Grumman EA-6B Prowler '504' of VAQ-136 'Gauntlets' unfolds its wings as it's readied for launch from one of the waist steam catapults of the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) whilst on operations off the north eastern coast of Australia on 18th July 2007.
This is a scan from a full-frame shot taken at IAT '87 shooting with a Pentax ME Super loaded with 400 ISO 35mm negative film. British Airways Concorde (208) G-BOAB in much happier days as sadly, she now sits very forlornly near the threshold of 27L at London-Heathrow.
Delta Air Lines Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar N754DL heads back from London-Gatwick to Atlanta sometime during the summer of 1985. A scan from one of my negatives taken with a Pentax ME Super fitted with a Tamron 80-210 zoom lens.
A Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet of VFA-27 'Royal Maces' is just about to night launch from the USS Kitty Hawk on 17th July 2007, with an F/A-18F of VFA-102 'Diamondbacks' ready to go in the background. The carrier was on operational exercises in the Pacific Ocean to the north east of Australia.
McDonnell-Douglas DC9 series 32 YU-AJM of JAT Yugoslav Airlines on taxi to the runway at Manston Airport. Scan from a Kodachrome 64 slide taken using a Pentax SFXn SLR fitted with a manual focus Sigma 400mm prime lens.
On a nice summer's day in 1984, a rather grubby looking Tupolev TU-154B-1 YR-TPE of Tarom Romanian Air Transport is being serviced between flights at Heathrow's Terminal 2.
Scan from a negative taken using a Pentax ME Super fitted with a Tamron 80-210 manual focus zoom lens.
This photo of the Patrouille Suisse displaying at the 2022 NATO Days was a winning photo in the event's annual photo competition. It has subsequently been used by the team in the 2023 display brochure at their request.
USAF Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird 61-7973 from Detachment 4 of the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing blasts into the air to begin its impressive demonstration during Air Fete '87 at RAF Mildenhall. Scan from a negative taken using a Pentax ME Super fitted with a manual focus Tamron 80-210 lens.
A scan from one of my negatives of a General Dynamics F-111E Aardvark from the 20th TFW performing a fast pass at the USAF 'Open House' at RAF Wethersfield on 21st July 1984.
A very rare display was performed by this Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UM of the Croatian Air Force at the 2022 AIRPOWER event at Zeltweg Air Base in Austria.
A scan from one of my negatives of McDonnell-Douglas F-4E Phantom 68 0413 from the 512th TFS of the 86th TFW, launching to begin its display at the USAF 'Open House' at RAF Wethersfield on 21st July 1984.
Back to the Farnborough Airshow in 2010 and probably the best 'Herc' display that I've seen. USAF C-130J-30 07-8614 that was 'borrowed' by Lockheed from the 86th Airlift Wing, leaps into the air to begin its impressive display on 25th July 2010.
RAF Avro Vulcan B2 XH558 displaying during the Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary Airshow at RAF Abingdon on 15th September 1990. A scan from a Fuji Velvia 50 slide taken using a Pentax SFXn fitted with a manual focus Sigma 400mm prime lens. NOTE: This aircraft was still operated and flown by the RAF Vulcan Display Flight at this time until 23rd March 1993.
Due to heavy traffic in the circuit, JASDF F-4EJ Kai Phantom II from 302 Hikotai trails its drag chute as it lands back on the civilian runway at Ibaraki Airport. The photo was taken on 4th April 2012 during heightened tensions with North Korea caused by their ballistic missile tests. Consequently, the adjoining Hyakuri Air Base was on high-alert with intensive operations including night ops.
