Fighter Jets Down Loooooooow!

[lloydh]

A few photos from the latter half of last year and the start of this year. Some really good photo ops where things have all come together, which very rarely happens!

Hope you enjoy them I'll post up a selection of Mill heli shots as well.

1. 3(F) Squadron 100 year anniversary tail pulling out the pilots last pass. Flying as part of a two ship and using the callsigns Nightmare 31 & 32.

3 (F) Squadron Typhoon FGR4 Special Tail by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

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3 (F) Squadron 100 Year Anniversary Special Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

3. 41(R) TES Squadrons Olympic special tail

41(R) TES Squadron Tornado GR4 EB-Z 'Apollo 2' by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

4. And a closer look at the pilot and WSO

41(R) TES Tornado GR4 'Apollo 2' by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

5. 'Apollo 1 & 2' crossing over as the lead enters Cad.

41(R) TES Squadron Tornado GR4s 'Apollo 1 & 2' by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

6. II(AC) Squadrons commemorative tail with the wings in the 'batwing' or 67º degrees posistion.

Panavia Tornado GR4 II (AC) Shiny Two (Spartan 2) by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

7. The famous Dambusters, 617 Squadron.

617 Squadron Tornado GR4 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

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617 Squadron Tornado GR4 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

9. 29(R) Squadron Eurofighter Typhoon T3 squeezing the moisture out of the air..

29 Squadron Eurofighter Typhoon T3 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

10. 48th FW F-15E Strike Eagle doing the same..

USAF F-15E Strike Eagle by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

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USAF F-15E Strike Eagle by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

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USAF F-15E Strike Eagle by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

13. Tornado GR4 getting in on the fluff action as well.

Fluffing Up! by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

14. 'Kick the tyres and light the fires'

Wing Swept Tornado GR4 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

15. 11 Squadron Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 in fantastic light

11 Squadron Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

16. A rather colourful civilian owned Hunter known as Miss Demeanour

Miss Demeanour Hawker Hunter F58A by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

17. The big birds like some of the action as well..

RAF Hercules C-130J by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

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Hercules C-130J by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

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RAF Hercules C-130J by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

20. WSO having a good day in the office..

F-15E Strike Eagle by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

21. Close-up of the 2012 Typhoon display pilot from 6 Squadron.

6 Squadron Typhoon FGR4 'Jedi32' by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

22. Some more Eagles..

F-15E Strike Eagle "Ginis Flight" by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

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F-15E Strike Eagle 'Ginis Flight' by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

24. Another shot of 41 Squadrons Olympic special..

41(R) TES Tornado GR4 'Apollo 2' EB-Z by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

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F-15E Strike Eagle 'Pyro12' by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

26. Pulling out of low level with a cloud!

USAF F-15E Strike Eagle by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

27. Lots of ribbons!

USAF F-15E Strike Eagle by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

28. Last low level flight of the F3

QinetiQ Tornado F3 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

29. Steaming in

XV Squadron Tornado GR4 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

30. Leaving behind a trail of vortices..

II Squadron Tornado GR4 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

31. Over Mt Snowdon.

RAF Tornado GR4 'Marham 48' by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

32. Close-up with a IV Squadron T2

4 Squadron Hawk T2 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

33. Nice wave

Tornado GR4 'Marham 43' by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

34. Wings back again

Swept Wing Tornado GR4 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

35. A little arty farty

Arty Farty Eagle by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

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Hawk T1 by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr

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Tornado GR4 'Lossie 91' by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr


If you've stuck with it until the end then well done! I hope I haven't bored you too much

 

[UnknownBro]

What kid of flash did you use?























JK.

All I have to say is wow. Some awesome pix. We have an airbase near here but they only take off and land. I never see them doing anything cool like this.

 

[DorkSterr]

Natural light.

 

[PropilotBW]

That is awesome man. I'm glad to see some other aviation enthusiasts on here. Do you fly 'em too?

the vortices you caught in 10,11,12 are amazing. By far your best 3 pics!
oh, and 35 too!

 

[PropilotBW]

What lens did you use?

 

[David8]

Wow. These are fantastic. I would love somewhere that I could get shots like this! What lens were you using?

 

[Mully]

Great set...very nicely done!

 

[Derrel]

Impressive work!!! And to think--all shot with the 18-55mm kit zoom!

Nice photos. #11 and 12 were really extraordinary, and another handful I would rank as simply excellent, and the remainder only measured up to plain old vanilla excellent.

 

[manaheim]

These are insanely cool. The only complaint I have about any of them is the crop feels a little tight on some, but man... wow.

What were you in to be able to get these shots? And how did you not throw up?

 

[jl1975]

AWESOME!!! Great phots as usual. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Trever1t]

I always wonder how you guys get these perspectives...must be on a mountain top with a 3 gazillion MM f5 lens!

 

[texkam]

Best I've ever seen! Thank you.

 

[leeroix]

Wow! Im curious about your gear too...

 

[lloydh]

Thanks guys!

All were shot in the Mach Loop, a rather famous LFA in Wales.

As for gear, Nikon D300s & a Nikkor 300mm F4 AF-S.

 

[amolitor]

It's easy to get this close to jets fighters, you just have to build a blind that looks like an aircraft carrier.