Sanicole Airshow Part 2

[Mr. Bones]

here it just started up the engines and was cleared to taxi.


it lifted up right in front of me. we felt alot of heat, jetblast and dust (too much for my camera) this photo was taken at 70mm so we really were close!  8)


thanks for watching  ;)

[Hagar]

Nice shots Bones. The Tornado is magnificent.

I know the problem with the light only too well. Unfortunately it will be the same at the RAFA show at the end of this month.

[ozzy72]

Great shots Ken, you should be proud of them

Mark

[X56SB]

VERY NICE!

[SideWinder9]

Great photos!

[Craig.]

Great photos Ken, love the Tornado, that one is a frequent visitor to Yeovil and should be there this year aswell.
And as always love the harrier, Looks like the GR9 maybe GR7. More a fan of the sea harriers but nothing wrong with the airforce:)

[Mr. Bones]

Great photos Ken, love the Tornado, that one is a frequent visitor to Yeovil and should be there this year aswell.
And as always love the harrier, Looks like the GR9 maybe GR7. More a fan of the sea harriers but nothing wrong with the airforce:)

about the Harrier, it was the GR4 Display Team  ;)

[Craig.]

of course, the extended nose on it got me

[Hagar]

Are you sure it's not the GR7?

[Craig.]

I was right, partially, as is doug, it is the GR7. There is no GR4 harrier, the GR4 is the tornado. Thats from 4 sqaud, RAF Cottersmore

[Mr. Bones]

oh yeah, sorry, it was a GR7 from the 20sqn. it's the second time i made this mistake. sorry!

[Hagar]

I love the Harrier but I'm no expert on the various types. I was looking at 2 examples of the GR7 for the best part of 4 days last week. Lovely.

It's not the same aircraft but yours looks very much like the one in the shots I posted earlier. http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=photos;action=display;num=1092512797

[Craig.]

Hi Doug, your harrier was also from Cottersmore belonging to 3 squadron
http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/harrier.html good site for info for the roles of each

[Hagar]

Hi Doug, your harrier was also from Cottersmore belonging to 3 squadron

According to my information the Harrier in my shots is a GR7 from 20 (R) Squadron (OCU) based at RAF Wittering. It was flown by Flt/Lt Chris Margiotta, now in his 2nd season as the RAF Harrier GR7 display pilot. He was kind enough to give me a brochure.
http://www.raf.mod.uk/squadrons/h20.html

[Craig.]

Ah, i was going on the tail markings with the solid green decal in shot 3. Your prob right as you seem to have more indepth info.