Supermarine Spitfire LFIXe - 16 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Supermarine Spitfire LFIXe - 08 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrThe following day saw me meet up with Tommy and Wissam at Heathrow for Air Force 1.
Boeing VC-25A - 09 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Airbus A340-313 - 06 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrA couple of weeks later I was at Brize Norton with Wissam for the An-225 - shame the sun didn't come out!
Antonov An-225 Mriya - 26 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Airbus A330 Voyager KC2 - 04 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrJuly saw my first airshow for nearly two years! It was good to be back at Shuttleworth after a long time away.
Westland Sea King HC4 - 12 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Hispano HA-1112-M1L Buchon - 02 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Supermarine Spitfire PRXI - 05 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrNothing then until September and my three week road trip around Western Europe. First stop saw me at Evereux Airbase hoping to catch the Gabriels, unfortunately the only movement all afternoon was one of the Armee de l'Air's new King Air ALSRs.
Beechcraft 350 King Air ALSR - 05 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrThe next three days I was at the Air Legend Airshow at Melun Villaroche, met up with Wissam again on the Saturday.
Breguet Br.1150 Atlantique 2 - 07 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Dassault Mirage 2000B - 09 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Dassault Rafale M - 08 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Lockheed P-38L Lightning - 08 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrFollowing Air Legend I headed to Nancy-Ochey to see if I could get some Mirage 2000Ds, spotting wasn't easy around the base but managed to get a few movements.
Dassault Mirage 2000D - 09 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Dassault Mirage 2000D - 22 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrThe next couple of days were a bit of a bust - day of nothing at Phalsbourg and then a day of rain. I headed to St Dizier on the Thursday with the forecasts not looking great, but it did clear up a bit during the day.
Dassault Rafale M - 03 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Dassault Rafale B - 46 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrA QRA Mirage also stopped off....
Dassault Mirage 2000-5F - 01 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrNext up, three days at the Luxeuil Airshow, including spotters days.
Dassault Mirage 2000-5F - 03 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Airbus Helicopters Tigre HAD - 18 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Dassault Mirage 2000-5F - 06 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Dassault Mirage IIIDS - 06 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF LanceR C - 04 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Sukhoi Su-22UM3K - 02 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Dassault Mirage 2000D - 08 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrAfter Luxeuil I crossed the border into Germany for a manic day of visiting museums - Sinsheim, Speyer and Hermeskeil.
069A6353 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A6513 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A6898 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A6874 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A7255 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A7119 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrDrove up to Buckeburg hoping to catch a CH-53 at the helicopter training base - no luck! But did get a few bits.
NHI NH90 TTH - 02 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Airbus Helicopters H135 T3 - 07 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A8361 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrAfter Buckeburg I made a mad dash north to get to Hohn Airbase for the Transall farewell - unfortunately the weather was shocking, wind and driving rain - but I did get to see my CH-53!
069A9666 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A9389 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A0015 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrWittmund is only a short(ish) drive from Hohn, so I spent the Friday there. Fridays are usually quiet at most bases and it was the same at Wittmund with everything finished by early afternoon.
069A0891 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A1000 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrOn the weekend I met up with a Dutch friend and we visited a couple of museums. He also took me to see the Fokker D.XXI under restoration at Hogeveen Airport.
0S8A0352 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A1048 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
Untitled_Panorama-1 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A1254 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A1365 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
0S8A0451 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrAnother day at Wittmund saw better weather but still not much from Top Aces....
069A2161 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A2218 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrMy final stop of my European road trip was the SAR Meet at Koksjide.
069A3943 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A3556 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A4588 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrA couple more events to close out the year - B-1 deployment to Fairford.....
069A5811 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A6124 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A6634 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr....followed by the Bentwaters Jag shoot.
069A7056 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A7086 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr
069A7098 by Nick Jennings, on FlickrWell done if you made it this far, I hope you enjoyed them. Here's to a more normal 2022!!
