AAC371 @ Manchester Barton 21-03-2012

[2.2DME]

Hi All

I post going on at Barton regularly over on CA, but it's not often we get anything in that's appropriate for this forum! Today we had AAC371 (ZJ230) visit for some fuel, it arrived in some beautiful evening light with a real golden tone. Also many thanks to the crew for flying a low approach & go around as they were departing

Setting down on the 27 numbers

ZJ230 by QSY on-route, on Flickr

Ground taxiing to the JetA1 pad

ZJ230 Ground Taxiing To JetA1 by QSY on-route, on Flickr

Parked up on the JetA1 pad after re-fuelling

ZJ230 Parked on the Jet A1 Pad by QSY on-route, on Flickr

A couple of close-up shots of the cockpit

ZJ230 by QSY on-route, on Flickr


ZJ230 by QSY on-route, on Flickr

By the time the Apache departed the light had sadly faded...

ZJ230 by QSY on-route, on Flickr

Running in for the low approach & go around

ZJ230 Running in On 09 For A Low Approach by QSY on-route, on Flickr

C+C Welcome

[buzzer]

lovely stuff.. the last one is a peach.
as you say, the light was just right.. you don't often see a photo of an Apache were you can read the number of the tail

[owensy]

Excellent shots. Nice to see military stuff at Barton

[neilscott]

Cracking shots there Steve
Neil

[kjshaw01]

Another vote for the final shot, a corker!!!!

Kev

[DeltaCharlieKilo]

Very nice set. Second to last for me.

[TonyO]

Nice to see one with the tanks on it too!

[2.2DME]

Buzzer, it is indeed rare to see shots where you can read it off! You normally seem to always be straining to read the things off!

Owensy, it makes a very nice change Hopefully they'll send a few more our way!

Reggie, it's always the way! Although if you did decide to pop up it'd no doubt have been a no-show!

neilscott, cheers

kjshaw01, I'd agree with that! I've practised it with a few other subjects hoping I'd get something like that!

DeltaCharlieKilo, just a shame the light wasn't a bit better for it!

TonyO, I don't pay that much attention to mil bits & bobs but from what I see it's rare(ish) for them to have them fitted

[TonyO]

A lot of the tanks are with the guys in Afghanistan leaving only a handful over here for the crews to fly with.