When I think back to my early days of aircraft spotting and photography, I am full of regret for not capturing images of the variety of aircraft, both in terms of types and operators, which graced London Heathrow (and other places) in the 60’s and … Continue readingLondon Heathrow EGLL
After visiting Edwards AFB for the October 2022 show, I took the opportunity to get to General William J. Fox Airfield in Lancaster, California, home to Fox Helitack H-532 and the United States Forest Service Fox AirTanker Base, serving the Angeles National Forest. The crew … Continue readingFox Field, US Forest Service AirTanker Station
After an absence of 13 years, Edwards AFB re-opened its doors to the public over the weekend of October 15/16, 2022. Timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of both Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier and the formation of the United States Air Force, … Continue readingEdwards AFB Air Show 2022
After an enforced break due to runway resurfacing and the COVID-19 pandemic, Nightshoots returned to RAF Northolt on 13 October 2022. Phil Dawe once again managed to pull in some interesting aircraft, many of which either departed or performed engine runs during the evening. There … Continue readingRAF Northolt Nightshoot XXVIIa
November 2018 and my travels took me to the biennial Chinese International Airshow at Zhuhai in southern China. Meeting up with the 4Aviation group who had started their trip in Beijing with a visit to the at Datangshan and some sightseeing on the Great Wall, … Continue readingZhuhai 2018
Nightshoot XXV took place at RAF Northolt on the evening of October 18th, 2018, under clearing skies. As ever, Phil Dawe and his team worked hard to get a variety of aircraft to be present but inevitably service requirements, crew availability and airframe issues resulted … Continue readingRAF Northolt Nightshoot XXV
So, for RIAT 2018, I decided to attend over 3 days – Friday through Sunday, with the objective of using Friday to concentrate on the static displays, leaving the weekend to focus (sic!) on the flying. All went well, resulting in a rather large collection … Continue readingRIAT Fairford 2018
On April 1st, 1918 the Royal Air Force was formed by amalgamating the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. To commemorate the 100th Anniversary, a flypast took place over London on 10th July 2018. The participants included examples of every type in … Continue readingRAF 100
In late June 2018, I returned to Poland not long after the NATO Tiger Meet to attend the Piknik Lotniczy 2018 (Polish Air Force Open House) at Swidwin Air Base in the North East of the country. Also known as the 21st Tactical Air Base, … Continue readingSwidwin Air Picnic 2018
Taking advantage of the Nato Tiger Meet being held at the nearby airbase, the organisers of Poznan Airshow offered a combined entrance pass for both the NTM 2018 Spotters day and the airshow, which was held over the weekend following the spotters day, including a … Continue readingPoznan Airshow 2018