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Hey guys, my first post here but a long time lurker!

Wednesday was my first time at RIAT since I was 5 years old and my first time photographing aircraft, so it was one hell of an experience! Loved every minute. Must say though, I did feel very outgunned by some of the pro photographers as most had Nikon D3s with lenses the size of artillery guns whilst I was there with my D200 and tiny little 55-200mmm F4-5.6.

Need to hire a better lens next time!

Anyway here are some that I took:

B52





C17 Globemaster




F16




Jordanian C130 Hercules






V-22 Osprey Arrival






Italian KC-767 Tanker




Italian KC-767 Tanker Taxiing






UAE C130 Hercules




USAF KC-135 Tanker




Czech C295M




V-22 Osprey Display Rehearsal






US Navy E6




UAE Al Fursan Display Team






South Korean Black Eagles Display Team Landing





Last flight of VC10 serial: XV104/U as it does a fly past on it’s way to Bruntingthorpe for scrapping.





Black Eagles Taxiing





Black Eagles parking up






US Navy P3






Finally, the last aircraft I saw that day due to having to go get the missus from work:

Nato E3 AWACS – Kudos to the crew for this one, two awesome fly pasts and ridiculous banking with the break. Couldn’t have made a better entrance!


















You can see all the pictures I took here: http://slinky1989.com/2012/07/05/riat-a ... 5-oneaday/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Well that's pretty good for a first time effort considering the adverse weather conditions you were working under, well done. Addictive isn't it, before long you'll be on the lookout for a bigger lens, then a bigger camera then a .....

Cheers guys! Yeah, A couple of germans next to me were making me very jealous. I managed to sneak a pic of their kit as frankly their lenses could only be described as RIDICULOUS:

Great set ....nice stuff despite the dreaded "lens envy"