RIAT 2006 - lots of images

[EHM-1617 Iain]

Did anyone else go to the Fairford airshow today?

Here are my pictures, occasional comments when I can remember what was in the picture.

11 Red arrows Hawk's lined up




Utterly Butterly wing walking display team


Harrier jump jet hovering




Eurofighter Typhoon




Red arrows team








B1 noisy bomber


Swiss National Display Team




America's Big Stick, B52


The amazing Bell-Boing MV-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor


A British Extra 300 display team


American military aircraft, old and new - P51 Mustang and F15 Eagle


Lancaster, Hurricane, Spitfire






A pretty smoke trail


Some planes nearly crashing in a syncho maneuver


The Spanish display team


Making a 7-aircraft formation landing amid lots of tire smoke


The airfield




Comments please, and sorry for low res, my camera is only 3.1 Megapixels and I had to use the digital crop zoom.

[EHM-1798 Conrad]

Nice pics there, i couldnt go today, was taking my drving theory test (i passed )

[EHM-0641 Rico]

Nice pictures m8 !!  

I like the one of the formation landing !!!  just awesome !!

Thnx for Sharing !!

[EHM-1821 Javier]

Nice pics! I downloaded the harrier and V22 yesterday;D

can the V22 taxi like a normal plane? it seems like the blades would strike then ground.

[EHM-1612 Paolo]

WOW the B1 i simply fantastic...great shots...

[EHM-1343 Jonathan]

yea thw B1 is great...
Did you see Tim, He's at RIAT!!

[EHM-1617 Iain]

Well, Tim, go on then, post your amazing pictures, we can't wait to see them all

RE the V22, I believe it taxis with the rotor/props around 45* forward (from what  I saw)

[EHM-1798 Conrad]

Well that was lucky, i just saw the MV-22 Osprey fly over my house whilst inspecting my radiator leak from my car!! Who needs fairford lol

[EHM-1358 Tim]

You know what! I tought I might have seen you Iain, if i'm thinking of the right guy...

Great pics, I was in front of the public grandstand about half way.

Scorcher of a day, lucky I wore SPF40! Still a little burn't, my ears got hit the worst, its like bacon! lol

My pics? Will take some time to sort them out.

[EHM-1617 Iain]

I was to the right of that, got burnt where I missed with the suncream :8 And BTW, it's like that most days down here

[EHM-1358 Tim]

My pictures...

Pakistani tail scheme, best one there...


Pilatus trainer, NL airforce...


Air Atlantique (SP?)...


Swiss F-18, really good show put on...


Harrier...


Team Merlin, really good too..


Up, up, up...


Eurofighter...


Only adding to the heat!


The reds...


Split...


More reds...


Goofy doing his stuff...


Czech trainer L-39...


B-1B...


Even Bigger-52...


Ze Swiss...


V-22, props pitched a 60deg...


Super hornet...


Mirage 2000...


On with the statics...

Danish Merlin...


Nimrod...


Greek special paint...


Turkish delight...


C-17, with added crew in the shade...


Seen this so often, BAe Hawk from Valley...


Canberra, will miss this when it goes...


Comments welcome.

[EHM-1617 Iain]

One comment only: Much better than mine (I blame Tim's digital SLR)

[EHM-1798 Conrad]

wow verrry nice

[EHM-1703 Philip]

Great shots Tim..... Was the Nimrod the MR4 version or the old MR2, I think from the tail it looks like a 4, if so, you may have been one of the lucky few who ever get to see her!

[EHM-1343 Jonathan]

WOWOWOWOWOW!
Fabuloso!
Great post tim,,,love the red arrow shots, and you gotta love Goofy with his F16, was speaking to him last sunderland Airshow...when it was rained off.

Was there no Tornado displaying? or just no photo?

[EHM-1358 Tim]

Cheers guys!

Phil, don't have a clue what the Nimrod was, will try and look it up.

Razza, there was a Tornado, I just havn't posted the picks.

[EHM-1703 Philip]

No Worries Tim. Although it wasn't one of the great V series bombers, it is now one of the only planes from that era left flying and I really hope that they sort out the MR4 rebuilds so her service life can be extended in to the next decade! (Of course the VC10 is still going, but I think her end is also very close.... SNIFF!!!