Due to heavy traffic in the circuit, JASDF F-4EJ Kai Phantom II from 302 Hikotai trails its drag chute as it lands back on the civilian runway at Ibaraki Airport. The photo was taken on 4th April 2012 during heightened tensions with North Korea caused by their ballistic missile tests. Consequently, the adjoining Hyakuri Air Base was on high-alert with intensive operations including night ops.
McDonnell-Douglas DC9 series 32 YU-AJM of JAT Yugoslav Airlines on taxi to the runway at Manston Airport. Scan from a Kodachrome 64 slide taken using a Pentax SFXn SLR fitted with a manual focus Sigma 400mm prime lens.
Olympic Airways Boeing 737-4Y0 SX-BKL on lease from Malaysia Airlines makes a mid-morning approach to runway 08R at London-Gatwick on the 9th June 2006.
RAF Westland Wessex from 22 Search & Rescue Squadron performing a SAR demo at the 1984 Fighter Meet at North Weald aerodrome. Scan from a negative taken using a Pentax ME Super fitted with a manual focus Tokina 80-200 lens.
Lockheed C-130E Hercules 73-0991 decorated as the support aircraft for the Turkish Stars display team. It was taking part in the mass flypast to open the Turkish Air Force Centenary airshow at Izmir - Çiğli on 4th June 2011. A C-160 Transall also appeared in a similar scheme.
Back to the Farnborough Airshow in 2010 and probably the best 'Herc' display that I've seen. USAF C-130J-30 07-8614 that was 'borrowed' by Lockheed from the 86th Airlift Wing, leaps into the air to begin its impressive display on 25th July 2010.
USAF Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird 61-7973 from Detachment 4 of the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing blasts into the air to begin its impressive demonstration during Air Fete '87 at RAF Mildenhall. Scan from a negative taken using a Pentax ME Super fitted with a manual focus Tamron 80-210 lens.
This shot was taken during a base visit to Larissa Air Base in Greece to primarily shoot the based F-16's and RF-4E Phantoms. During the late afternoon and with little warning, this Greek Air Force C-130B Hercules suddenly appeared on finals and in perfect late afternoon light too.
It wasn't common for modern era RAF aircraft to sport shark teeth. Therefore, it was very nice to see F-4M Phantom FGR2 XV500 from 56 Squadron carrying non-standard decoration at the USAF 'Open House' at RAF Lakenheath on 11th August 1984. Scan of a negative taken using a Pentax ME Super fitted with a Tokina 25-50 manual focus lens.
RAF Avro Vulcan B2 XH558 displaying during the Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary Airshow at RAF Abingdon on 15th September 1990. A scan from a Fuji Velvia 50 slide taken using a Pentax SFXn fitted with a manual focus Sigma 400mm prime lens. NOTE: This aircraft was still operated and flown by the RAF Vulcan Display Flight at this time until 23rd March 1993.
McDonnell-Douglas F-4M Phantom FGR2 XT889 of 19 Squadron captured at RAF Fairford during IAT '91. Upon the disbandment of 19 Squadron at RAF Wildenrath in Germany on 9th January 1992, this airframe was presented to the Kbely Aviation Museum in Prague. It still resides there today and has recently been refurbished having stood outside for many years.
Back to the 1990 show at Bournemouth (Hurn) Airport. BAe Sea Harrier FRS1 ZE692 from 899 Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm performs its excellent display in perfect weather conditions. A scan from a Kodak Ektachrome 100 slide film taken with a Pentax SFXn 35mm SLR fitted with a Sigma 400mm manual focus prime lens.
Delta Air Lines Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar N754DL heads back from London-Gatwick to Atlanta sometime during the summer of 1985. A scan from one of my negatives taken with a Pentax ME Super fitted with a Tamron 80-210 zoom lens.
A long way from being one of my better photos as it was taken in pouring rain during the spring of 1984 from the terrace on the Queens Building at Heathrow. The negative hasn't worn too well over the years either. However, it's a DC-10 Series 30 of VARIG (Viação Aérea RIo-Grandense) the former national airline of Brazil and the only time I ever saw one!
On a nice summer's day in 1984, a rather grubby looking Tupolev TU-154B-1 YR-TPE of Tarom Romanian Air Transport is being serviced between flights at Heathrow's Terminal 2.
Scan from a negative taken using a Pentax ME Super fitted with a Tamron 80-210 manual focus zoom lens.
British Aerospace Harrier GR5 wearing its original green scheme, is hovering alongside several others at the Farnborough Air Show back in 1990. One of the noisiest experiences I can remember, especially as they were positioned much closer to the crowd than would be allowed now. A full frame scan from a Kodachrome 64 slide taken with a Pentax SFXn SLR fitted with a manual focus Sigma 400 prime lens.
Airbus A330-302 A7-AEG of Qatar Airways wearing its special scheme in support of the 15th Asian Games, arrives during the early evening of 30th June 2006 at Manchester Airport.
