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RIAT Air Show 2012

Posted by: Fast Air Photography    Tags:  B-2, Black Eagles, Chinook, F-16, Gripen, HH-60, KC-767J, Lynx, MC-130, Merlin, Mi-14 Haze, MV-22 Osprey, Puma, RIAT, Sea King, Tiger Scheme, Tornado GR4    Posted date:  July 10, 2012  |  No comment

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RIAT Air Show 2012

Due to the biblical amount of rain the UK has been receiving over the last couple of weeks I decided not to attend the show days of the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) this year. Instead I shot the two arrival days on the Thursday and Friday. Shooting from Park and View West (P&V West) I was at the mercy of the air traffic controllers. If they sent the aircraft ‘long’ on the runway they would use the loop and I could shoot them. If they turned them off early I wouldn’t get to see let alone shoot them. Mostly it worked out well with a lot of the interesting aircraft sent down to use the loop before back taxing. I missed most of the display acts as they were turned off early onto the active side of the base and some of the fighters turned 180 on the runway rather than using the loop. Sadly the B-2A Spirit also turned on the runway rather than coming through the loop.

Royal Navy Sea King HC4 ZD626 Royal Navy Sea King HC4 ZD626
Luftwaffe A310 MRTT 10+25 JSDF KC-767J 07-3604 USAF HH-60G Pave Hawk 89-26208
USAF HH-60G Pave Hawk 89-26208 USAF HH-60G Pave Hawk 89-26208
Norwegian Air Force F-16 671 Tiger Scheme Norwegian Air Force F-16 692 Tiger Scheme Royal Navy Merlin HM1 ZH856
Royal Navy Merlin HM1 ZH856 German Air Force GR4 45+85 Tiger Scheme
Hungarian Air Force JAS39D Gripen 43 RAF Chinook HC2 ZA714 German Air Force GR4 46+33 Tiger Scheme
French Navy Super Etendard 61 USAF C-130H Talon II 87-0024
AAC Lynx AH7 XZ643 German Air Force F-4F Phantom II 38+28 ROKAF T-50B Golden Eagle - Black Eagles
Polish Navy Mi-14PL Haze 1001 Polish Navy Mi-14PL Haze 1001
RAF Sea King HAR3 ZA105 SAR RAF Sea King HAR3 ZA105 SAR Royal
USMC MV-22B Osprey 168225 VMM-264 USMC MV-22B Osprey 168225 VMM-264
RAF Puma HC1 XW223 RAF Merlin HC3A ZJ990 RAF Merlin HC3A ZJ990
USAF B-2 Spirit of New York 82-1068 USAF B-2 Spirit of New York 82-1068

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