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13 second exposure at f/10, ISO 400 on a 24-70mm lens at 56mm. A very noisy engine run in front of this aircraft.
The Romney Hut is a prefabricated steel structure used by the British military, developed during World War II to supersede the Iris Hut. At the outbreak of World War II, the British military developed a series of prefabricated huts to supplement the World War I era Nissen Hut. The Iris Hut was one of these, a medium-scale hut of 35 feet span and from 60 feet to 96 feet in length, with bays of 4 feet sectional length able to be added as required.
However, the Iris Hut had a major design flaw: it was unable to resist the weight of snow lying on the roof and had a tendency to collapse after snowfalls. For this reason, it was superseded by the Romney Hut by 1941. Both the Iris Hut and the Romney Hut were constructed of a clamped tubular steel frame with a central entrance. The hut was used to accommodate facilities for which abnormal roof spans were required. On some airfields, two or more Romney or Iris Huts would be erected to accommodate large stores and workshops, or occasionally used as aircraft hangars. It was invented by Lt Col Edgar Frank Brawn of the Royal Engineers.
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight or BBMF presently consist of twelve aircraft:- 6 Spitfires, 2 Hurricanes, Lancaster, Dakota, and 2 Chipmunks. They are operated by the Royal Air Force and have been based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire since 1976.
This airplane had been on static display at the International Aviation Museum - Manfred Pflumm since 1991. The main part of the restoration work was completed at the museum’s location in Schwenningen-am-Neckar in the Black Forest, before the aircraft successfully completed its maiden post restoration flight on Saturday May 26, 2012. Two days later it was flown over to it's home base in Wevelgem.
Now on the civil register as G-ONAA, the tail number was especially dedicated in order to commemorate the aircraft manufacturer, GO North American Aviation.
The Patrouille Suisse is an aerobatic team of the Swiss Air Force. The team flies six Northrop F-5E Tiger II fighter/bomber jets.
Long exposure of 13 seconds gave me a "red line" across the page as a vehicle tracked across another section of RAF Brize Norton airfield.
Spitfire Mk.Ia N3200 was manufactured for the RAF at Woolston, prior to assembly at Eastleigh in 1939. The aircraft was delivered to the RAF at some point between 8 September 1939 and 20 January 1940, after which it was flown by Sqn Ldr Geoffrey Dalton Stephenson, Commanding Officer of 19 Squadron at RAF Duxford. Stephenson was shot down in combat on 26 May 1940 whilst flying Spitfire N3200, during the Operation DYNAMO Dunkirk evacuation.
The Spitfire crash landed onto the beaches of Sangatte, near Dunkirk, and Stephenson was captured by the Germans – he survived the war after years of imprisonment.
Following its recovery in the mid-1980s, N3200 was registered to Mark One Partners LLC and from 2007 a lengthy restoration was carried out. The aircraft emerged in public for the first time in late March 2014 and first flew on the 26th, with ARCo boss John Romain at the controls.
The 48th Fighter Wing (48 FW) is part of the United States Air Force's Third Air Force, assigned to Headquarters Air Command Europe and United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). It is based at RAF Lakenheath, England. The 48 FW is the only F-15 wing based in Europe and consists of both F-15C/D Eagle and F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft. The 48 FW was given the name "Statue of Liberty Wing" on 4 July 1954 and remains the only U.S. Air Force unit with both a name and a numerical designation.
The 48th Fighter Wing (48 FW) is part of the United States Air Force's Third Air Force, assigned to Headquarters Air Command Europe and United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). It is based at RAF Lakenheath, England. The 48 FW is the only F-15 wing based in Europe and consists of both F-15C/D Eagle and F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft. The 48 FW was given the name "Statue of Liberty Wing" on 4 July 1954 and remains the only U.S. Air Force unit with both a name and a numerical designation.