Jets in the low fly - 22 February

[CameronSys]

Hi,

So the forecasters promised wall to wall sunshine, that didn't really go so well - but at least the passes were good!

With the announcement of the retirement of Twin Seat Typhoons, it was good to see a flight of 2 pass through the valley, here's the lead ship:
1. Triplex Flight Typhoon T3 29Sqn by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

Another treat was the Madhatters dropping in with 2 F-15s. In total they did 8 passes, over the morning and lunchtime. A nice touch was the American flag draped over the top of the WSO's panel in the second F-15:
2. ROAR11 United States Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle 91-0327ROAR11 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

3. ROAR11 United States Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle 91-0327 by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

A singleton Hawk T.1 of 100Sqn, Leeming, dropped in after lunch and made the best of a gap in the clouds:
4. PIRATE24 Hawk T.1 XX339 100Sqn by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

And the IV(R)Sqn Hawk T.2s were kept very busy in the low fly yesterday, the stand out pass was by the crew of ZK014, owing to yet more sunshine:
5. Obie Hawk T.2 ZK014 IV(R)Sqn by Cameron Sys, on Flickr

A shame about the weather, but at least it didn't put the crews off!
Cheers
Cameron

[Webby74]

Nice selection there. Looking forward to going up the loop end of March