Waddington Airshow - part 2

Ollie attacking the climbing wall..

One more push to the top..

This is the work of the Red Arrows...a heart in the sky

Arriving on station, the Reds with a Raytheon Sentinel R1

The Sentinel - Eyes in the Sky

Typical Reds..

"..and BREAK"

Crossover

Precision

smokin!

Sunburst

Classic Red Arrows..

the pass..

No room for error

Break!

Waddington Airshow - part 1

Ollie and myself loved the airshow.

As well as the flying displays we went to the funfair, went on a Red Arrows simulator (amazing - really threw us about!), went inside an AWACs aircraft and Ollie climbed a climbing wall!  A great day1

Here are some pics..

The weather was HOT HOT HOT and the crowds large and expectant.
Over 140,000 attended the two day event

Ollie, and his first meeting with the Vulcan

There were lots of static exhibits.  Here ollie is standing in front of a Tornado GR4 with special Dam Buster anniversary tail art

Enjoying the 'Ghost Train' at the Fun Fair

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning!"
A Huey - the mainstay of the Vietnam conflict

The beautiful lines of the F16

Sleek and mean

Ollie admiring the lines and the artwork on the Czech Air Force JAS-39C Gripen

Part of the static exhibition.  Ollie and myself toured the inside of the AWACs at the end with the visible white line on the Radome.

The Royal navy Merlin HM2 based at Culdrose, Cornwall being put through it's paces

F16 - straight down the flight line..

..then turning some 'G'

A British classic - the Hawker Hunter

Another crowd favourite.
The Hurricane, Lancaster and Spitfire of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

Close formation down the flight line

The Old and the New
Celebrating 70 years of the Dam Busters.  The Lancaster of 617 fame and the current 617 Sqdn aircraft, Tornado GR4

XH558 VULCAN!

Here are a few photos i have recently taken of the last remaining airworthy Vulcan - XH558 'Spirit of Great Britain'.

The photos were taken at this years RAF Waddington Airshow.

The cockpit...looks cramped in there!
The Worlds only flying Vulcan

Sat bathing in the sun, the suns rays glinting on her fuselage, awaiting her display

The Engineers finishing final preps before she can take off

Olli, enjoying the show and enjoying the Vulcan!

The BBMF, Hurricane, Lancaster and Spitfire tip their wings in salute

On the taxi way

Passing an old friend.  XM607, the only Vulcan to drop bombs in anger.  This was the Vulcan that attacked

 Port Stanley airfield in the Falklands conflict

The menacing look of the Delta wing configuration..

The display took her to the wire...here she is inverted!

Rolling out of her inversion...

Bomb bays shut as she rolls out...

Low level past the crowd

Bomb bay doors open.  These once held Britain's Nuclear deterrent...

These photos should be scratch and listen,,,the noise and the 'howl' from the olympus engines are something else!

She is owning Waddington!

Final flypast, wings glinting in the sun..

Back down to earth as Ollie watches engrossed.  XH607 visible in the background

Rolling back to the stand..

XH558 'Pride of Great britain', we salute you!