CAVOK Eagles + Mildenhall

[tim_raper]

Picked the day well to spend 6 hours in the car for my annual trip to Lakenheath, hope some of you like.

1.F15C Eagle, RAF Lakenheath, 17/03/2016 by Tim Raper, on Flickr

2.F15E Strike Eagle 97-222, RAF Lakenheath, 17/03/2016 by Tim Raper, on Flickr

3.F15C Eagle 84-027, RAF Lakenheath, 17/03/2016 by Tim Raper, on Flickr

4.F15E Strike Eagle 01-2004, RAF Lakenheath, 17/03/2016 by Tim Raper, on Flickr

5.F15E Strike Eagle 91-604, RAF Lakenheath, 17/03/2016 by Tim Raper, on Flickr

6.F15C Eagle 84-044, RAF Lakenheath, 17/03/2016 by Tim Raper, on Flickr

7.F15C Eagle 86-154, RAF Lakenheath, 17/03/2016 by Tim Raper, on Flickr

Over to Mildenhall to catch the last of the diverted back to base

8.F15E Strike Eagle 97-219, RAF Mildenhall, 17/03/2016 by Tim Raper, on Flickr

9.KC135R 10294, RAF Mildenhall, 17/03/2016 by Tim Raper, on Flickr

[TeeJay]

Cracking set there, but no2 is superb
Glad you had a good day at our local
Cheers
Trev

[Ian in Leeds]

Lovely pictures and a second vote from me for No 2.

Ian

[paddyboy]

Hi Tim

Great set, buddy

Of course, 'Reapers' rule

Thanks

Paddyboy

[DanBeeden]

No.2 is a scorcher - great work!

[grumpy616]

[eagle1]

Great work Tim....Hard to choose a favourite. but I like the power of number 8

Thanks for sharing

Cheers

Martin

[BOLLO]

Whats CAVOK mean ??

[aviationcafe]

Whats CAVOK mean ??

Ceiling and Visibility are OK (I think)

[tim_raper]

Whats CAVOK mean ??

Ceiling and Visibility are OK (I think)

indeed, 'Ceiling And Visibility OK' (used in the met reports). I just used it as last week was particularly tricky to judge whether it was going to be overcast or not

[Jason Grant]

The cold, crisp, easterly airflow with no cloud does produce great conditions for shooting aircraft.

Lovely pictures Tim.

[Dave1316]

Great set there mate, Number 2 is my pick of the lot

Dave