Tattoo, Fairford (1995)
United Kingdom - My Fairford visits
Lockheed C-130 Hercules, XV210 Royal air Force (RAF)
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Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford (2005)
United Kingdom - All Fairford visits
BAe Hawk T.1, XX260 Red Arrows
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"City of Lincoln" Lancaster, from The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
Photographed from my garden.
Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford (2005)
United Kingdom - All Fairford visits
BAe Sea Harrier F/A2, ZH798 Royal Navy \002
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RNLAF Open-Days, Leeuwarden (2016) - Netherlands
All RNLAF Open-Days (All Visits)
BAe Hawk T.1, Red Arrows
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Flying Legends Airshow and Imperial War Museum,
Duxford Airfield (2014) - United Kingdom - All Duxford visits
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe, G-OXVI as Royal Air Force (RAF) TD248\CR-S
Former RAF TD248, low back F.XVI with Rolls Royce Packard Merlin .
Flew with various squadron during the war.
Withdrawn from use in 1954.
Gate-Guard at various locations coded DW-A.
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RAF Typhoon FGR4’s ZK374 landing on R25 #RAFConingsby 18th August 2022
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Taken at the Flywheel festival at Bicester Heritage of which used to be RAF Bicester. The first Blenheim to land back at RAF Bicester in 75 years.
The Bristol Blenheim was a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company that was used extensively in the early days of the Second World War. It was adapted as an interim long-range and night fighter, pending the availability of the Beaufighter. It was one of the first British aircraft to have all-metal stressed-skin construction, retractable landing gear, flaps, a powered gun turret and variable-pitch propellers.
Royal International Air Tattoo - Departure Day,
Fairford (2004) - United Kingdom - All Fairford visits
British Aerospace (BAe) Nimrod MR.2, XV244 Royal Air Force (RAF) \44
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Flying Legends Airshow and Imperial War Museum,
Duxford Airfield (2015) - United Kingdom - All Duxford visits
Bristol Bolingbroke\Blenheim, G-BPIV as RAF 'L6739 YP-Q'
Supermarine Spitfires I
Hawker Hurricane
Supermarine Spitfire I, G-AIST as P7308\XR-D
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Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford (2005)
United Kingdom - All Fairford visits
BAe Harrier T.8, ZD990, Royal Navy (RN) \721
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Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford (2005)
United Kingdom - All Fairford visits
Avro Lancaster B.X, PA474 marked \QR-M 'City of Lincoln'/'Mickey the Moocher'
RAF BBMF commemorate the past of the RAF's Air Combat Power - Lest We Forget
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Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford (2005)
United Kingdom - All Fairford visits
BAe Hawk T.1, XX294 Red Arrows
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Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford (2005)
United Kingdom - All Fairford visits
Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, ZZ173 Royal Air Force (RAF)
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City Center Fly-past, London City (2009) - United Kingdom
Westland (Sikorsky) WS-61 Sea King, ZH543 Royal Air Force \X
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Biggin Hill Airshow, Biggin Hill Airport (1993) - United Kingdom
De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, G-ASKH as Royal air Force (RAF) RR299 \HT-E.
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Great Warbirds Air Display, West-Malling Airfield (1988)
McDonnell F-4 Phantom FGR.2, XV499 as Royal Air Force (RAF) XV499\CF
Youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qJejbN-REI
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jv8pr...
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Flying Legends Airshow and Imperial War Museum,
Duxford Airfield (2014) - United Kingdom - All Duxford visits
Avro 671 Rota I Cierva C-30A, G-ACUU as RAF \HM580 KX-K
Built in 1934 now at IWM Duxford.
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▪︎SEPECAT Jaguar GR.3 Tactical Strike and Support Aircraft▪︎
This Jaguar Jet was part of 16th squadron based at RAF Coltishall.
When withdrawn from service it was repainted and became a gate guard at RAF Shoreham unfil 2017.
It is now privally owned by a local Farmer.
Please do take photos, but be respectful.
There is also a Honesty box with all donations going towards the RAF Benevolent Fund.
Link to information board – www.flickr.com/gp/139375961@N08/y2794RYyNu
The Jaguar is the Anglo-French answer to a 1965 requirement for a tactical strike and support aircraft. Should the Cold War in Europe gone hot, RAF and French Jaguar squadrons would have engaged Warsaw Pact forces in the initial phases. The advent of the Panavia Tornado and Dassault Mirage 2000D/N saw the Jaguar lose it's nuclear role and focus on precision tactical strike operations.
During the 1991 Gulf War, the Jaguar flew with The RAF and Armee del Aire, deploying precision munitions against Iraqi tanks and positions. During the Cenapa War in South America, Ecuadorian Jaguars acted in an air superiority role. The Jaguar flew with NATO forces in the Balkans and in Kosovo. India, the largest export customer for the Jaguar, took their fleet into combat during the Kargil war with Pakistan.
France retired her Jaguar fleet in 2005, with the RAF following in April, 2007. Ecuador's fleet of Jaguars remains in storage for economic reasons. Oman continues to operate the Jaguar and will until the selection and delivery of a new fighter occurs. India will continue to operate the Jaguar for considerable time, with new units ordered as recent as 2002.
▪︎Country of Origin: France/UK
▪︎First Flight: 1968
▪︎Initial Service Date: 1973
▪︎No. Built: 543
▪︎No. In Service: 0
▪︎Crew: 1
▪︎Power: 2 x Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca Adour Mk. 102 turbofans at 8,249lbf
▪︎No. of Hardpoints: 5
▪︎Weapons: Two 30mm ADEN cannons or DEFA cannons, with 150 rounds per gun.
Eight Matra rocket pods with 18 SNEB 68mm rockets each.
Two AIM-9 'Sidewinder's' OR Matra R550 'Magic's' on over-wing pylons.
10,000lbs of bombs, reconnaissance pods, Drop tanks or the AS-37 'Martel' missile.
(Previous RAF versions of the Jaguar were able to carry the WE.177 tactical nuclear weapon).
▪︎Length: 55ft. 3in
▪︎Wing Span: 28.51in
▪︎Wing Area: 258sq/ft
▪︎Height: 16ft. 1in
▪︎Empty Weight: 15,400lbs
▪︎Max Weight: 34,600lbs
▪︎Ordnance Load: 10,000lbs
▪︎Max Payload: 19,200lbs.
Information sourced from – AIRFIGHTERS.COM - Sepecat Jaguar GR3 Aircraft Data & History share.google/mN4TrFnzYTEeT1LZj
Flying Legends Airshow and Imperial War Museum,
Duxford Airfield (Unknown Year) - United Kingdom - All Duxford visits
Hawker Hurricane, G-HURR as 'BE417 \LK-A'
(cn 52024)
Original RCAF 5589.
Since 30 July 1990 was registred as G-HURR,
also flew as BE417\AE-K and BD707\AE-C
The Hurricane was lost in september 2007 during Shoreham Airshow.
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Planes of Fame Airshow, Chino Airport (2004)
United States - West-Coast Tour 2004
Hawker Hunter GA.11, N301XF former Royal Air Force XF301
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Spitfire at 60? , Duxford Airfield (Unknown Year) - United Kingdom - All Duxford visits Duxford 1998?
Duxford, Spitfire at 60?
Likely Duxford, Spitfire 60th Anniversary may 1998?
Supermarine Spitfire Prototype, G-BRDV as RAF \K5054
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Flying Legends Airshow and Imperial War Museum,
Duxford Airfield (2008) - United Kingdom - All Duxford visits
Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IX G-ASJV scrambles to the air
Supermarine Spitfire IX, G-ASJV as Royal Air Force (RAF) MH434 \ZD-B.
Former RAF MH434, Dutch Air Force H-105 and H-68, Belgium Air Force SM41 and civil as OO-ARA.
Changed to G-ASJV and carried codes \ZD-B, \AV-H and \CK-D now back to \ZD-B
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Flying Legends Airshow and Imperial War Museum,
Duxford Airfield (2014) - United Kingdom - All Duxford visits
Westland Lysander Mk.IIIa, V9300, marked as V9673/MA-J
Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF1558. Sold to civil market in 1946. Recovered from a farm in 1973.
Registered G-LIZY 1986-1989.
Static restoration for the Imperial War Museum, Duxford.
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Flying Legends Airshow and Imperial War Museum,
Duxford Airfield (Unknown Year) - United Kingdom - All Duxford visits
Hawker Hurricane IIc, LF363 Royal Air Force as LF363 \US-C
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Flying Legends Airshow and Imperial War Museum,
Duxford Airfield (??) - United Kingdom - All Duxford visits
Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk.XIVe, G-SPIT as Royal Air Force (RAF) MV293 \OI-C.
Former RAF MV293 .Didn't see active service in Europe during WW-II .Transferred to the Indian AF as "48".
Ended as Instructional airframe at the Technical College in Jalahalli.
Returned to Europe in the seventies by Warbirds of Great Britain.
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Pre-Digital - Great memories from the past
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Westland Lysander Mk.III V9312 (G-CCOM) landing at the #battleofbritainairshow
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Musee du Chateau, Savigny les Beaune (2010 and 2011) - France
English Electric Lightning F-1A, XM178 Royal Air Force
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