Hercules Specials Omen Formation.

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danoz
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Hercules Specials Omen Formation.

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On Tuesday I was given the opportunity to capture some images of the current 'Specials' of the Herc fleet at RAF Brize Norton. After several emails and phone calls over the last month everything fell in to place with a 3 hour low level sortie and only 30 seconds of sun, lucky for me they were both in position at the right time.
Huge thanks must go to the crews of Omen Formation for there flying and patience and I hope I've done it justice for them.
Comments welcome and I hope you like them.
ImageLockheed C-130J Hercules C5 - ZH883 - RAF by Liam Daniels, on Flickr
ImageFox Covert Drop onboard a C-130 Hercules over Salisbury Plain Training Area by Liam Daniels, on Flickr
ImageLockheed C-130J Hercules C5 - ZH880 - RAF - 47 Sqn by Liam Daniels, on Flickr
ImageLockheed C-130J Hercules C5 - ZH880 and ZH883 - RAF by Liam Daniels, on Flickr
ImageLockheed C-130J Hercules C5 - ZH880 and ZH883 - RAF by Liam Daniels, on Flickr
ImageLockheed C-130J Hercules C5 - ZH880 and ZH883 - RAF by Liam Daniels, on Flickr
I love working on the Hercs sometimes :rock:

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....and I love to see such beautiful images of the RAF workhorses. Perfect exposure and colour, you must be well pleased with these. :smile:

Many thanks for posting, Robin

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Great stuff :up: :clap:

We had the 50 years one doing some tight circuits round here a fortnight ago before performing a flypast at Credenhill. :smile:
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Well done! Months down to hours down to seconds....& you nailed them. Excellent. :clap:

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Fantastic pictures. :clap:

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Awesome! What brilliant light you had for it. Nice work.
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Nice pictures :clap: .

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Not much that can be said about these other than :drool: lovely stuff Liam :clap:

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Lovely light on these mate
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Very nice Liam, glad it all worked out for you. Shame ZH880 is back at Cambridge for work and I have heard the Aniv markings will be removed.

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Lovely shots! :cool:

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