Pic 'n' Mix 1995 part too

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planenuts
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Pic 'n' Mix 1995 part too

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Hi chaps,

Same old stuff, literally. Straight into it.......

Rotorcraft Museum, Weston-Super-Mare

Wessex XM330 ex-MoD in Raspberry Ripple :icecream:
ImageIMG_7021 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Piasecki HUP-3 Retriever ex-Royal Canadian Navy
ImageIMG_7022 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Whirlwind XP404 and ex-Danish S-55Cs in store
ImageIMG_7023 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Yeovilton Air Day arrivals

Sea King German Navy
ImageIMG_7024 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Alpha Jet Belgian AF special colours
ImageIMG_7025 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Beech RC-12K, US Army
ImageIMG_7026 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

RAF Jaguar XZ107, 41 Sqn.......currently at Jetart, Thorpe Wood
ImageIMG_7027 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

SA321G Super Frelon, French Navy
ImageIMG_7028 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

SH-3D, Italian Navy, 1 of 3........
ImageIMG_7029 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Lynx prototype XW839, now at Rotorcraft Museum, WSM
ImageIMG_7030 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Hawk XX242 with Royal Navy FRADU, Yeovilton......now with nobody, nowhere
ImageIMG_7031 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Colourful Tails......RAF Hawks and Belgian AF Alpha Jets
ImageIMG_7032 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

RAF Bulldog XX638 from Cranwell, now privately flying from Sleap
ImageIMG_7033 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Redhill Aerodrome

Unknown Dakota (ID please ??) turned up outside the office, and I had the camera
ImageIMG_7034 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Average day at work.....then MoD Scout XP849 from Boscombe Down turns up.....left office with camera for "early lunch" :icecream:
ImageIMG_7035 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

And now for something/somewhere completely different, USS Intrepid in New York

View towards the Hudson River
ImageIMG_7036 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Rare Scimitar XD220, now moved/restored at Empire State Aerosciences Museum, Schenectady, New York state
ImageIMG_7037 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Mig-21PFM ex-Polish, now repainted in hideous green lizard colours :sick:
ImageIMG_7038 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

McDonnell F-3C Demon ex-US Navy
ImageIMG_7039 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Prototype F-14D Super Tomcat
ImageIMG_7040 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

NA A-5 Vigilante ex-US Navy, I think now gone elsewhere
ImageIMG_7041 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Grumman F-11A Tiger ex-US Navy, also gone elsewhere
ImageIMG_7042 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Lockheed A-12 (Blackbird to you) with skyscrapers......nowhere else would this photo happen
ImageIMG_7043 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC, rushed around before it closed

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, don't think it's there now
ImageIMG_7044 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Macchi Folgor C.202 (?) ex-Italian AF
ImageIMG_7047 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Douglas Skyrocket D-558-2, ex-NASA
ImageIMG_7048 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter, ex-NASA
ImageIMG_7049 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

NA X-15, fastest plane ever :worship:
ImageIMG_7050 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Bell X-1, first one (officially) though the sound barrier, Chuck Yeager and all that......
ImageIMG_7051 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Kleine Brogel Air Show, after a week around Italy

F-84E Thunderjet, preserved at gate
ImageIMG_7054 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter, preserved but I think now gone
ImageIMG_7055 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

F-84F Thunderstreak, one of 3 there
ImageIMG_7056 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

SIAI-Marchetti SF-260 Belgian AF in special colours
ImageIMG_7057 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Falcon 20, Belgian AF
ImageIMG_7058 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

SA341F Gazelle French Army, in UN scheme
ImageIMG_7059 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Mirage 2000D, French AF EC330 Mont De Marsan
ImageIMG_7060 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Mirage 2000B, French AF EC330 Mont De Marsan, special colours
ImageIMG_7061 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

RAF Tornado ZA560, going very fast through a thunderstorm, now GI at Wittering
ImageIMG_7062 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Biggin Hill, Battle of Britain Airshow

Mil Mi-24, Czech AF
ImageIMG_7063 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Spitfires PS915 and PV202
ImageIMG_7065 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Percival Pembroke WV740, now based at St Athan
ImageIMG_7066 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Texan 51-15227 (G-BKRA), based at Shoreham
ImageIMG_7067 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Helitech Show, Redhill

AAC Gazelle, genuinely stumped on the serial, it's ZB-something
ImageIMG_7068 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

AAC Lynx AH7 XZ187, now at DSEME Lyneham
ImageIMG_7069 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Lots of Lynxes there that year (8), including this Danish Navy
url=https://flic.kr/p/2gFUqN6]Image[/url]IMG_7070 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

The French Navy brought 2, one in the old colour scheme.........
ImageIMG_7071 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

.....and predictably, one in the newer scheme
ImageIMG_7072 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

And they all left together !! Caught this on the way back to the office
ImageIMG_7073 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Time for some Islanders. These all turned up at the same hour bringing military show visitors. Even though I knew I wasn't allowed, I drove round to the tower on another "early lunch" and boldly went up the tower to ask the controllers if I could possibly snap them very quickly. I had exactly ONE minute between movements.........

RAF Islander ZF573, Northolt Base Flight, now G-BJOH based at Hurn
ImageIMG_7074 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Belgian Army Islander from Brasschatt
ImageIMG_7075 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Belgian Military Gendarme Islander from Melsbroek
ImageIMG_7076 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Back to the copters.....MoD Gazelle XZ939 in :icecream: , now retired being restored at Bourne Park
ImageIMG_7077 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

MoD Sea King ZB507, now stripped down to a shell, location currently unknown
ImageIMG_7078 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Whirlwind HCC12 XR486 ex-Royal Flight (flew in it 1993), now at Rotorcraft Museum WSM
ImageIMG_7079 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Lastly, this one won't on the face of it, seem anything juicy. But to me, it's one of the rarest things I've ever seen and photoed.
Royal Navy Gazelle XW887 with RNAY Fleetlands Base Flight. Only 1 they had ever, hardly ever seen in public :clap:
Even rarer now, because as G-CBFD it crashed near Doncaster on 18/11/03.
ImageIMG_7080 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr


I know, wierd ending. Anyway, if you're infectious I'll catch you again soon. Hope you enjoyed, C+C always welcome.......

Happy snapping, chaps,

Rupe :smile:
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Re: Pic 'n' Mix 1995 part too

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Lovely shots as usual, thanks for posting! :clap:

Couple of fillers, F-104G FX-94 is now preserved on a roundabout in Peer and Sea King ZB507 is stored at Eastleigh, Hampshire. :up:

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Really interesting stuff.....thanks for sharing.

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Cor, some memories in amongst that lot!

That special-scheme Belgian Alpha was absolutely ubiquitous, it would always arrive first-thing in the morning on the Friday arrivals day for Leuchars Airshow.
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great stuff, more please

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Visited the air and space this summer, some of the halls were closed for refurbishment so only saw the X1 and X15. To be honest out of all the excellent museums in DC this was the one I was most disappointed by, probably because it had always been on my bucket list. I think the other museum they have out at Dulles is probably the best bet to see airframes these days

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starbuck wrote:To be honest out of all the excellent museums in DC this was the one I was most disappointed by, probably because it had always been on my bucket list.


I've been to most of them, including the newish Museum of the American Indian. Rather surprised that it wasn't called the Museum of the Native American, but then I suppose that everyone born in the USA is a Native American.
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Post by MC hammer »

I reckon your Gazelle at Helitech, Redhill is ZB 673. Logged it there on 20/09/95, which was the day (or at least one of the days, if there was more than one) when all the foreign Lynx flew in.

I photographed it at the Middle Wallop show the following year when it was coded "P" and the camo pattern is the same.

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