Jet Provost from Cad East May 28th 2015
A Jet Provost is buffeted by the wind as it makes a pass through Cad on May 28th 2015. This aircraft was on its way to the RAF Valley Families Day.
48th FW low level in the Mach Loop – May 28th 2015
Two F-15E Strike Eagles from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath make the trip around the loop on May 28th 2015.
This video was shot at Cad East.
Low level F-15 Strike Eagles in the Mach Loop – 13th May
EAGLE11 gave us two nice passes on Wednesday 13th May 2015 as they hurtled through the Bwlch pass.
A singleton followed a bit later but I didn’t catch his call sign.
Airbus A300-600ST Beluga No.4 landing at Hawarden (100th video!)
Beluga No.4 (F-GSTD) arrives at Hawarden airport after an earlier storm and in some late, and very welcome, sunshine.
This was the 2nd Beluga movement of the day at Hawarden and the first time I had seen this particular jet.
Shot on Sunday 1st March 2015.
Airbus A300-600ST Beluga in the weather at Hawarden
Beluga No.5 (F-GSTF) makes a stop at Hawarden airport in some pretty horrible rain, hail and wind.
As you can see, the take off was in a particularly heavy hail storm.
Shot on Sunday 1st March 2015.
Qatar Airways Boeing 777 lands at Heathrow on 27L
A Qatar Airways Boeing 777 makes a gentle touchdown at London’s Heathrow on wet runway 27L.
This footage was shot by my brother on a return trip from the middle east on 20th February 2015. The jet was A7-BAG.
KC-135 and RC-135 weekend ops at RAF Mildenhall
In order of appearance:
KC-135R (57-1512) departs as REACH746
RC-135W (62-4132) arrived as ECONO41
KC-135R (63-8024) arrived as REACH695
KC-135R (57-1487) arrived as REACH539
KC-135R (62-3558) arrived as REACH636
Shot on the 8th February 2015 at the 29 end of RAF Mildenhall runway, on ‘the mound’ and under the approach.
(Please let me know any inaccuracies!)
RAF Airbus A400M Atlas at Brize Norton
The brand new Airbus A400M (ZM400) departs RAF Brize Norton as ASCOT 463 before doing three circuits and departing to perform a PD to Cardiff.
Such a lovely sight to see the new RAF air lifter in service.
Shot at the 08 end of RAF Brize Norton on February 6th 2015 on a Canon XA20.
Airbus A300-600ST Beluga landing at Hawarden
An Airbus A300-600ST (F-GSTF No. 5) makes an approach to Hawarden airport near Chester, UK.
This was my first trip to Hawarden to catch a Beluga, and what a lovely sight of this very rare jet. Only 5 of these are in existence. The A300ST ferries Airbus components across Europe. You can find more info on the Beluga here – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_Beluga
Shot on January 25th 2015 with a Canon XA-20.