Royal International Air Tattoo 2014

[shaggy22]

This year I was part of the Air Cadet staff team volunteering around the showground. I still had plenty of time for picture taking though. The weather was hot & humid most of the time, the saturday was almost unbearable at times as we were on the crowd line with no shade until late in the afternoon when some umbrellas were dished out.

This was meant to be the debut of the F35 Lightning II, however an engine fire prevented that to happen. It hasn't made the Farnborough trade show either even though they are now operational again. However there was still plenty to ogle & drool at there, the Polish SU22's, Hellenic Corsairs & the Textron AirLand Scorpion spring to mind. The Italians were there in force as well, it probably should've been renamed the Royal Italian Air Tattoo, not that I'm complaining at all

Anyway enjoy....

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5. I make no apologies for the amount of SU22 pictures in this set, they're just too cool
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18. This was a very special moment indeed, shame the weather didn't play ball
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22. First & last time I'll see an operational one
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28. The guys in the RNLAF C130 were brilliant, allowed us to cut the queue & gave us a guided tour of the flight deck as well
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29. They've just upgraded their C130H-30 fleet to have glass cockpits, which took me by surprise a bit
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38. Very disappointing display from the Super Bug this year, seemed way to high & distant
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40. The same can't be said for the A400M, incredible maneuverability for such a large aircraft
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44. Great to see the Estonians back, with a good display to go with it
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48. Also great to see the return of the JASDF KC767J
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57. Tried shooting this at 1/30, tricky to say the least
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59. My attempt at an arty farty shot
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64. You guessed it, more "Fitters"
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C+C always welcome, thanks for looking

[Avtur]

Hi Dan,

Just when I thought I had more than enough pictures of the HAF A7's you had to come along and blow the budget

Thank's pal

Best Regards

Geoff

P.S. All the other pictures are stunning, especially love those Fitters and the GAF C160....oldies but goodies

[shaggy22]

Thanks Geoff, just a shame I'll probably never see them again

Oldies are the best mate, especially those lovely Soviet Bloc machines

[Victory103]

Great shots!

[petebramley]

Nice shots Dan.

One day I will get there

[f4nutter]

nice shot's again Dan, these were taken weds,thurs,friday. (un-photo shopped).

[shaggy22]

Nice work Ray, wish I was at the 27 end for the Corsairs

[Christopher Barbas]

Great post, thanks!