Waddington teamwork...

[F3Hadlow]

There was also a number of display teams at the Waddington airshow, albeit mostly civilan...

The Blades


Aerostars


Road Angel Team (Will Curtis Su26)


FRA Falcons


Blue Eagles


Red Arrows (do they even need introduction?!)

[Hagar]

Nice. It's the Blue Eagles. BTW

[Craig.]

Eagles! not angels
Great shots Steven

[Woodlouse2002]

Hehe. Chastised on the same error, by two people at exactly the same time.

[F3Hadlow]

What the hell was I thinking! I guess I'm just up a little bit too late tonight after work!

[beaky]

What the hell was I thinking! I guess I'm just up a little bit too late tonight after work!

Or perhaps the subliminal effect of the awesome-ness of our beloved Blue Angels...

Formation Falcons!? That's a new one on me, and a great idea.

Terrific photos as usual...

[flymo]

wow those are amazing.
loveing the blue eagles and the reds shot.

red arrows FTW, blue angels are not so good

john.

[ozzy72]

Wonderful photos Steve

[F3Hadlow]

Glad they were of interest!

[Mictheslik]

The blue eagles are pretty dull......except one bit of their display, where the man I christend "Mr back flip guy" does loads of backflips.

Good old westland lynx, and good old guy who is only person qualified to do backflips. (How can you get a qualification for doing backflips in helicopters)

Nice pics, as always

.Mic

[Hagar]

I note the Blue Eagles are still not using smoke. Health & Safety regulations again. Their display looks much better with smoke.

[flyboy 28]

Very nice. Aerostars are what, Yak-52s?

[Craig.]

The blue eagles are pretty dull......except one bit of their display, where the man I christend "Mr back flip guy" does loads of backflips.

Good old westland lynx, and good old guy who is only person qualified to do backflips. (How can you get a qualification for doing backflips in helicopters)

Nice pics, as always

.Mic

Mic mic mic :-/
You gotta understand just how far to the edge these guys push their helicopters in the display to realise how good they are.
Technically he is considered the only pilot in the army right now qualified to do display backflips. While its not if I remember rightly, part of the training, you do see them doing it occasionally at the school of army aviation.

As a side note, the comentator says during the display that the helicopters used in the display will go back to being operational trainers the following day. Thats not true, as they have to go into major maintenance after displays, and still to this day my dad grumbles on after watching them display, how it used to be left in his hands to "fix the bloody things" on a monday morning.

[Hagar]

Very nice. Aerostars are what, Yak-52s?

One Yak 52, the rest are the Yak 50. http://www.aerostars.co.uk/aircraft.php

[Rifleman]

Thanks for the look.........