I've been keeping an eye on the Queen's Birthday flypast on the 2nd June which is this year branded as the Jubilee flypast and thought I would look back at some of the previous flypasts that I've photographed, I've found 4 in the digital age, 2010, 2013, 2916 and the RAF100 flypast of July 2018. I've got some non digital ones somewhere including an RAF anniversary of something or other around 1990 (HELP!!!), if I can find them i'll scan any that are worthwhile. I just wish I could find my late father's pics from 1969 with Concorde 002 and a large formation of Lightnings (16 I think but surely it wasn't that good!) - it was certainly noisy .
hopefully some of you can also contribute to the idea with other years especially if you have any of the 1969 event - they were always impressive in those days.
anyway here are some from each starting with 2010, these were taken (on the wrong side for the sun) between Hatfield Peverel and Terling in Essex, I lived just north of Terling until I first married so I used to cycle to Hatfield Peverel in my youth to watch the flypast as it more or less followed the railway line into London - how spoilt I was!
2010 (taken on my first DSLR with a 70-200 lens):
QBF flypast 10-06-2013 nimrod & tornados 2 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
QBF flypast 10-06-2013 sentinel & dominiesx2 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
QBF flypast 10-06-2013 tornados x3 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
QBF flypast 10-06-2013 tristar & tornado x2 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
QBF flypast 10-06-2013 tristar & tornado x2 4 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
QBF flypast 10-06-2013 VC10 x 2 2 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
2013, these were taken by the railway line just west of Witham (Essex), a sunny day for once - let's hope for sunshine on the 2nd June
ZA412, ZA492, ZA472 '031' and ZA473 '032' Tornados RAF Witham 15-06-2013 1259 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
ZD953 Tristar & ZA147 VC10 RAF Witham 15-06-2013 1331 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
This may have been the last time I saw a Tristar flying!!!
ZD953 Tristar VC10 RAF Witham 15-06-2013 1348 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
ZH101 Sentry RAF Witham 15-06-2013 1265 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
ZZ176 C17 with ZD620 & ZE396 HS125s RAF Witham 15-06-2013 1290A by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
ZZ331 Voyager with ZJ918 & ZJ941 Typhoons and ZA400 & ZE116 Tornados RAF Witham 15-06-2013 1408 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
ZA147 VC10 RAF Witham 15-06-2013 1350 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
the Lancaster always flew further north and the helicopters join up over Fairlop so I never saw the latter on these occasions
PA474 Avro Lancaster RAF BBMF Witham 15-06-2013 1242 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
2016 and once again at Witham
4696 11-6-2016 Queens Birthday flypast by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
4678 11-6-2016 Queens Birthday flypast by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
4621 11-6-2016 Queens Birthday flypast by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
4618 11-6-2016 Queens Birthday flypast by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
4559 11-6-2016 Queens Birthday flypast by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
4496 11-6-2016 Queens Birthday flypast by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
4476 11-6-2016 Queens Birthday flypast by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
and the RAF100 flypast in July 2016
Typhoon 100 formation RAF-100 flypast 10-07-2018 0329 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
Puma & Chinook formation RAF-100 flypast 10-07-2018 9618 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
C.130 RAF-100 flypast 10-07-2018 9787 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
A400-M ZM416 RAF-100 flypast 10-07-2018 9821 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
C.17 & BAE.146 formation RAF-100 flypast 10-07-2018 9876 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
ZZ330 Voyager RAF-100 flypast 10-07-2018 0008 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
Tornado formation RAF-100 flypast 10-07-2018 0249 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
F.35 formation RAF-100 flypast 10-07-2018 0294 mono by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
BAE Hawks Red Arrows formation RAF-100 flypast 10-07-2018 0449 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
so there we are, who can add other photos especially from other years (someone must have has sunny days!) so we can see how the flypast has changed with time - thanks for looking
Andy
looking forward to the Jubilee by looking back to flypasts of the past
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looking forward to the Jubilee by looking back to flypasts of the past
andygolfer
winner of Air-Britain photo competition 2019
winner of Air-Britain photo competition 2019
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Re: looking forward to the Jubilee by looking back to flypasts of the past
I've found a video of the 1969 flypast on the Mall and indeed there were 16 Lightnings followed by Concorde G-BSST, this is a Trooping the colour video and the flypast is about the last 30 seconds of it, 16 lightnings!!! a superb sight:
andygolfer
winner of Air-Britain photo competition 2019
winner of Air-Britain photo competition 2019
Re: looking forward to the Jubilee by looking back to flypasts of the past
Superb piece of history and pageantry. Really enjoyed all 3 minutes and 20 seconds. Thanks for digging it out and sharing.