I was out sanding down a wall this afternoon when I heard an almighty squawking and commotion at my bird table, and turned round just in time to see a small-ish (juvenile?) sparrowhawk cartwheeling across the lawn with an unfortunate pigeon in its grasp. I crept back into the house, grabbed the came...

Wonderful! That first shot with the heron is superb.

I don't think anyone has posted a J-STARS yet: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/46949294875_171151f69d_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr Stars and bars, and a red star: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/46949294125_bf0a91e8bd_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr ... and a very prominent red star...

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Have to say when I say the first couple of entries I figured, this is going to be tricky. Especially seeing Draken's Flankers and Jalfrezi's lovely Aermacchi. Oh and Skyflash's Corsair with that touch of colour underneath. And his Frecce - all terrific. Thank you Spiny, very kind... that 'touch of ...

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A Saudi, a Korean and a Kiwi (walk into a bar...?) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50297419661_c02555d802_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50296796828_385e5e101d_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50297475871_cf87014c55_o....

I'm hoping these are compliant... https://live.staticflickr.com/4366/35913803574_a5ac822c1a_h.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/8793/28280863716_fe9e92f909_h.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/7367/27604836321_cfa11ef4f2_h.jpg by Gordon Duncan...

There's just something about old Soviet-built helicopters... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50270946857_ac6ca3676c_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50270103383_37b8158b05_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr ... and have a jet warbird for good measure: https:...

Cor! Fantastic stuff... that third one is like aviation photography as reimagined by William Blake!

... sprinkle with some late-summer evening sunshine and bake for 1/1600 of a second: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50264809612_9cc4e9c7fc_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50263973913_72b448e87a_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.c...

The wonderfully bizarre (and absolutely tiny) KB SAT SR-10 - I believe the only one constructed so far: https://live.staticflickr.com/4398/36578224802_9186417c52_h.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr Sticking with forward-swept wings, the Su-47 'Berkut' - my god how I would have loved to see this monst...

Absolute misery.

Three from me, starting with the heaviest of them all, then a heavy-lift warbird rarity, and finally a Myasischev VM-T Atlant: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50184122492_fdb5f32f76_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/8138/28942137010_2c032955ec_h.jpg by Gordon Dunca...

Great theme... have a lumpy Russian, and two unusual variants of the P-3: https://live.staticflickr.com/4426/35938426113_a186774e49_h.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/8077/29133195566_5b5cb42f8f_h.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/4862...

Ah the return to Fairford, which mis-fired on a couple of levels. Traffic was chaotic, and the G-222 shut the runway for quite a spell on the Saturday. The now not-so brand new runway. Definitely one to file in 'not a classic', but there's no denying there are some memories worth sharing nonetheles...

Looks like you had a really good trip Andy and the weather seems to have played ball for you too. Loving the hares chasing the Typhoon... or is it the other way round!?

What is the tail badge on the 12sqn Typhoon - looks like a UK/Qatar exchange thing?

No, not Billy Connolly, although given that about 60% of the population of Scotland appeared to have pitched up yesterday, he may well have been there. Wonderful to finally catch the An-225, with the Qatari C-17 and Cargolux 747 a lovely bonus. My thanks to Mr Ledwood for the company throughout a tr...

Jeez, how cool is this!? What a fantastic effort from everyone to pull this together.

Loved the MiG-21 display, brilliant.

Tweaking the Mustang... Oshkosh 2016

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Nick that shot of the special going through the canyon is just... :ok_hand: Here's mine, nothing fancy, but I like this image as it captures the raw power of the Eagle along with a hint of the cheerful madness that is a RIAT departures day: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50040365457_1f2ec83f60_...

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Keepin' it French!

East Lothian as opposed to South-East Asia, but wherever it's photographed it's a beast of a machine:

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Have some Fury - from Oshkosh last year

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Four years ago I was at Leeuwarden for the KLu Open Dagen. This was the day after one of the Pat Suisse had crashed during their practice/validation flight and people were still a bit stunned, though as we now know, mercifully the pilot was ok. From a photographic perspective the weather conditions ...