I went to the air show at Fairford yesterday. First visit to RIAT for many years. The last time was at Greenham Common or Mildenhall (can't remember which) back in the 1980s.
Sadly the weather was not ideal - no sunshine with a low cloud base for most of the day. This meant that the display routines were limited, or in the case of the F-22 Raptor cancelled.
Despite this it was a good show with some impressive displays.
Not ideal for photography either as modern military types are grey & drab & don't show up well in these conditions. Enough excuses. Here's some of my more interesting shots.
The first time I've seen some of these.
Note that to comply with the forum limit the average file size of these images is 50 kb .
The last time I saw the Thunderbirds they were equipped with the F-4 Phantom II.
The sprightly "Baby Herc"
half-way through an aileron roll. If conditions had been better it would have performed a loop & Cuban 8.
The last shot of the day before boarding the coach to go home.