Nice theme... here's wan burd and twa cats: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48626979028_81ee7800e0_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50845375201_fc47e7bde3_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50845375266_e49236c837_o.jpg by ...

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Cor! Fabulous stuff... the full-disc shot head-on is an absolute cracker.

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Tue 12 Jan 2021, 8:47 pm

While digging around for these I came across this photo of a strange chap sitting in the cockpit of a KC-135...


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Aaaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh! Mine eyes! Mine eyes!

It's the stipulation that the aircraft must be airborne [cough, Mr Abbott, above, cough] which makes this one much trickier than it first appears: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50821119416_7408f181a1_h.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50821216212_0d0be62a6f_...

Well, this was a total nightmare to judge... there were about 20 entries I could have gone with, though in the end I did manage to whittle it down a bit. Firstly a big shout to Spiny Norman... it’s no surprise that I’d be a sucker for Leuchars shots, and I can only imagine the noise/chaos of a Harri...

Fabulous stuff - I am already NOT looking forward to judging this!

Thanks again to Blackbird for my Dak comp win! For your next comp, I want to see pictures of aircraft operating from grass (or otherwise unprepared) strips. The aircraft has to be clearly under its own power in the photo (i.e. no shots of abandoned relics sitting in a meadow, attractive though they ...

Hurrah! Thanks Andy.

I'll have a think and post up the next comp in here this evening.

Quite possibly the single greatest aircraft design of all time... it's nuts that these things are still flying in such numbers, and indeed still heavily used as working aircraft. All hail the mighty Dak... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48627475647_1e1001920b_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr ...

Couple of naval Aggressor birds from Fallon: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50799797397_499c0233b0_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50799681161_ff5f6d3852_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr ... and the Turkish Stars at Zeltweg in 2011: https://live.staticfl...

Opportunities may have been few and far between, but last year wasn't (thankfully) a complete write-off. First up, a shot which I have been chasing for some time, but always seemed to be in the wrong place - the Reds performing a flypast of Edinburgh Castle: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50263...

Great theme; here's an Oshkosh trio from me: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48627474487_2942f001a2_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48627326256_52927a3a55_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/7476/28510009903_9a0662144e_h.jpg by ...

An F-3 in the maintenance sheds at Leuchars; and a P-51 receiving some TLC at Fond-du-Lac, the 'overspill' airfield for Oshkosh: https://live.staticflickr.com/4142/4870032634_d60715baf7_h.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/8415/29196914156_37c5a4677f_h.jpg by Gordon Dunca...

3 Swedes but nae neeps! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49627956811_13878004b0_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/7105/7355901830_f90abf784b_h.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/852/43670743932_d57c7b13a7_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr

I remember the New Jersey ANG 'Tiger' 135 from the Leuchars 2000 show - thanks for sharing Norman.

Pete Fenwick's shot of the Skycrane is absolutely brilliant, and damned well ought to be up for consideration! https://live.staticflickr.com/974/40154270460_361c3dafdd_h.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/8672/28313878055_c99eeca16e_h.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr http...

Well I hoped this would attract some beauties... boy was I not wrong, and what a difficult task to try and pick out a winner. Firstly, honourable mentions to anyone who posted anything including a Phantom - a surefire way to grab my attention. Another honourable mention to Caper's first shot of a KC...

Righty-ho... With thanks again to Melvin for my A-10 win (my maiden comp win!) your next comp is - mixed formations . I want to see your shots of formations of different types, within the following parameters: 1) Minimum of three different types - substantially different, not (for example) three dif...

Marvellous - thank you Melvin!

I'll have a think and post up the next comp in here this evening.

Brrrrrrrrrrrt! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48627326071_73bd9fc9c1_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47076059104_0c9c0ffa8c_o.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/8025/28845093580_6757207913_h.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr

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Gotta love the Viper: https://live.staticflickr.com/8793/28280863716_fe9e92f909_h.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/1753/28794334858_e501e26cc9_h.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/8415/29129592235_6df5846537_h.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr

Kleine Brogel's lovely F-16... https://live.staticflickr.com/4257/34921497354_bb02dca8db_h.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr ... and the Thunderflash and F-104 at Schleswig-Jagel, photographed during NTM 2014: https://live.staticflickr.com/3913/14492974126_2bea047e18_h.jpg by Gordon Duncan , on Flickr

It seems unbelievable now, but we almost used to take Harriers for granted... you'd be at a RIAT arrivals day and these two things would appear into the circuit and you'd be like 'what the hell are th... oh, yeah, Harriers, forgot about those.' A wonderfully charismatic aircraft, and a huge miss fro...