Fairford Static

[Indiaecho2]

Hi,

Aplogies, as these are rather late, but here are some pics fromthe static park at this year's excellent RIAT.

This Swiss Puma was one of the first aircraft I saw:-


T-317 by IndiaEcho Photography, on Flickr

The C-5 is one of my favourite aircraft, so great to see one, and its smaller protege, the C-17:-


94-0068 by IndiaEcho Photography, on Flickr

Another heavy US transport was KC-10 87-0118


87-0118 by IndiaEcho Photography, on Flickr

Sea King 89+55 was one of the more colourful helicopters present:-


89+55 by IndiaEcho Photography, on Flickr

Another German aircraft was Transall 51+15


51+15 by IndiaEcho Photography, on Flickr

The superbly painted Colombian Hercules FAC1004:-


FAC1004 by IndiaEcho Photography, on Flickr

The highlight for me though was Japanese Air Self Defence Force 767 07-3604:-


07-3604 by IndiaEcho Photography, on Flickr

I hope the photos are of interst - lots more can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/indiaecho/

Neil

[Baghdaddy]

As one of the engineering team who stood on the RIAT ramp parking airplanes (quite often in the rain!) it is good to see shots of our work. Thanks for sharing.

TTFN
Baghdaddy