Welcome to the Jungle - LIMA19

[JonoUK]

Hi All,

The flanker once again luring me to far away places, this time Malaysia focusing on the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition - LIMA for short. My main hope was to see exotic jets against an exotic backdrop, probably quality over quantity. What unfolded that week surpassed all expectations.

The Royal Malaysian Airforce pulling no punches, whether it was because it was the 25th addition, lack of another visiting display team or just peak serviceable jets I'm not sure but it was great to see so much of their air force in one trip and the weather was perfect. The opening gambit is a truly explosive 10 minutes of action like I've never seen before and this time the fighters operated from Langkawi itself!

On with the show...

1.
Let's Go! by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
2.
Welcome to the Jungle by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
3.
Malaysian Atlas by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
4.
Indian Air Force HAL Tejas by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
5.
Royal Malaysian Air Force Sea King by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
6.
Fluffy Knights by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
7.
Sleeping Beast by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
8.
Republic of Singapore F-15SG by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
9.
Sukhoi Power by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
10.
Royal Malaysian Navy Super Lynx by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
11.
Russian Knight by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
12.
Royal Malaysian Air Force Hawks by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
13.
Indonesian Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercule by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
14.
Tropical Thunder by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
15.
Flanker with claws by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
16.
Tooled up Hornet by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
17.
Malaysian Heat by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
18.
Golden Cobras - 11 Sqn by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
19.
Chasing Flares by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
20.
Royal Malaysian Air Force EC 725 Super Cougar by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
21.
Shoulder of giants by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
22.
RMAF Atlas by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
23.
Malaysian Hornet by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
24.
Reach for the skies by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
25.
Flanker Chute by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
26.
Stubby Hawk by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
27.
Solo Knight by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
28.
20th Anniversary Hornet by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
29.
Paradise City by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
30.
Eyes for you by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
31.
Royal Malaysian Air Force F/A-18D '20th Anniversary' by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
32.
Indian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76MD by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
33.
Crewing up by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
34.
Royal Malaysian Army Sea King by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
35.
RMAF BAE Hawk 25th Anniversary Special by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
36.
Knights by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
37.
Langkawi International Airport by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
38.
Sniper Drop by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
39.
Hornet in paradise by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr
40.
Combat Break! by Jonathan Haylock, on Flickr

Thanks for looking

[Tmyers123]

Wow!

[CJS]

Flippin' heck

Amazing photos of amazing subjects - wonderful stuff.

I think the first one is my favourite, but what the hell is going on in number 3?

[Red Dragon]

WOW

[henk99]

Just...WOW!

[Abbo46]

Bloody hell!

Absolutely immense!

[Skyflash]

Number 3 is like an insane hallucination during a particularly vivid cheese-induced dream.

Absolutely brilliant thread.

[boff180]

Dear RAF - that is how you celebrate an anniversary - any anniversary!

Absolutely blimmin’ superb set!

Andy

[Ian G]

Nuff said!

[Georgeconna]

Gobsmacked.....

[Wrexham Mackem]

Crikey! what an absolutely belting set of photographs. Lovely lovely stuff

[CJS]

Number 3 is like an insane hallucination during a particularly vivid cheese-induced dream.

Absolutely brilliant thread.

That's some cheese...

I think one of the A-400Ms is giving birth to a PC-7

[Airwolfhound]

Outstanding shots, have seen a similar A400M photo as #3 go viral on social media

[Tom105]

Absolutely stunning!

[Agg]

Fantasctic set, some truly amazing shots there!

What kind of focal length do you need for the close ups, like the Flanker in number nine?

[Downes0106]

Wow, I doubt they'll be a better show in 2019 than that! Some awesome images.

[Ledhead27]

Holyyyyyy Mother of God...that sir is a damn quality set!

[spellow3010]

Superb set Jonathan... take a bow.
Am looking at a trip there for the show in 2021 with a FRIAT friend of mine from Tasmania. Would be awesome to see anything like half of that!!

From the hill, would a Canon 100-400mk2 be reasonable?

Thanks...

[The Baron]

Best set I've seen for a long time! Wow!

[Alpha Delta 210]

What a truly incredible set. Impossible to pick a favourite (or even favourites!)

[JonoUK]

Thanks for the awesome feedback everyone

To answer a couple of questions

Fantasctic set, some truly amazing shots there!

What kind of focal length do you need for the close ups, like the Flanker in number nine?

For that particular shot, not much as the flanker camera from behind and pulled up hard in front of me, 400mm on a crop body would net you the shot.

Superb set Jonathan... take a bow.
Am looking at a trip there for the show in 2021 with a FRIAT friend of mine from Tasmania. Would be awesome to see anything like half of that!!

From the hill, would a Canon 100-400mk2 be reasonable?

Thanks...

For the most part yes if coupled with a crop sensor body but as the flying was often in lower light conditions you would want to avoid the use of a teleconverter. 400mm on full frame would bit a little too distant. One thing though, make sure you get in location at least half an hour before shooting and acclimatise your equipment, many were suffering with fogged up glass due to the insane amount of humidity - Langkawi feels constantly wet.

Cheers again gents

[Airsmetten]

Stunning set!!! Amongst the best I've seen this year!

Grtz
Rick

[SPLAT]

#3 and #17 out of an outstounding set

[Airshowhammer]

Just caught up on these. These are ridiculous!

1, 3 and 17 are just pure aviation porn

Fantastic stuff and can only wish in the future I have the chance to visit such places.

[austinp]

Awesome