Helicopter Gunships

[Pringles]

AAC Pairs Display by Alexander Prins, on Flickr

[Tommy]

Touch Base by Tom Jones, on Flickr

Redskinners by Tom Jones, on Flickr

Rocketship by Tom Jones, on Flickr

[stuart n]

Mil Mi-24V Hind 7356 - 211 Taktická Letka by stu norris, on Flickr


Boeing AH-64D Apache - Q-29 - Royal Netherlands Air Force by stu norris, on Flickr


Boeing AH-64D Apache - Q-29 - Royal Netherlands Air Force by stu norris, on Flickr


Mil Mi-24V Hind 7356 - 211 Taktická Letka by stu norris, on Flickr


Apache AH1 ZJ184 - Army Air Corps Wattisham by stu norris, on Flickr

[buccs2b]

A couple of Cobras:

1.
Pendleton_0013 by Buccs2b, on Flickr

2.
Pendleton_0015 by Buccs2b, on Flickr

[Airwolfhound]

ooooo Cobras

[Maisie]

[stuart n]

Mil Mi-24V Hind E 3366 - 221 vrtulníková letka - Namest nad Oslavou AB by stu norris, on Flickr


Mil Mi-24V Hind E 3366 - Alien Tiger - 221 vrtulníková letka by stu norris, on Flickr


Mil Mi-24V Hind 3366 - 221 vrtulníková letka - Namest nad Oslavou AB by stu norris, on Flickr


Mil Mi-24V Hind E 3366 | 221 vrtulníková letka - Namest nad Oslavou AB by stu norris, on Flickr


Mil Mi-24V Hind E 3366 - 221 vrtulníková letka - Namest nad Oslavou AB by stu norris, on Flickr

[Tommy]

Just this for now, but I'm sure I can rummage a couple more from somewhere!

Arcade Fire by Tom Jones, on Flickr

[Blackbird]

That must be one of the great photos of all time!

Andy

[Tommy]

Was gonna stick this in the "rarest catch" thread, but I've already posted me one photo, so I'll be banished to the tallest tower and fed nought but marmite oreos for three weeks until they let me out.

Over three(!) years ago now, by pure chance. A rare machine this. One of the very first HAD Tigres delivered to FAMET, and this particular serial/machine has seldom been photographed ever since.

Completely lucky on the camera settings too. Not a clue what I was doing. Smashed it onto Aperture Priority, and luckily there was enough light about, but most of these were at 1/100th, and I could have easily bolloxed the entire set! Luckily it was a gorgeous Spanish January evening, and enough light made it into the camera and it was at a high enough f-stop that I (accidentally) hit the sweet-spot in terms of maximum lens sharpness. I've never been a tremendous fan of "full discs" but I know others like them, so looks like I went all-out to get *that* shot of a rare machine.

In truth, I just lucked the absolute hell out of it, from seeing the damn thing, to having the crew pose it for us, to my photos actually turning out not an absolute bag of proverbial I probably deserved them to be

Aaaaaanyway, no-one ever reads this crap. I've started hiding soft-core language problems to see if the other staffers are awake...

At any rate, what wonderfully-camouflaged machines these things are;

EuroTigre by Tom Jones, on Flickr

AlbaBaby by Tom Jones, on Flickr

Tigre Stripes by Tom Jones, on Flickr

Note the extent of the direction of the vertical tail stabilisers:

Castillian Gunship by Tom Jones, on Flickr

HAD Tigre, Will Travel by Tom Jones, on Flickr

[Airwolfhound]

Very nice Tommy, and enjoyed the write-up.

Why can't this be sent over to RIAT (or similar airframe anyway) rather than the Formation Flymo team ?

[Professor_M]

Farnborough may be (a lot) smaller than it once was, but it still draws some aircraft that no other UK show attracts - this T129 being a case in point, making its 3rd Farnborough appearance in 2022.
TAI T129A | P2 by Professor M, on Flickr

[Professor_M]

AAC AH-64E Apache at Duxford last April...
AAC AH-64E Apache | ZM726 by Professor M, on Flickr

US Army AH-64E Apache Guardian at Farnborough last summer...
US Army AH-64E Apache Guardian | 22-03486 by Professor M, on Flickr

Czech Hind...
Czech Air Force Mi-35 Hind by Professor M, on Flickr

[Professor_M]

AH-64E Apache at Northolt last week...
AAC AH-64E Apache | ZM705 by Professor M, on Flickr