Aviation- On This Day

[PeteM]

Four years ago today at Newquay:

[Blackbird]

In 2016 I made the short trip to Stow Maries for their Open Day/Fly In
NR6A8366 DH-85 Leopard Moth G-AIYS by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

_T9A0911 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

_T9A0778 Civilian Coupe 02 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

_T9A0833 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

NR6A8427 Albatros D-Va replica ZK-TGY by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

NR6A8329 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

Andy

[Tommy]

Day two from our trip to Italy, our first full day. What was great about our tour of Italy is that, for a lot of the bases we visited, we were the first non-Italian civilians to have access to these bases for a number of years, after a relaxation of very tight rules around civilian spotters.

We visited the charming little air base at Latina, home of 70º Stormo, the Aeronautica Militare's flight training centre, and their rare as hell SF-260EAs, and some really gorgeous otherwise hidden preserved aircraft around the place.

When in Roma by Tom Jones, on Flickr

Latina Trainers by Tom Jones, on Flickr

G-Glow by Tom Jones, on Flickr

Gorgeous G by Tom Jones, on Flickr

This preserved SF260M was given this glorious scheme to celebrate the unit's 50th in 2005.

50's the New 70 by Tom Jones, on Flickr

And then we headed down south for most of the rest of the week. On the way, we called into Piana Delle Orme Museum, a sort of delightfully weird agricultural/wartime museum/zoo, including a P-40, Starfighter, a pair of P-166s and others, and these:

Eggo by Tom Jones, on Flickr

Quite cool to see this EC-119G Flying Boxcar, the only one of this type in Italy, and one of only 3 Flying Boxcars in the country at all. Apparently the EC-119G was modified from the regular "C" variants for satellite tracking. It was a former US model before going to the AMI, so whether the Italians used it for that purpose, or just as a regular C-119, I don't know.

Dece EC by Tom Jones, on Flickr

[Peter345]

16th May is of course Dambusters commemoration day.
Here's a few from Derwent/Ladybower in 2013 and 2018...

BBMF Lancaster by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Dambusters Tornado ZA412 and ZA492 by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Dambusters Tornado ZA412 by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Dambusters Tornado ZA412 by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Typhoon over Derwent Dam and Reservoir by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Typhoon over Derwent Dam and Reservoir by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Peter

[stuart n]

RAF Lakenheath on this day last year.


F-16C Fighting Falcon 86-0264 - 93rd Fighter Squadron Homestead Air Reserve Base by stu norris, on Flickr


F-16C Fighting Falcon 86-0264 - 93rd Fighter Squadron Homestead Air Reserve Base by stu norris, on Flickr


F-15E Strike Eagle 91-0316 - 492nd Fighter Squadron RAF Lakenheath by stu norris, on Flickr


F-16C Fighting Falcon 86-0319 - 93rd Fighter Squadron Homestead Air Reserve Base by stu norris, on Flickr


F-16C Fighting Falcon 86-0264 - 93rd Fighter Squadron Homestead Air Reserve Base by stu norris, on Flickr

[FarnboroJohn]

Mid-May 2013 and the five-yearly pilgrimage to Derwent Reservoir:

2013_05_16_Run1_Lancaster (3) by John Dixon, on Flickr

2013_05_16_Run1_Lancaster (14) by John Dixon, on Flickr

2013_05_16_Run2_Tornado_GR4 (1) by John Dixon, on Flickr

Both my technique and processing have improved since then. Ah, well....

[Wrexham Mackem]

Teesside Airshow, County Durham, 1988.





















John Farley, no less..

[DeanW]

Just a one year throwback to 16th May 2019 and a 'working from home' day at Lakenheath and Mildenhall..

[D90Man]

A grey day at Tiger Meet 2011, Cambrai

[jalfrezi]

Arrived in France for last year's Tiger Meet and did a bit of spotting at the base.

Dassault Rafale C - 01 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

Boeing E-3F Sentry - 05 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon - 08 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

[Seamus]

A few from Duxford's Spring Airshow back in 2010

Hawker Hunter F58 'Miss Demeanour' G-PSST Jonathan Whalley Duxford 16/05/10 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

North American F-86A Sabre 8178/G-SABR Golden Apple Duxford 16/05/10 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

British Aerospace Hawk T1A XX263 Royal Air Force Duxford 16/05/10 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Shorts Tucano T1 ZF317 Royal Air Force Duxford 16/05/10 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

[Ian G]

If I recall correctly, I wasn't too well so didn't attend work on this day in 2013. . . . .


Dambusters at 70 - 6 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr


Dambusters at 70 - 14 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr


Dambusters at 70 - 18 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr


Dambusters at 70 - 20 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr


Dambusters at 70 - 26 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr


Dambusters at 70 - 29 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr


Dambusters at 70 - 33 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr


Dambusters at 70 - 36 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr


Dambusters at 70 - 45 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr


Dambusters at 70 - 56 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr


Dambusters at 70 - 64 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr


Dambusters at 70 - 77 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr

[Peter345]

It seems the sun never shines on the Derwent valley. Just been looking through my (fairly ropey) photos from the 65th event in 2008.
Maybe the sun will shine in 2023...

Lancaster PA474 by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Lancaster PA474 by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Lancaster PA474 by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Tornado GR.4 ZA367 by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Tornado GR.4 ZA367 by Peter Starling, on Flickr

BBMF Dakota ZA947 by Peter Starling, on Flickr

BBMF Dakota ZA947 by Peter Starling, on Flickr

BBMF Dakota ZA947 by Peter Starling, on Flickr

BBMF Dakota ZA947 by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Spitfire PS915 and Hurricane LF363 by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Peter

[PeterR]

3 years ago today, and a quick trip to BHX to photograph a friend of mine piloting this Airbus A321.


G-OZBF / Monarch Airlines / Airbus A321-231 by Peter Reoch, on Flickr

[D90Man]

Andrews JRB Joint Service Open House, 17 May 2008

[Tommy]

On the third day of our Italy tour, we visited Gioia del Colle, made famous recently as one of the multi-national bases used in the 2011 bombing campaign over Libya, including by RAF Typhoons and Tornado GR4s.

Ordinarily, Gioia Del Colle is home to 36º Stormo, flying EF-2000s, and a couple of other units.

We first visited 84° Centro CSAR, a detatchment of the nationwide search and rescue unit that is 15° Stormo, who had two HH139As for us to clamber around. They demonstrated the FLIR and other capabilities, and it's mightily impressive!

Storm cometh by Tom Jones, on Flickr

This guy was a hero:

Joya Del Colle by Tom Jones, on Flickr

Glorious Gioia by Tom Jones, on Flickr

Then we visited the 36 Stormo EF-2000s, and sadly photography was limited to just two twin-sticks in a hangar surrounded by stuff, and the squadron was on night-flying duties, so we couldn't catch any in the air, but we had a lot of really interesting talks with the pilots and a lecture on the capabilities of the EF-2000, and we saw a special-tail full and ready QRA-fit EF-2000. It was a weird experience to be walking about a foot away from live missiles, but sadly photography was restricted.

Kit-Up by Tom Jones, on Flickr

*BUT* the day was saved by the Italian Navy AV-8, a pair of which had deployed from Grottaglie to Gioia to get some training in:

Got Lift? by Tom Jones, on Flickr

[jalfrezi]

Tiger Meet 2019 at a very wet Mont de Marsan.

Dassault Rafale C - 09 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

Panavia Tornado ECR - 07 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon - 58 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

Dassault Rafale C - 52 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

[MUSTANG]

Shuttleworth`s first Evening display from last year...

Lysander IIIa V9312 by MUSTANG_P51, on Flickr

Sopwith Camel D1851 by MUSTANG_P51, on Flickr

Sea Hurricane Ib Z7015 by MUSTANG_P51, on Flickr

Spitfire IXB MH434 by MUSTANG_P51, on Flickr

Peter

[Bernard]

Lens Airshow 2014

[jalfrezi]

On this day a group of us visited Poland for the mess that was Tiger Meet 2018.

Eurofighter Typhoon - 38 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

McDonnell Douglas FA-18C Hornet - 6 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

In 2019 I was still in France, so paid a trip to a couple of museums in Toulouse.

AY1A8934 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

AY1A8865 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

[Ian G]

A very sad day back in 2007 with the first arrivals of Jaguars at Cosford. It was probably made all the worse by me having a naff lens at the time so excuse the quality of the shots, more a record than anything!


Cosford Jaguar Arrivals - May 2007 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr


Cosford Jaguar Arrivals - May 2007 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr


Cosford Jaguar Arrivals - May 2007 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr


Cosford Jaguar Arrivals - May 2007 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr


Cosford Jaguar Arrivals - May 2007 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr


Cosford Jaguar Arrivals - May 2007 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr

[AndyXH558]

Tiger Meet 18 at Poznan. Terribly organised event, but the banter and company was brilliant.
580A8990 by andrew abbott, on Flickr

580A8870 by andrew abbott, on Flickr
580A8702 by andrew abbott, on Flickr

[Peter345]

Ian, you beat me to it! Here's some more from that exciting but sad day in 2007...

Jaguar GR.3A XZ398 EQ and XX738 ED by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Jaguar GR.3A XZ398 EQ by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Jaguar GR.3A XZ398 EQ by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Jaguar GR.3A XX748 EG by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Jaguar GR.3A XX729 EL by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Jaguar GR.3A XX729 EL by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Jaguar GR.3A XZ398 EQ by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Jaguar T.4 XX847 EZ by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Jaguar T.4 XX847 EZ by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Jaguar T.4 XX847 EZ by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Peter

[Peter345]

Ten years on from the Jags in 2017 I spent a sunny day up Bluebell. No frontliners but still a great day...

Hawk T2, Mach Loop, North Wales by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Hawk T2, Mach Loop, North Wales by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Hawk T2, Mach Loop, North Wales by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Hawk T2, Mach Loop, North Wales by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Hawk T2, Mach Loop, North Wales by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Hawk T2, Mach Loop, North Wales by Peter Starling, on Flickr

Peter

[Tommy]

Day four of our Italy trip in 2016, the day after visiting Gioia del Colle, we spent an amazing day at Lecce-Galatina home of 61º Stormo, the Aeronautica Militare’s flight training wing.

Based there was Aermacchi MB339s, the MB339A MLU and the MB339CD. Cosmetically there isn’t much in it, but the latter is shown by the AAR probe. Also based there are the MB339 PANs of the Frecce Tricolori.

We also got to see the brand new T-346 Masters, and had a great tour of their new facilities.

Also deployed there at the time, (and the only time I ever managed to see them!) were four Belgian AlphaJets, flown by French pilots.