hawk coming through #machloop June 2015

Enjoyable 1st ever visit to Mach Loop CAD West LFA7

2 Days on the Mach Loop, LFA7, Mid Wales

RAF C-130 Hercules

Machloop Balwch, Machynlleth, Wales

Mach Loop - Bwlch

My trip to Skomer to photograph Puffins had to be cancelled at the last minute due to the weather. So, being in Wales, I made my first visit to the Machloop, the low flying area in Wales used mostly by the USAF but with occasional RAF aircraft passing through. A number of F-15s and a couple of RAF Texans came through during the 5 hours I was there. This is one of the F-15s. Sadly the weather precluded me staying over for more. Being my first time at the Machloop I was unsure what to expect and was not quite in the ideal position. Nevertheless, I got some nice photos. Each pass takes only a few seconds, so you have to be ready and can easily get things wrong.

This is my favourite out of the photos I took yesterday

A day on Cad East overlooking the Mach Loop low flying area in LFA7, Mid Wales between Dolgellau and Machynlleth.

Cad West, Mach Loop

The Mach Loop, Bwlch.

F16 approach, 65th Squadron, Belgian Airforce, Mach Loop, North Wales

Waiting at LFA7 Mach Loop Wales

2 Days on the Mach Loop 10 & 11.07.18

2 Days on the Mach Loop 10 & 11.07.18

Mach Loop - Bwlch

Strange to see smoke rising out of a really sleepy hamlet down in the valley, but it was all under control by the time I got down there.

Mach Loop - Wales

Mach Loop September 1st 2016 was a very busy day (Thankfully)

A day on Cad East overlooking the Mach Loop low flying area in LFA7, Mid Wales between Dolgellau and Machynlleth. An F15 Eagle from the 494th Squadron (Panthers) from the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath.

Selfie at Cad West, Mach Loop