IAT 1985 Fairford (pic heavy)

[slogen51]

Hi,

Some scans of some of the static from a grey day at Fairford July 1985 (I didn't get a photo of the SR-71 !!)

24+54 F-104G by Mike B, on Flickr

38+67 F-4F JG-71 by Mike B, on Flickr

40+30 Alpha jet JBG-49 by Mike B, on Flickr

43+47 MFG-1 by Mike B, on Flickr

44+08 JBG-38 by Mike B, on Flickr

55-0023 C-130A AFRES by Mike B, on Flickr

63-7783 EC-130E by Mike B, on Flickr

66-0370 F-4E 57 FIS by Mike B, on Flickr

69-7236 F-4G SP 480 TFS by Mike B, on Flickr

73-1152 T-43A by Mike B, on Flickr

83-1167 F-16B TJ by Mike B, on Flickr

84-0192 KC-10 by Mike B, on Flickr

89+65 Sea King MFG-5 by Mike B, on Flickr

133 F-5A RNoAF by Mike B, on Flickr

mm6705 F-104S by Mike B, on Flickr

159318 P-3C LN-47 by Mike B, on Flickr

AR-119 Draken RDAF by Mike B, on Flickr

BD 09 Mirage 5 by Mike B, on Flickr

J-228 F-16A 322 sqn by Mike B, on Flickr

mm61893 C-47 by Mike B, on Flickr

mm62140 G222 14-21 by Mike B, on Flickr

cheers
mike

[Knife 04]

Excellent Mike - great scans from a great year!

Thanks for posting - '85 is the next lot to do in my bucket so watch out for them - probably in 2017

Cheers and keep them coming

Darren

[roughcutter]

IAT 85 is one of my all time favourite memories, particularly for the number of 104's that showed up and that line up of Phantoms too I remember searching every nook & cranny for the "alleged F-106's" that were rumoured to be there but never happened Great show, even the Sun shone for a spell, thanks for sharing.

[slogen51]

Thanks guys.

According to the Scramble show report there were Ten German star fighters alone!

(2016 RIAT wasn't bad though - lots of Typhoons)

[jetnoise]

Aaaah - memories - just a pity digital photgraphy wasn't around at the time - I took a fair few snaps but was limited by the number of rolls of film I had!
I presume the pics were from the Sunday - I managed to have a bit more 'blue' on mine from the Saturday. (As ever the lottery of life that is the British summer weather).
Already looking forward to a similar posting from Knife.

[paddyboy]

Hi Buddy

I was there along with SWMBO, who was not impressed by the weather, or my continual 'It's going to brighten up soon'

Great shots: far better than mine

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[1marshn30]

Thanks for bringing back memories of my first I A T a day to remember given the date of Live aid at Wembley and the foggy start to record temps in the afternoon.
Here is one of mine from the great static we all miss today.

85713 by Nigel Marsh, on Flickr

[slogen51]

Nice

An ex Danish 'sled'

[The Phantom]

Love those GAF jets

[ChrisJR]

That would of been 1997, part of the USAF 50th celebrations.

[Blackcat1]

Good times, i was there but sadly I was 4 years old so don't remember much! Ha-ha. Thanks for posting.

[Frank the Dog]

This was my first IAT, great memories and thanks for a wonderful record of the statics on show then. Many thanks for taking the time to post and share

I think this was the same aircraft, departures day 1997


18-2 by Phil Roberts, on Flickr

[slogen51]

I think from reading the web that tragically N414FS crashed in 94