Did you know that registration to Fighter Control is completely free and brings you lots of added features? Find out more....

Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Only modern military and government aviation can be posted in this section.
Post Reply
User avatar
toom317
Posts: 2062
Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:31 pm

Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Post by toom317 » Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:09 pm

Went over to Prestwick yesterday to get the Canadian Hornets departing. The runway was closed till 12.00 for maintenance so I could leave a bit later from home to get there. After the last hornet took off I looked at my watch and it was 12.05. They must have been desperate to get away.

Image

Image

Image

Nice bit of timing with the last Hornet coming down the taxiway as the Polaris was back tracking on the runway.
Image

Image

The take offs with the tanker leading.
Image

Image

Image

Image

Image

A couple of other Canadians that were present at the time.
Image

Image

I don't fancy this guys job. :O
Image

And a couple of other C17's that were here
Image

Image

Later in the day a 25 Sqn Hawk flew through and a Navy Merlin was pulled out and took off to the East but the light was gack by then.
Last edited by toom317 on Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.
No one gets out of life alive.



Equipment: Camera, Lens, Goretex Y fronts
Top
Mustang531
Posts: 2999
Joined: Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:47 pm

Re: Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Post by Mustang531 » Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:32 pm

Thanks for sharing these, a nice selection of shots.
Top
SpilsbyPete
Posts: 530
Joined: Tue Aug 22, 2017 6:04 pm
Location: Have a guess!

Re: Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Post by SpilsbyPete » Tue Dec 06, 2022 2:51 pm

Fantastic set of shots

I even like the "I don't fancy this job"

Thanks for sharing

Pete
Top
User avatar
johnwickenden
Posts: 854
Joined: Tue Jul 10, 2018 8:30 pm
Location: Gatwick

heRe: Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Post by johnwickenden » Tue Dec 06, 2022 6:00 pm

As long as they remembered to let him get down !!!!
Its gonna rain, its gonna rain till the levee breaks, a tidal wave of fear and pain washes us away, another fight into the night until nothing else remains, how do we find harbour from the Hurricane?

www.flickr.com/wickenden1967
Top
slogen51
Moderator
Posts: 58037
Joined: Mon Jun 10, 2013 8:11 am
Location: Norfolk - Mundford - YG-BSM

Re: Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Post by slogen51 » Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:07 pm

Brilliant

Like those
Top
Punkrunner62
Posts: 3179
Joined: Tue Dec 16, 2014 3:55 pm
Location: Aberdeen

Re: Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Post by Punkrunner62 » Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:18 pm

Very nice Danny, great to catch up with you again.
Cheers.
Top
User avatar
toom317
Posts: 2062
Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:31 pm

Re: heRe: Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Post by toom317 » Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:22 pm

johnwickenden wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 06, 2022 6:00 pm
 As long as they remembered to let him get down !!!!
To put your mind at ease John, the pic of the Canadian C17 was taken some time later. Looking at it though, I can't see where that safety harness is connected to the airframe. It must be a sphincter tightening moment getting from the hatch to the anchor point.
No one gets out of life alive.



Equipment: Camera, Lens, Goretex Y fronts
Top
User avatar
toom317
Posts: 2062
Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:31 pm

Re: Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Post by toom317 » Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:25 pm

Punkrunner62 wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:18 pm
 Very nice Danny, great to catch up with you again.
Cheers.
And you Mike. You didn't miss anything else. I stayed till 3 when the light went, in the hope of getting the Merlin, but it spent most of it's time blocked by the Alaska C17 and took off to the East, over where that big car park used to be.
No one gets out of life alive.



Equipment: Camera, Lens, Goretex Y fronts
Top
User avatar
SW Sky Blue
Posts: 1915
Joined: Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:54 pm
Location: On a hill in Devon

Re: Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Post by SW Sky Blue » Tue Dec 06, 2022 9:12 pm

Nice set
Top
honest man
Posts: 6349
Joined: Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:09 pm
Location: Prestwick

Re: Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Post by honest man » Tue Dec 06, 2022 11:41 pm

That's a nice set
Top
User avatar
paddyboy
Posts: 24483
Joined: Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:32 pm
Location: Somewhere in Norfolk

Re: Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Post by paddyboy » Wed Dec 07, 2022 4:55 am

That is one cracking set :thumbs:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

Paddyboy :clap:

PS: defo not a job for me, up on that tailplane :Wow:
XH558, always the first lady in my life
Just remember, please don't tell the wife

Image
GRIM REAPERS SUPPORTER
Top
GraemeDavis1872

Re: Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Post by GraemeDavis1872 » Wed Dec 07, 2022 10:51 am

Cracking photos mate
Top
Col Nago
Posts: 280
Joined: Fri Oct 18, 2019 10:21 am
Location: Over The Tay

Re: Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Post by Col Nago » Wed Dec 07, 2022 1:29 pm

"I don't fancy this job" aka "come back in mate, it's not worth it!"

The tanker and hornet together is the one for me. Cracking shot.
Top
Mike Dodd
Posts: 106
Joined: Wed May 19, 2010 9:22 pm

Re: Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Post by Mike Dodd » Wed Dec 07, 2022 3:18 pm

Lovely set!
Top
WattieB
Posts: 210
Joined: Sat Aug 23, 2014 7:33 pm

Re: Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Post by WattieB » Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:42 am

Great set Danny
Top
User avatar
roughcutter
Posts: 2354
Joined: Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:47 pm
Location: Widnes, Cheshire

Re: Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Post by roughcutter » Thu Dec 08, 2022 5:33 pm

Cracking set of images. Prestwick seems the place to be these days :thumb:
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film.
Top
User avatar
lynothehammer
Posts: 510
Joined: Tue Aug 17, 2010 4:08 pm
Location: Collecting Infinity Stones...
Contact:
Contact lynothehammer

Re: Prestwick Mon 5th Dec

Post by lynothehammer » Thu Dec 08, 2022 10:08 pm

that Polaris & F18 shot is peachy, nice one !
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Current Military Photography”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot], Jonesy, mirage 2000 and 116 guests