Belgian Solo begins taxi for it's display slot at RIAT https://live.staticflickr.com/4385/35845104683_c1105584fb_o.jpg Belgian F-16 Solo Display by Iain Thomson , on Flickr Running through the routine prior to an aerobatics competition at Leicester. https://live.staticflickr.com/5568/14684807628_a57...

Boelcke at RIAT'99 https://live.staticflickr.com/1721/42712148652_3c9e3765cc_o.jpg 45+79 - Panavia Tornado IDS by Iain Thomson , on Flickr Lorraine Mirage F.1, from the Photobus at Cottesmore https://live.staticflickr.com/880/42782568831_8643d58e71_o.jpg 24/33-FC - Dassault Mirage F.1C by Iain Thoms...

Not sure if this one counts, but have an RN Sea King HC.4 in Arctic 'tiger' stripes. RIAT 1996.
ZD480 - Westland Sea King HC.4 by Iain Thomson, on Flickr

£50 may be reasonable for a full car of 4/5/7 people, but for a single person? You’re essentially paying RIAT price (I still maintain that’s too high, but that’s another argument for another time) for a much lesser product. But it’s not up to me to dictate or judge how others spend their time and mo...

One from a Role Demo at the RIAT 2012
Role Demo complete by Iain Thomson, on Flickr

One from a small get together in 2014
xPICT0038 by Iain Thomson, on Flickr

As if 2020 couldn’t have gotten any worse! We’ve had enough now...

86-0156/LN - McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle by Iain Thomson, on Flickr

F-22 at RAF Lakenheath https://live.staticflickr.com/7172/26373398963_a64d8d6bf2_o.jpg 05-4094/TY - Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor by Iain Thomson , on Flickr Blenheim at Cosby 2015 https://live.staticflickr.com/5716/22023984285_cb870dca92_o.jpg IMG_3252 by Iain Thomson , on Flickr KZ-IV at Danish Air...

In 2009 I was out somewhere hot'n'sandy. Managed to get a couple of shots of this beast... https://live.staticflickr.com/4020/4282166472_6f6295b13d_o.jpg Kandahar Gate Guard by Iain Thomson , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/2803/4281422513_104ff9f5b7_o.jpg Kandahar Gate Guard nose by Iain Th...

A decade ago from a fairly grotty day at Mildenhall. Nothing exotic, but the Lakenheath F-15s were temporarily based here. https://live.staticflickr.com/4042/4660880611_d4743893a1_o.jpg 60-0350/D - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker by Iain Thomson , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/4048/4660880569_...

I do quite like this view of the Raptor...

09-4181/FF - Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor by Iain Thomson, on Flickr

Not strictly an airshow, per se, but as it was a public event I feel this is the best I can offer up... Weather far from perfect, but the crowds always come out to celebrate aviation and history; and expecially for the rare/poignant moments. https://live.staticflickr.com/741/20579616488_14d5973693_o...

4 years ago, the day after Leicester City were confirmed Champions, I was at Lakenheath with UKAR for the Raptors https://live.staticflickr.com/7261/26890322311_fc6776379b_o.jpg 05-4095/TY '95FS' - Lockheed-Martin F-22A Raptor by Iain Thomson , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/7068/...

26th April 2008 saw a leg of the Air Races at Leicester Airport. Here's a couple of the more exotic looking participants: Love the scheme on this SF-260 https://live.staticflickr.com/5507/9528674707_741c68b437_o.jpg BF8431 - SIAI-Marchetti SF.260W by Iain Thomson , on Flickr and this P.149D https://...

Wasn't sure if the national Aero Display teams were gong to be considered acceptable, but the clue's in the name, so for me there was only one option...

IMG_0475 by Iain Thomson, on Flickr

21st pril 2010 I was up in Scotland, JW should have been in full swing, but an unpronouncable Icelandic volcano was doing its best to ground air traffic. Still, Lossiemouth managed to send up some aircraft https://live.staticflickr.com/4050/4640018336_058953a342_o.jpg XX339/CK - Hawk T.1A by Iain Th...

These oldies threads really are wonderful. I was there on the Sunday, missed the Russian MiG-29 incident but can vaguely remember it being on the news the Saturday evening. The Hungarian MiG-21s were the Hussars weren’t they? And the yellow one was the villain of their display piece I recall? My mem...

Actually you can go and ask an employer to put you on furlough, but it’s their decision whether or not they do. I recall a few days ago hearing Martin Lewis suggesting that employees who changed jobs recently and couldn’t start work at a new employer could try to return to the old employer and ask i...

That final shot is brilliant!

If I were to be really pedantic, it’s Fiscal Year...

Impossible to pick a favourite from that lot! Big fan of the Mirage 5, and the Belgian camo was always such a beautiful combination of colours

Not many outings again for me this year. Aside from RIAT, and a visit to RAFM Cosford, the only other trip I made sure I made was to Waddington for Cobra Warrior - there was no way I was going to pass up on the opportunity to photograph IDF/AF Eagles! Anyway, here's what I'd probably class as my fav...

An email Went out to non-Pro members too.its an awful email, SmugMug “saved“ Flickr? I don’t ever recall yahoo threatening the site with closure?? And as for saving everyone’s precious photos? Only if you coughed up money - non payers would lose their photos over 1000... Notice the sneaky line stati...

For the superstitious, Friday the 13th can be seen as unlucky... Lucky for me that it didn't turn out so! I took a day off and headed to RAF Waddington for the Cobra Warrior Exercise. Great morning was had with some great weather - I wasn't far off from getting sunburn. Thought we'd be in luck with ...

Tommy wrote:[tweet]http://twitter.com/stefanknippsch3/status/1164221271703478273[/tweet]

Awful! Horrible scheme!