Fabulous Mick ! Never went to 77....I was only 10. I remember 79 for the Herks and for the rain...God it was torrential ! As a 12 year old I had to try to push my elder brothers Cortina when it got stuck getting off the field. Fortunately a couple of burly blokes took pity on me. The Fairford tattoo...

As per the item in the UK Heads Up section yesterday, Gatwick received a military movement on Friday 16th in the shape of Luftwaffe A400M 54+43, which arrived from Wunstorf at 1045 and departed approx 40 mins behind schedule at 1240 to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The following shots were taken as it depar...

Taken back in June 1995, this Spanish AF Canadair CL215 was seen at the Pollenca seaplane base in the extreme north of Mallorca on detatched duty for the wildfire season. For the record, the serial is UD.15-17 https://live.staticflickr.com/8593/16264945390_53433c2e49_b.jpg 431-17-pollenca by Jon Wic...

Just a few shots . not of the quality of any shown so far at Spadeadam, these were taken on my phone ! I had to travel up to the Cairnryan to Larne ferry on Saturday 29th and couldn't quite believe my luck that the Dutch choppers would all be on the deck - right time, right place ! Unfortunately, th...

Great Shots Matt - you must have moved around the 'field to different vantage points a lot during the day !

Wow ! They are awesome ! Well done that man !!!

Echo Dave's comments Paul, but that first shot is an absolute cracker !

Taken during a visit in the afternoon that the Qatari Eagles left Mildenhall last week. Not quite as exciting, darker grey aeroplanes are always difficult to shoot. However, the place was more active than I have seen it in a long time with about 8 different F35s seen during a two hour stay. https://...

I thought long and hard as to whether to post any of my shots.....Paul and Dave have beaten me to it and mine will be broadly similar as I was standing next to Dave and about 6 feet from Paul ! But then I thought......."They are Eagles....you can never have too many photos of Eagles!" Here goes http...

those EC37s are wrong'uns if you ask me. They look all kinds of ugleeeee !

Awesome set Danny....those Apache Guardians are sexy belicopters ! And as for the Turks..... you lucky boy !!!

are these any good? taken from Wanstead Flats (a park, not a building!) https://live.staticflickr.com/1822/41536991980_7aa3138bf6_b.jpg RCF-67-Typhoon100 by Jon Wickenden , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/1822/41536991980_7aa3138bf6_b.jpg RCF-67-Typhoon100 by Jon Wickenden , on Flickr https:...

It wasn't really garden spotting as I was at RSPB Titchwell Marsh Reserve on the Norfolk coast, but MC130J 13-5778 was espied going over in clear blue skies at 8000' https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54382643203_9dbbd28f75_b.jpg 13-5778-MC130J-USAF-352SOG-67SOS-over Titchwell Marshes-120325 by Jon...

F**k me !!!!
(Excuse my French)

Turkish backseater feeling the love at Waddington, Cobra Warrior 25/1 Day 1
IMG_7449 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr

The airforce has a deal with Sleap which is very similar to the one they had with Eshott before Northumbria Council bowed to a local objector and stopped it.

Basically it comes down to economics

Having seen the photos of the Puma at Coningsby, also taken on Weds 19th it appears it was the day to get photos of RAF Helicopters out and about ! The weather in Lincolnshire appears to have been considerably nicer than it was in deepest Shropshire however! Kukri 01 (ZA704) and Kukri 02 (ZA679) arr...

28-ZA679-Chinook - Kukri 02-Sleap-190225 by Jon Wickenden, on Flickr

Rotors Running refuelling stop at Sleap Aerodrome - Weds 19th February

Viggens !!!! Ohhh Mummy !!!!!!!
Knees gone all trembly

Haven't contributed much on here recently as I had a very quiet end to 2024. Popped into Mildenhall yesterday on my way north (it's north for me!), just in time to see the Army Citation land. It came in from Rzeszow in SE Poland as PAT104 and stayed a couple of hours https://live.staticflickr.com/65...