TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 Well I spent a week in lovely Gloucestershire camping next to RAF Fairford. We had hot days and cold nights, perfect weather with some nice dramatic cloudscapes. Here are some of the shots; 1. F15 Eagle 2.F18 Hornet 3. F35 Lightning 11 4. F35 Lightning 11 5. F16 Falcon 6. F16 Falcon 7. F16 Falcon 8. F18 Hornet 9. AH64 Appache 10. AV8B Harrier 11. Typhoon 12. Typhoons 13. F16 Falcon 14. F16 Falcon 15. F5 Swiss Team 16. Tornado 17. Tornado Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 27 Author Report Share Posted July 27 18. F16 Falcon 19. F16 Falcon 20. F15 Eagle 21. F5's 22. Tornado 23. Saudi Hawks 24. Saudi Hawk 25. E3 AWACS 26. Vampire 27. Vampire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 Superb, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambam1962 Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 Cracking photos Dave, and well done 👍. My boss was a Gloucester boy born and bred, and said it never rains in Gloucester. I had to remind him, it did rain persistently, the 12 weeks I was travelling daily back and forth to the factory in Quedgley. He muttered a few words and walked off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miserableolgit Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 Lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 Some great pics there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B686 Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 Great photo s👍. Never been before. But just mentioned it to the other half and showed your pics to my young son and seems a good chance we will be going next year. See tickets are on sale already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rem260 Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 Nice pics. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 27 Author Report Share Posted July 27 42 minutes ago, B686 said: Great photo s👍. Never been before. But just mentioned it to the other half and showed your pics to my young son and seems a good chance we will be going next year. See tickets are on sale already. I'm sure you'll enjoy it, go early to beat the traffic and take your own food to save a small fortune. There are clean water bowsers around the site to allow you to fill up your bottles. The traffic is the biggest bugbear, I stay within a couple of miles so don't really get any agro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted July 28 Report Share Posted July 28 Very nice 😃 Was there only one 'chopper' at the show ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 28 Author Report Share Posted July 28 6 minutes ago, JKD said: Very nice 😃 Was there only one 'chopper' at the show ? There were quite a few "choppers" at the show, would you like some more pictures and some more helicopters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted July 28 Report Share Posted July 28 2 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: There were quite a few "choppers" at the show, would you like some more pictures and some more helicopters? Yes please 🙏 🫡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 28 Author Report Share Posted July 28 (edited) Here are some more; 28. Italian Army Piaggio 29. Civilian Owned ex Army Lynx 30. F15 Eagle 31. F15 Eagle 32. Royal Navy Merlin 33. Italian Tornado 34. Romanian F16 35. Civilian owned ex RAF Hunter 36. RAF Voyager 37. German Eurofighter Edited July 28 by TIGHTCHOKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted July 28 Report Share Posted July 28 (edited) Just picked up on this thread. Wonderful photos Dave. I know very little about aircraft so thanks for listing the various types and enlightening me/us. They used to have a small air show off Herne Bay up until a few years ago. I remember watching the Vulcan in full vertical mode. Absolutely awesome. Thanks for posting. OB Edited July 28 by Old Boggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 28 Report Share Posted July 28 Superb photos Dave and now I am a little wiser in what the various aircrafts are that often come over , I remember when we had a air show a few years ago off the beach at Yarmouth , I was Pigeon shooting 3 / 4 miles inland and I was underneath there flight path , the afternoon was very entertaining , watching the aircraft whilst shooting a few Pigeons . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted July 28 Report Share Posted July 28 Thanks for those extra pictures TC 😀 My 'local' airshow was Biggin Hill. Only lived a few miles away as the crow flies, so the sky was full of aircraft for a few days,,,, great memories 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 28 Author Report Share Posted July 28 7 minutes ago, JKD said: Thanks for those extra pictures TC 😀 My 'local' airshow was Biggin Hill. Only lived a few miles away as the crow flies, so the sky was full of aircraft for a few days,,,, great memories 😃 Yes, mine too, my parents used to take me as a small boy. Sometime in the last century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted July 28 Report Share Posted July 28 5 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Yes, mine too, my parents used to take me as a small boy. Sometime in the last century. Only ever went onto the airfield once for the airshow, great experience. There was a "chopper" stunt pilot doing the grass cutting alongside the runway 😆😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 28 Author Report Share Posted July 28 A few more; 38. C17 39. Typhoon 40. C17 41. Saudi Display Team Hawks 42. A400 43. Moroccan Hercules 44. Qinetiq Bae 1466 with a grafted on nose for Radar Trials 45. Italian Test Eurofighter 46. Qatari Eurofighter 47. Saudi Hercules 48. Swiss PC7 Trainer 49. French Securite Civile Tracker 50. B52 Stratofortress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 28 Author Report Share Posted July 28 51. Turkish F4 Phantom 52. That lovely Tracker again 53. C17 54. Canadian F18 Hornet 55. Canadian F18 Hornet 56. Saudi Hawks arrive in style 57. Hercules 58. Moroccan Hercules 59. Spanish F5s "Jelly Air" 60. Turkish F4 Phantom 61. Turkish F4 Phantom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 28 Author Report Share Posted July 28 62. That Turkish F4 Phantoms wonderful sharkmouth. 63. Spanish AV8B Harriers 64. Danish F16 Falcon 65. Qatari F15 Eagles 66. Saudi F15 Eagle 67. B52 on roll out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 28 Author Report Share Posted July 28 68. British Antarctic Survey twin Otter 69. Canadian Civilian A4 Skyhawk 70. Romanian F16 falcon 71. RAF Falcon Parachute Display Team 72. Almost on top of the flare. 73. Danish F16 Falcon 74. U2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 28 Author Report Share Posted July 28 75. U2 76. RAF Rivet Joint with French Mirage, Italian Tornado and swedish Grippen 77. Royal Navy Black Cats Wildcats 78. Red Arrows Hawks 79 Spanish Harrier 80. Spanish Harrier 81. RAF Red Arrows with Canadian F18 Hornet 82. Patrouille Swiss Display Team F5s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 28 Report Share Posted July 28 Never dreamt there were so many different aircrafts about , now I am confused again , which for me is nothing out of the ordinary , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 28 Author Report Share Posted July 28 John, I go for the week and spend about 9 hours a day with the cameras. RIAT is known as the biggest Military Airshow in the World and pulls in some rare aircraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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