RIAT Fairford 16th July 2011
What started as a very wet Saturday us all off to Fairford for RIAT 2011. Thankfully the foul weather lifted by lunch time and flying was able to commence in the afternoon. Star of the show for me was the American A10 Warthog flown with great enthusiasm by it's pilot. Some of these pictures were shot on the work up day on the Friday.
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| C-27 Spartan |
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| RAF Typhoon. |
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| RAF Typhoon |
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| Fully loaded RAF Typhoon |
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| RAF Typhoon displaying its weapons load. |
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| RAF Typhoon fast pass |
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| Breitling Display Team Aero L-39 Albatross |
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| Breitling Display Team |
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| Royal Saudi Airforce BAE Hawk Tmk1 |
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| Panavia Tornado inverted |
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| Italian Airforce Panavia Tornado |
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| Italian Airforce Panavia Tornado banked turn. |
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| Italian Airforce Panavia Tornado Launches down the runway with full afterburner. |
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| RAF Boeing Chinook Heavy lift helicopter. |
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| US Airforce Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint taxi's off the runway. |
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| USAF Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules Taxi's off the runway. |
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| USAF Fairchild Republic A10 Thunderbolt. |
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| USAF Fairchild Republic A10 Thunderbolt turns towards the crowd line. |
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| USAF Fairchild Republic A10 Thunderbolt banks away from the crowd line just as it would break from a strafing run. |
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| Up close with the pilot USAF Fairchild Republic A10 Thunderbolt. |
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| USAF Fairchild Republic Thunderbolt Showing well the GAU8 Avenger Gatling gun. |
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| USAF A10 Tank buster in a banking turn. |
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| Qinetiq Dornier Alpha Jet Taxi'ing air brakes deployed. |
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| Belgian Airforce SIAI Marchetti SF260. |
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| Italian Airforce Frecce Tricolori Display Team. |
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| Avro Vulcan B2 XH558 Climbs into a stormy sky. |
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| RAF Panavia Tornado GR4 Wings back flyby. |
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| RAF Panavia Tornado GR4 Wings back afterburner on. |
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| RAF Panavia Tornado GR4 Wings swept fast pass. |
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| RAF Panavia Tornado GR4 Wings swept banking turn. |
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| RAF Red Arrows 9X BAE Hawk Tmk1. |
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| RAF Red Arrows roll round the smoke trail. |
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| RAF Red Arrows Syncro pair. |
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| RAF Red Arrows Hawk Rolls and catches the sun. |
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| RAF Red Arrows Syncro Pair. |
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| RAF Red Arrows Syncro Pair high speed pass. |
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| French Airforce 30000 hours Dassault Rafale. |
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| French Airforce 30000 hours Dassault Rafale. |
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| RAF Boeing Chinook heavy lift helicopter. |
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