B-52H Take-Offs at Fairford - 27/08/2020

[MikeWolf]

My first time going to RAF Fairford today, quietly parked in car in the bomb drop site for about 3 hours with the rain pouring. Then when it died down our radio scanner spat into life that something was "clear to line up". Well everyone there was in for a smokey surprise as pair of B-52Hs made their way out. Glad managed to catch them departing before police moved everyone along a short time later for reasons unknown.

My telephoto is currently out of commission, so using a mid-range lens, but still glad to get something having driven from West London.


B-52H Stratofortress 60-0007 take-off by Michael Garnett, on Flickr


B-52H Stratofortress 60-0007 take-off by Michael Garnett, on Flickr


B-52H 60-0044 Fairford Take-Off by Michael Garnett, on Flickr


B-52H 60-0044 Fairford Take-Off by Michael Garnett, on Flickr

Cheers for taking a look, good luck to all of you going out there in coming week!

[Seacat192]

Very good. Thanks for posting.


Roger

[paddyboy]

Top work, Michael

Thanks for sticking it out and for posting

Paddyboy

[Blackcat1]

Nice shots!

[Petepilot]

Great shots, the mid-range turned out to be perfect for the job! Thanks for sharing

[BlueBoy67]

Nice shots. Close up would have lost the "feel" of the smokey take off.

[Imac]

Nice shots Michael They look ok with the mid-range, Thanks for posting

[Cyberfox]

Cracking shots! Always love to see B-52s.

My missus wants us to move to the Cotswolds in a few years so hopefully there'll still be deployments in future. I might look for houses not too far from Fairford, she can find out later there's an US air base a few miles away from the sleepy village

[Seahawk 11]

Some good photos there, thanks for posting them,

Rob

[The Phantom]

Very nice images

And much prefer those wider shots with a big plane like that and so much going on with smoke, etc.

[JovanJ]

Great work! Thanks for posting here.

[roughcutter]

Great shots, especially the first take off. Doesn't always have to be a telephoto shot

[Finty]

Very nice